{"id":10321,"date":"2017-10-23T14:11:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T18:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?p=10321"},"modified":"2024-09-03T15:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:13:26","slug":"go-to-the-light-october-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?p=10321","title":{"rendered":"Go To The Light &#8211; October 20, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luarca to Caridad<br \/>\n18.3 Miles\/40,678 Steps &#8211; (Total 235.8\/544,359)<\/p>\n<p>We left Luarca under the cover of darkness because we had a long way to go. Today&#8217;s journey was the longest planned segment of our journey. The sun came out to light our way.<\/p>\n<p>As Psalm 119:105 says,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your word is a lamp to my feet<br \/>\nand a light to my path.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t expect much today based on our reading but we&#8217;re pleasantly surprised by what God had laid out for us. The climb out of Luarca gave as views of the town as the eastern sky began to lighten.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10329\" src=\"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Attachment-1-26.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"><\/p>\n<p>We traveled through farms freshly plowed, and several dairy operations. We were occasionally surprised by views of the ocean stretching to the horizon. We stopped for a quick bite in Villapedre and Navia to break up the trip &#8211; and to eat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10328\" src=\"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image1-14-e1508782257410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\"><\/p>\n<p>Navia was another small port town nestled between the cliffs where a river meets the sea. The town is more than 500 (and probably closer to 1,000) years old and built up like a child pilling blocks atop one another. Any civil engineering or urban planning came long after much of the town was built.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10327\" src=\"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image2-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\"><\/p>\n<p>We covered the distance effortlessly. We will have some shorter walks but more hills in the days ahead. We both do better going up than we do going down. I can only imagine that is because of our focus on heavenly things :-).<\/p>\n<p>57\u00b0F Mostly Cloudy<br \/>\nCalle de la Pe\u00f1a, 79, Vald\u00e9s, Asturias, Spain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luarca to Caridad 18.3 Miles\/40,678 Steps &#8211; (Total 235.8\/544,359) We left Luarca under the cover of darkness because we had a long way to go. Today&#8217;s journey was the longest planned segment of our journey. The sun came out to light our way. 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