Date	Jun 23
Today's Distance:	16 miles / 24 km
Route and Stats	Route Video
Total This Camino:	179 miles.
Total All Caminos:	1579 miles
Lodging:	Hotel Vittoria Collona @ $ 30
Total Lodging:	$ 370
Buses / Trains:	$
Total Buses / Trains:	$ 48
Food:	$ 25
Total Food:	$ 256

Meaningful Moment

The change in the weather throughout the day was not unexpected, as we had been reading the weather reports .

However having the sky change from partly cloudy / partly blue, to a dark gray with the rain - although not strongly - but still coming down caused the temperatures to drop significantly.

We had expected the rain but we did not expect how cold it got.

Then later in the day when the sun came back out while we were in the windmill field, it got hot again.

Quite a weather day.

Random Thought of th Day

The weather forecast yesterday said chance of rain today, and it was raining when we woke up. By the time we prepped it seemed to have broken though, so perhaps we'll have a good walk after all.

Back hurts. Feels like a little bit of a lower spine, hip joint twinge. Think I should be all right, especially if I go slow.

It's close to noon and we had a rain shower for about an hour. After the rain shower, the temperature seems to have dropped to 59° f. That will make it the coolest yet that we've been hiking in.

Had a 15-20 minute climb out of Peñaflor, and it made me wonder, because I'm looking at it and thinking that this is just too much. :-) How did Deb and I ever cross the Sierra Guadarrama mountain range, on only our fourth day of hiking, which required an entire morning in mid-90 temperatures? Lol

Will have to confirm early tomorrow that we can find lodging in our next stop, Cuenca de Campos. There are rumors that the albergue is temporarily closed, although we have heard both ways.

On the Road / Notable memories

Being incredibly tired and exhausted, we were looking for something to eat around 7:30 pm. Since everything in Rioseco was closed because it was too early to eat for the Spanish, Deb and I end up at a kebab restaurant, deep in the heart of Spain.

But we did get delicious pastries at the local supermarket.

	Prepping the shoes for rain
	Looking back at Piñaflor
	Rain on the way

	Deep in a windmill farm, hundreds of windmills
	An entire afternoon, field after field of grain and windmills
	Valverde de Campos
	Windmill farm