The “march to the mountains” ! From Astorga to Rabanal del Camino is about 12.5 miles, and wouldn’t have been too difficult were it not for the hottest day we have had since we began the Camino. We had to stop at all three towns along the way just to cool down.
It got a little tricky on accommodations today as we discovered a couple days ago that 2 of the 3 rooms we thought we reserved at a hotel in Rabanal were not confirmed. After scrambling for an alternative we found another option “in the area”. Problem was that “in the area” meant ONE MILE short of Rabanal!
Kathie and Alecia marched on towards town as the rest of us checked into our rural apartment hotel. We then discovered that in order to eat (anything) we had to walk towards town. After eating lunch with the girls, whose hotel was 1/2 mile short of the town, we decided that it would be too far to re-walk it for dinner. Walked another 1/2 mile to town and bought a few limited groceries in a very small mercado and walked the mile back to our apartment. Tomorrow our 15.8 mile steep uphill/downhill hike will be one mile longer🤪. Such is the life in the Camino.