Last night I made a decision that I had no desire to walk 24 km today and no desire to see Longrona (an industrial town). I met two people about my age and we decided to take a taxi from Viana through part of Longrona and then walk 12.5 km to Navarette. Then I saw Mary, a woman I met at Corazon Puna and had seen a couple of times on the trail, and she decided to go with us. The 6:40 am taxi was 21 euros shared.
Mary and I arrived in Navarette at 10:30 we both had the same thought, “Let’s walk 7.5 km more and get to Ventosa.
We made it there by 12:10. The Albergue didn’t open until 1:00. This was my first experience with a line at the Albergue.
I was happy to get a bottom bunk.
The town is so small that there is no market store. A truck comes with food a couple of times a week. What a great place.
Here is what people typically do in the afternoon after siesta.
I could wander the few streets all afternoon.
I see more and more people shipping their packs. I still plan to carry mine. If I had shipped it, I wouldn’t have been able to go on to Ventosa today.
Traveling Nancy 
September 6, 2014 at 3:24 pm
You are doin’ some serious walkin’, girl. I am loving all your posts; keep ’em up.
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September 8, 2014 at 1:32 am
You are one smart lady…taxi was very good idea…saving those poor feet.
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