28 November 2008

Day 23: Rabanal - Ponferrada (35km)

Yello! It´s cold! It was -3 in (celsius) this morning. BRRRRR! At 10AM! Yikes!

Well, we walked in the snow yesterday. About 3 to 6 inches for a few hours at the top, maybe drifting up to a foot. Still in the flops, but the weather was splendid! I nailed Aleza between her back and her pack with a great snowball, and the snow was stuck in there for hours. Awesome.

We did 35 f$%&%/ kilometers over a %)·=%(!Q$· mountain! How cool is that? In the snow.

Also, interesting to see the comments on our blog - you are all fools to follow in our path. But thanks for the comments nonetheless!

In response - Garlic Soup (AKA Sopa de Ajo) is the best thing ever.

OK, not much to say.

We saw about a jillion puppies on the top of the mountain, and about a jillion giant dogs wandering on the highway and through the villages. At night we saw 3 200+pound Saint Bernards prowling for dinner and we froze. They sniffed us and passed. I felt as if I were stranded in the African savannah and had been bypassed by a pride of lions, full already.

Alright, talk soon!

LUV4EVER

J (Justin)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Happy Thanksgiving Justin!
Hope your day was great and not too cold. Get the recipe for Garlic soup. we had a nice time at Schmidt's --about 32 people for dinner. One from Australia, one from Okinawa and one from Japan. Very fun and lots of food. We all missed you and Aleza. Jess came with and we had fixed a pretty good vegan Thanksgiving feast--broccoli, mashed potatoes with soy sour cream, tokurky roast and vegetable gravy. Jess said it was pretty good. We keep following your route along in the big atlas on the dining room table with Mom's little arrow that she made out of a post-it so we always know where you are--and you're getting real close to Santiago de Compostela! So that means you'll be home before too long! We love and miss you a lot.
Dad