{"id":566,"date":"2018-10-24T22:10:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makena.org\/?p=566"},"modified":"2025-09-13T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:11:32","slug":"day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makena.org\/?p=566","title":{"rendered":"Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 4 began with what we planned to be an \u201ceasy\u201d day, starting at full daylight around 9am.<\/p>\n

We had coffee, toast and conversation with the other pilgrims and figured we would take a few minutes to catch up the blog from the previous 2 days. An hour and a half later (and an hour and a half behind schedule) we were finally on our way.<\/p>\n

As has become the norm the day greeted us with a nearly vertical climb from Portomar\u00edn to Veritas de Naron, 7 miles of almost exclusively uphill climb! (See portion below starting with Portomar\u00edn)<\/p>\n

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Notwithstanding the demands of the climb it was filled, again, with wonderful people and villages that seem straight out of the 1st century.<\/p>\n

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In addition we found periodic shade from the trees of an ancient forest and wondered what happened to these woods stripped of life by fire; we guessed and made up stories to fill the time as we walked but never found an answer.<\/p>\n

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We tried several times to find a way to put perspective into the photo above but you simply can\u2019t see the steepness nor the length of this path.<\/p>\n

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Imagine going through hundred of yards of irregular stone and add to it an incline of 40 or 50 degrees; adventure? Yes. Fun? Nope.<\/p>\n

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The miraculous thing was that, as if by intention, as we exited the rock cluttered pass we were greeted by a stone arrangement that brought smiles to both our faces after some of the \u201cless genteel\u201d comments about the path made just moments before!<\/p>\n

The final phase of the day led us to Airexe and a welcoming host with a smile, a hot meal, a warm shower and a warm bed.<\/p>\n

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Buen Camino<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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