Day 12: Almost Teenagers | Murray Morrison

We didn’t forget about y’all. We just had bad Wifi. Get ready for our double feature today capturing both yesterday and today. Here is yesterday’s…

This morning, it was difficult to leave the comfort of our private accommodation beds. What got us out of them was the moment when we remembered what day it is. It’s Memphis Monday. And we are the Memphis Pilgrims. Monday is our Super Bowl. Were we going to sleep in on gameday? I think you know the answer to this leading question. If the Memphis Pilgrims don’t do one thing, that thing is sleeping in on Monday. Monday is not only when we grind but when the entire city of Memphis grinds. We heard the satanic lure of our private accommodation, and you better believe it was very tempting. But this lure was just the Camino trying to hinder us. It knew the Memphis Pilgrim storm was taking form and building momentum.

Today’s hike was pretty long. We left Burgos around 7:30 and arrived in the small town of Hontanas a little before 3. We met a Korean guy who seemed to have the same pack as Alex, and he invited Alex to his “party” because of this, but once the man realized Alex had the slightly larger version of the same pack. He withdrew his invitation to Alex. This man was truly a super guy, and we enjoyed walking with him for a bit and learning his story.

Once we arrived in Hontanas, we ate a great lunch and took our daily afternoon nap that seems to be getting better and better with each day.
Have a good Monday, everybody. I guess it’s Tuesday now.


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