Cirauqui to Los Arcos 36 km

I arose early to head out, in the dark, at 6:25 am today (I noticed the posts are showing Ottawa time, add 6 hours :-). My intention was to walk to Villamayor de Monjardin, a 24 km journey. The hitch was that there were only 25 beds at the alburgue, assigned on a first come first served basis and my chances would be good if I could get there by 1:00 pm. I walked over a Roman bridge and the best-preserved stretch of Roman road on the Camino, it is almost a little haunting to imagine all of the people, pilgrims and carts that would have travelled on these roads before me. I climbed more hills which seem to be absent from my elevation map, arriving in Villamayor  before noon. Well, like a good Roadrunner I thought, "no sense sitting around all day", so I pressed on 12 km to the next town. What I didn't expect was: 1. It was the first hot day I've had. 2. It was the first day I've had a dusty track with no shade for the entire 12 km. 3. It was the first day I ran out of water with 6km to go. When I started to get a little dizzy, I used the last dribble of water I had left to mix up an electrolyte powder drink (thank you Neil). I arrived with dust literally up to my thighs, hungry as an ox and very glad to be here.  A shower never felt so good and the food I inhaled never tasted so good. It all ended well and I'm sitting with my feet up, still smiling. 
Buen Camino.