{"id":3220,"date":"2022-06-27T05:44:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2022-07-06T05:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:50:40","slug":"estella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/?p=3220","title":{"rendered":"Estella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a bright, sunny day as the full 2022 Camino squad heads out together for the first time. It is a &#8220;short&#8221; 13 miles across mostly flat terrain to our next stop in Estella and optimism is in the air.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_3387-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3387 copy\" title=\"IMG_3387 copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_3391-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3391 copy\" title=\"IMG_3391 copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_3395-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3395 copy\" title=\"IMG_3395 copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still in farm country, mostly wheat, but it has gotten noticeably more dry and dusty. Not unbearably hot yet, thankfully, but where the trek to Finisterre scored a 9, and the Pyrenees clocked with a 7, this part of the trail maybe warrants a 5.  Every so often though, we do come across a field of sunflowers which I don&#8217;t think I have ever actually seen before. It&#8217;s a small, but meaningful, win.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_3403-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3403 copy\" title=\"IMG_3403 copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not far ahead we discover the original Olive Gardzen. There have no breadsticks, sadly, but there is a helpful sign to provide encouragement that we are making slow, yet steady, progress &#8211; just 676 kilometers to go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_3399-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3399 copy\" title=\"IMG_3399 copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.chadtown.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_3400-copy.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3400 copy\" title=\"IMG_3400 copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For her first day on the trail, 13 miles is a stellar effort for Efe Bomba, although it is probably 3 or 4 miles too much. Ar\u00c3\u00a1ndano Joe is also suffering a bit so we&#8217;ve taken advantage of stopping in a reasonable sized town and upgraded his footwear to something a little more rugged. <\/p>\n<p>This is also our first experience using the service that shuttles luggage from stop to stop. There was a touch of anxiety leaving it in a locker this morning with 5 Euros tucked in an envelope but, lo and behold, it is patiently waiting for us when we check in to our hotel in Estella.<\/p>\n<p>One more stage in the books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a bright, sunny day as the full 2022 Camino squad heads out together for the first time. It is a &#8220;short&#8221; 13 miles across mostly flat terrain to our next stop in Estella and optimism is in the air. 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