Day #6 Hostel adjustment period

This is my favorite picture so far. The bar we ate at last night had this stuffed boar's head and 2 stuffed full sized house cats hanging on the wall. The pig is funny but the cats were just creepy and sad. 

Followed the river again today, beautiful weather. 70 degrees/sunny. 

I look frompy but I liked the statue and it compliments the next picture. 

Buen Camino !

This poor guy's job is to spread the manure with a rake after the truck dumps it in the hilly fields. He's looks about 70 years old. (He's probable 50 but rural life is tough in Spain). And you thought your job was bad!

Last night was rough. I'm calling it the 'hostel adjustment period' following the aftermath of nice hotels. I thought we could have it both ways (nice hotel alternating with hostels) but not without a toll. I had difficulty falling asleep with 12 people in the room. So I read our only book which is the Camino guidebook. I read ahead about 100 miles by using my handy dandy headlight ( light that straps around your forehead so you look like a total dweeb.). 

Then I realized that the beam of light was perfect for looking for bedbugs!  This turned out to be more disturbing than entertaining, so I quit doing that. (Never saw any bugs, btw). 

Then I was cold do I pulled up the blanket that came with the bunk, until I imagined the 20 billion germs that were swarming on the blanket and pushed that off me. 

Then I was cold. The windows were all open, no screens, and I didn't want to crawl over the Germans to shut it. I swear that everybody was sleeping but me. Sam can sleep anywhere, anytime. 

Everyone except us and one young women left the hostel by 7;00 am.  

We left about 8:00 am.  

We had a great comfortable day today. We walked 8.3 miles along flat turrain. 

Has anybody noticed that I haven't complained once about my feet, neck, back, knee or any other body part?  We both feel great!  Sam has been carrying his pack plus a few of my things, plus our water --he's doing amazing!  I think it must have a lot to do with the training at the Colorado Springs elevation of 6000 feet above sea level. Plus not carrying my 17 lb pack.  

Going to dinner now. Adios!

M/S