The Road Less Traveled

This morning we have three options. The mountainous poorly marked with no towns along the way or the path that was actually just the road or the path we took. Our path ascended upward for 2.5 km with beautiful views and we continued up the mountain, passing 4 German peregrinos . The views reminded us of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We eventualy came to some wonderful chestnut groves. After crossing the mountain we rewarded ourselves with an ice cream bar. The rest of the day we passed through some small hamlets and passed a few peregrinos we know and stopped to chat. We also passed by several fields of cows who all had bells on their necks which prompted us to coin the phrase "cow music". Eventually we wound up in a very small village named Herrerios where we found an albergue in which to stay . After our afternoon ritual, we spent some time by a cool creek relaxing while we await the dinner hour......hours away! Joan has been communicating quite well with the spanish folks. Impressive!