Day 14: Industrial Poligono Soses to Fraga

Date	Jun 5th ( Monday )
Today's Distance:	9 miles /  14  km
Industrial Poligono Soses to Fraga Stats	Route Video
Total This Camino:	138 miles
Total 2023 Caminos:	138 miles
Total All Caminos:	1873 miles
Lodging:	$  60 @ Hotel Casanova
Total Lodging:	$ 713
Planes:	$ 1350
Total Planes:	$ 1350
Buses / Trains / Taxis:	$
Total Buses / Trains / Taxis:	$ 0 / 30 / 32 = 47
Food:	$
Total Food:	$ 310

Meaningful Moment

Another milestone. Sometime today, the border was not marked, we crossed from the autonomous community of Catalunya and into the autonomous community of Aragon.

Sitting with Deb under a cabana on Calle Principal, next to the hotel, having a light supper during a thunderstorm.

Random Thought of the Day

Got an earlier start even though it was a shorter day. Temperature climbed to the mid '80s by the time that we reached Fraga. Although we had some nice walks through farm fields, both Deb and I think that the Camino Catalan has a lot of pavement, relatively speaking.

On the Road / Notable memories

Because we've been having so much trouble getting in touch with the hostel in Candaznos, we stopped by the local government office and the tourist office and the police station to try and find out the status of the hostel in Candaznos.

Just about everyone we talk to is convinced that the hostel was open, but I just had a negative vibe since they never answered the phone.

As a result, Deb and I agreed that we would walk to Candaznos in the morning and afternoon, about 15 miles, and then call a taxi to bring us back to Fraga where we would spend the night again.

Then Wednesday morning we would take a cab back to Candaznos and continue walking from there.

Tomorrow afternoon the temperature is expected to be about 85, with almost no cloud cover, therefore we aim to get a very early start. Wake up at 6:00 a.m., walking by 6:30 a.m.

We have completed our shopping. We have salami and cheese, bread, protein bars, peaches, bananas, fiber wafers, flan, chocolate and six bottles of hydration.

	Once again the geographical features have changed. We are now in sandhill after sandhill country.
	The irrigation effort must be enormous.
	Somewhere around this point we left the autonomous community of Catalunya behind, and entered the autonomous community of Aragon.
	Deep in the rift between the sand dunes, etched into the hills is the old part of Fraga.
	On the other bank of the Río Cinca, is what I would call new Fraga. This is where we are staying tonight in the Hotel Casanova.
	View of the Río Cinca from the National IIa bridge over the river.
	Watching the thunderstorm come in to Fraga, from under a cabana on Calle Principal well we are having dinner. Hot dog pizza, tuna pizza and pimientos padrones, carbonated water drinks with lemon and ice cream.
	The nice thing about the cabana location is that we were literally  30 ft from the hotel entrance.  Very convenient during a thunderstorm.