Bring your Tom Tom with you!

There are days when things just seem harder than they really are. And today was such a day. I struggled. This was to be an easy 17km path.  (Look at me saying 17K is easy!) But just we left civilization, I ran out of water. It's hilly and winding and somewhat shady, for a while. I have kidney stones and cannot be dehydrated, or those stones start a revolt in there. Just about when I was about to get very irritated by this road and my lack of water,  we came upon a snack bar right in the middle of nowhere! Water! We sat down, drank their delicious fresh orange juice, attacked our sandwiches and I lay down on the cushion bench fanned by a cool breeze. Heaven! Here we were told we were halfway but the distances didn't add up. If the route was 17K then why were we told we've done more than 13 km if we started at Valence and still have 9.5Km to go?
The road ahead gets better and the rest of the original way (there are detours if you want to take them) is very straight, very hot, no shade and crossing an industrial area.  Thankfully a company called Ceamsa has a bench with a tap of water and you can access their  guest Wi-Fi too! Thank you for that!
The Spanish have no idea about how to give accurate directions. In Portugal when we asked for directions they were precise about how far and how long a place was. Here, just make sure you rest as you go, and luckily there are plenty of places to sit down. I literally strolled this whole route because of my pain levels. I knew I would need a good night's rest and a better bed than what we'd get at the albergue and so we checked into the hostel we found 50 meters before the abergue.  It's worth it. I needed a night devoid of snore symphony to sleep deeply and to recuperate.
My Fitbit says I've walked 27.6 Km. Yes that's be how I felt.