Ribadiso to Arca O Pino: 22.1 km
Rain, rain, rain with a dash of sunshine in the early afternoon. Natural, and very muddy pathways today, through groves of eucalyptus trees, which on a sunny day, would have provided welcome shade, and today serve to divert a bit of the downpour from our heads. Farms, gardens, flowers; birds are our constant companions.
Two memorial shrines remind me that we all have a final journey to make. I live and breathe in gratitude today.
Spirituality aside for a moment, the practical challenges of the path remain. For example, bathroom privileges along The Way are on a first come, first served basis. Thanks be to the protective angels of the Camino, there are no port-o-potties to clutter the pastoral blessings of the path. This leaves us the other, more animal and close to nature options, which Maria and I have acrymonized to PDD=pee and drip dry. Maria admits to loving the feel of the wind on her butt. As for the second option of nature's call, we pray for an actual toilette or aeossus to present itself I a timely fashion in a bar or Albergue. We have never been turned down by the owner or manager of these facilities, and only occasionally are we admonished to purchase something or donate to the supplies for the facility.
We find ourselves a mere 20km from Santiago de Compostela. Our steep climb this morning out of Ribadiso levelling off by afternoon. As we approach Arca do Pino (known locally as Pedrouza) Maria reminisces about her previous journey here when she missed the turnoff to Arca and ended up walking an extra 8 km. she was careful, thank the gods, to not make the same detour this time.
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