The Ups and Downs
Day 12 Belorado to San Juan de Ortega Miles: 16.2 Total miles: 170.3 Elevation gain: 1407’ Descent: 654’ Moving Speed: 2.8 mph “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” Saint Augustine The weather was even better today! Warmer and cloudy at the start, but the sun came out quickly along with some light breeze. The afternoon was much warmer and I have now gone from 5 upper layers at the start of the trip 10 days ago in St Jean, to 3 layers yesterday, to only two layers today. It was in the uppers 60’s this afternoon and another day with no rain! A good bit of climbing today along with some downhills and it proved a little tedious at times. Fortunately almost the entire day was on unpaved paths which is easier on the feet than pavement. We passed thru several small towns along the way and had a long uphill grind from Villafranca to almost San Juan de Ortega. This section was mostly wooded thru extens...