The first picture below is from when we were leaving O'Cebreiro early this morning. Our book had mentioned that oftentimes it can be foggy in the morning, to the point that some of the nearby mountain tops look like little islands poking up from the clouds. While Linda did capture a picture that was just like that, I thought this photo was even more amazing with the morning sun just starting to cast an orange glow in the background. There's something about being above the clouds that's really awe inspiring. We stopped many times in our early morning hike just to gawk at the scenery.
The second photo is what much of the path of the Camino is now like, with rocky dirt paths, lots of vegetation nearby, and trees sometimes over head. Very different from the brown, dusty open field hiking we did just a week ago. Galicia also gets a fair amount of rain. We got some today, but it was just a drizzle. It was enough, though, for us to get our ponchos out for the first time, but the rain didn't last that long. We've been very fortunate so far when it comes to rain. Let's hope our luck continues. And we're both very happy that we brought some warmer clothes with us, as the temperature this morning was 49 when we started. It warmed up some, but when the rain came, it cooled back down again. I think we'll continue to be adding on and taking off layers of clothing throughout the day as the week progresses.
The last picture is of some cows that we literally ran into along the Camino. A couple of times today we came across farmers who were either leading their cows out to pasture or bringing them back in. While it was funny to have them walking right past us, the one big drawback is the cows also tend to leave a lot of "presents" for us on the path. With the rain and some of the rocky roads we were on, at times it became impossible to not step in some form of cow dung. Fortunately, when we come into a town, the cows stop there and we can try and knock the stuff off the bottom of our shoes as we walk along the streets (I'm sure the locals are used to it, as they have to deal with it on a daily basis).
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