Today was 16 miles, bringing the total to 611 miles walked over all. There will be no more miles this trip.

As we get further and further in the Fall, the morning breaks later and later. We departed at 8:30 in the morning and it was still dark.

This journey was different than most of the others, and that we saw a total of two other people going the same direction we were. As it is possible, and even common, for people to walk either direction between finisterre and Muxia , we saw between 30 and 40 people coming from Muxia. Regardless, the numbers were very small.

The walk was a mixture of forest land and meadow, and always rolling hills. About half the walk was on very narrow paved roads and the other on beautiful mountain trails.

There is one point on the trail which is famous for the way you used to have to cross the river. A series of stones were placed in a fashion to allow you to make it across the river as long as there was no flooding. They have now replaced that approach with a bridge, but this photo shows the old approach. It also shows that it would be impossible to do that crossing without getting your feet wet.

Because this is such a remote hike, there are no small villages with bars or cafes to eat at. Diane was very resourceful at our breakfast, a buffet, and managed to bring along a few items for us to eat at lunch. Here’s Diane in are absolutely beautiful the lunchroom.

Like all journeys, it had to end. Fortunately, just before we got into town we had this phenomenal beach view.

We are in the process of doing our chores and then we’ll explore this small town of Muxia. Tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. we will catch the bus back to Santiago, then work our way to Portugal for the remaining six days of this trip.

God bless, Bill and Diane