• Sunday, May 20, 2018, Day #10
• Güemes
• Distance 12 1/2 miles; total 141.5 miles
• 936’ ascent and 734’ descent
• 100% hard surface
• Time: 5 3/4 hours
• Weather: 55-60 sunny
Farm smells of cow manure and freshly cut grass. I don’t find myself turning up my nose. It is a different smell, natural. It smells of warm earth. Dairies dominate the area.
1st toward Güemes
2nd toward Güemes
3rd toward Güemes
• Monday, May 14, 2018, Day #4
• Gernika
• Distance 12.3 miles; total 60.6 miles
• 1,452’ ascent and 2,502’ descent; 30% hard surface
• Time: 7 hours 15 minutes
• Weather: 55 degrees; partly cloudy
With abounding space, it’s nice to look at what you are seeing. Close encounters.
1st towards Gernika
2nd towards Gernika
3rd towards Gernika
• Saturday, May 12, 2018, Day #2
• Ibiri
• Distance 15 miles
• ? ascent and ? descent; 30% hard surface
• Time: 7 hours 45 minutes
• Weather: 50 degrees; rain
First rain on the Camino and I discover my Marmot Gortex jacket is no longer water proof. The immediate solution is a 5€ green vinyl rain poncho. I look as have been consumed by a sweet pea and am only less wet. 
What do I have in common with a pig? We are both slathered in mud.
1st Deba…check out the legs under the table
2nd Deba
3rd Ibiri
The day’s diversity…
Orange…
Lamb Chop, Incorporated.
The “chocolate dipped” lamb squeezes into the feeding station.
Lamb chops…
Unlike the uniform spacing of pearls on a necklace, the spacing between the Gîtes is not uniform. There can be huge gaps between Gîtes. Today I walk either 9 miles or 22 miles; hence, the long miles for today.
Stop and look…
Along the way today…
Respite from walking…coffee at a café, backpack off, laundry drying on the line; albeit, guarded by geese.
Linda Scandore 