posted on September 15, 2019
Russ and Stela opted for a final 5-mile walk. Russ carried his backpack with 17 pounds of weight. For training, we load our packs with bottles of water to reach our desired weight.
I opted for a final day at the Devil’s Millhopper. Picture 1 is my pile of "counting rocks." My selfie was taken while I rested partway up on about climb #6. Picture 3 is my rocks all lined up after Climb #10.
As usual, it was crowded on Saturday at the Millhopper. Lots of weekend exercisers were there. The Ranger was giving a guided walk. Four or five families were in awe of the place and taking tons of photos. Two exercising moms were there with three girls. One was running the steps, trying to "beat mom's best record".
The other two were playing at the top and eyeing my rocks. Hmmm, thought I. I decided to try a strategic move. I asked them to move a rock for me each time I came back up . . . and not to let anybody else move them, which might make me lose count. Ha! I won. They did not randomly move my rocks around.
The other two were playing at the top and eyeing my rocks. Hmmm, thought I. I decided to try a strategic move. I asked them to move a rock for me each time I came back up . . . and not to let anybody else move them, which might make me lose count. Ha! I won. They did not randomly move my rocks around.
Also, with some considerable effort involving getting pre-approval from our credit card company for an Internet purchase on a foreign website, we bought our bus tickets to get from Madrid airport to Pamplona. We start on a jet plane, move down the travel chain to a bus, and finally arrive in Pamplona to walk to our hotel. From the modern world to the pilgrim world!
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