Day 11- Logroño to Navarrete

Depart Time: 6:50 Temp: 59F RH: 85%

Walked today: 8.1 mi. Camino 2024: 72.1 mi.

We walked half a block from our hotel to rejoin the Camino on the Calle Marqués de Murrieta and walked in the dark for a mile.

walking in the city streets for a mile in the dark

The Camino made a left then a right and into Parque San Miguel, bordered by residential high-rise structures as we continued for another mile.

a mile walk in the park

We exited the park onto a bicycle/walk/jogging path that continued another mile,

beginning another mile walk on the bike/walk path
Linda walked right passed this perfectly good bench!
she skipped this perfect bench, too

… ending as we entered a campground complex with a large lake, picnic areas with a golf course in the distance.

walking into the campground
….then around one end of a lake
passing the picnic area
passing another good place to rest!

We continued for another mile until leaving the campground along a nature trail joining a narrow paved road that worked its way through some Rioja Government experimental vineyards…

continuing through the campground nature area
We’ve never seen a red squirrel before
we stopped to purchase a couple bananas from this ancient pilgrim as we exited the campground
experimental vineyard for “White Tempranilla” grapes
near the mountain top with Logroño 5 miles behind us

…then up to the top of a mountain and a path that overlooked and ran parallel to the expressway leading to Navarrete.

heading down toward Navarette, with the expressway below us on right
this is Torro country
finally clearing the highway construction, getting back on a traditional Camino path, with Navarrete in the distance, another mile to go.
This intersection/section of Spanish expressway was just started when we walked through in 2014… still a work in progress
the Navarette street just before our hotel
our room, ready for us at 11:30!!!

Our lunch/dinner at Navarette (Hotel Rey Sancho Terrace Restaurant);

a local Rioja wine to compliment our meal
First course: Artichokes and ham for Linda, Ensalada Rusa for Jim
Second course: Chicken for Linda, beef cheeks for Jim
Dessert (postre): chocolate truffles

Our walk which began today from Logroño continuing to Burgos, over the next week or so will be a celebration of a similar Camino completed by two granddaughters in May of this year.

It was their inaugural Camino and likely to be followed by others as time permits in their busy lives in the years to come. Our hats are off to Katelyn and Blake, we were thinking of you today. Congratulations & Buen Camino!

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