So, did my laundry late the night before and it took forever to dry, so I slept in and left at 7:30 (especially when I saw the rain wasn’t suppose to start until later).
First step after walking out of Castrojeriz was to hike up a huge hill onto the Meseta . It starts to drizzle, so I put on my rain coat which also served a a windbreaker. 
This worked out well because it was cold and windy up top! On the top there were lots of field mice and rabbits roaming around, and that’s about it. Super flat. The sky was ominous, but... whatever.
Hiked down and walked for awhile until I hit the next town.
Only 3.5 milesuntil my destination. In towns in Castille y Leon storks have taken to making HUGE nests on church bell towers.
The storks were in full force on this bell tower and the sheep had been herded into their pens and were going wild (all basic signsa storm is a comin’).
I leave the town and it starts to drizzle, then, it starts to pour. I pull out what has turned out to be one of the best purchases made: my poncho. It covers me and my backpack. I get it on and all is good. Now, I debated zipping off the legs of my pants since they were getting soggy, but it was60 degrees and windy, so I kept them on. IT RAINED THE WHOLE 3.5 MILES. Most of which was along a lovely canal.
I walked as fast as I could.
I got to my lodging (single room!) and took and hour nap. Then I got dinner and was in bed by 8:30. I have never been this tired in my life, I slept 10 hours! That’s 3-4 hours longer than I cannormal sleep....
Frómista
Day 17:
49 degrees, that was the temperature that let mesleep in, but it was still that cold when I left at 8:20. Luckily my long pants are quick drying so I washed them the previous night and they were dry by morning!
The sun was out all day and no rain clouds in sight! At my first stop I met two women from Poland who I’d run into the day before when the sky opened. They didn’t even make it to Frómista because their rain gear wasn’t adequate, so they turned around and went back to the town we just left 😬😬. The sky was a beautiful blue and thanks to pre-reading I knew of a path that was in the shadeand along the river!
The more typical path was on a gravel path next to the highway in the sun (which even in the 60’s feels hot). It was lovely and peaceful without the noise of traffic.
At one stop I sat with a woman named Jessie from S. Korea. This was her second time doing the camino. Her mother passed away from cancer last year and she remembered the camino had been a good experience for her and so she decided tocome back. Jessie is her American name, she worked for a firm where she interacted with many people who spoke English so she did a googlesearch and thought the name fit her😊 it’s really interesting to hear people’s stories of their journies and where they came from.
I finally landed in my stop for the day, Carrión delos Condes. I have a room over the Plaza Mayor. They have a lovely little river that I went and read by (and they had kayaking and I wish I’d packed my swim suit.... but that would just be more to carry.
Pharmacy for an ice pack....
Sheep crossing
Early night again as tomorrow is 15 miles and there are zero stops for the first ten😳😳😳
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