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