THE END OF THE ROAD…

Well, sort of…

Here we are entering Muxia, the final official destination of our Camino.

From this day on every Camino will be frosting on the cake. Sorry for the cliche. This was an important journey on the Camino, and it is a sort of closure in that we finished a portion every pilgrim eventually wants to do.

The walk was a good one. Not too long, with good company, and a nice place to sleep last night. Here we are with our Camino friends, Gerry and Beverly, and our host Yolanda.

If you’ve seen the movie The Way, which we have seen over twenty times…probably…the movie ends in Muxia, here at the Sanctuary.

The walk today was very scenic, like most days on the Camino. One good thing about  Caminos is that you can always count on good vistas throughout the day…most of the time.

Most Camino days are between ten and eighteen or so miles. One walks on asphalt, highways, small country type road, and through forest and mountains on dirt roads. You can bet that your walk is usually going to be up and down, with many long stretches of hills.

You’re probably going to walk either up hill or downhill to enter or exit a town. It’s wierd. It seems rare to just walk straight into a town. And the distance you are told to reach your town is probably as the crow flies, because it always takes longer that you expect. Many finish the days stopping for a beer. I’m sure beer sales are great along the Caminos.

Here are some scenes from today:

View from our room.

 

Another beach along the way.

 

Hard at work.

 

Why did the chicken cross the road?…oh never mind.

I mentioned at the top of this blog entry that we were almost done. While we have officially ended our Camino, we are going to try and walk for another couple of days to Santiago.

The walk to Muxia was great. Now we will see if we can savor the next couple of days on the road.

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