September 19 - Left Belorado by 8 and immediately started walking with Rick and Cristina from Boston and I would walk off and on with them all day.  Rick was suffering from blisters also and our pace was slow. We eventually made it to Villafranca Montes de Oca where I had reserved a private room at a nice hotel. It had a shared bathroom but hallelujah! It was segregated by sexes.
This is where I loaned Howard the 50 E. The hotel, that is, not the bathroom.

This is Rick and Cristina.

The Camino towards Villafranca.

The church next to my hotel in Villafranca.

September 20- I was up by 5 and out of the door by 5:30. I was walking uphill on a lonely country path, the moon was full and I walked with my headlight on for two hours. After it got light enough to see I was soon overtaken by two Australian ladies named Izey and Renee. We enjoyed walking together and comparing our two countries. Because we had gotten such an early start, we arrived at our destination, Atapuerca, by noon. The albergues opened at 1 and soon Rick and Cristina arrived. Rick is one of the funniest people I ever met and soon we all were howling at him.

From left to right that's Renee, Rick, Cristina and Izey.

The next day,Sept. 21 I was up and out by 7 and walked into Burgos by 2. The cathedral is spectacular! Here are scenes from my walk at dawn out of Atapuerca. At the top of the hill there was a cross and a spiral labyrinth.

This is Rosalinda from Jacksonville,Florida via the Philippines who is walking in honor of her husband who died six years ago.

Burgos tomorrow!