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The harvest of Tobacco in the valley of Valcarce and the harvested Cauliflower (that I love and didn't expected there) in La Faba!
 
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Kaz, I think they are Tazmanian devils.👺 I thought you'd be the first to identify them for me.😂
Wouldn't you like to stay at Camp Bajo?🤔
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Nope...not seeing any resemblance to our beautiful & unique little devils there! 😘
As for staying at the camp...🤔 I'd be concerned about a repeat of a very famous shower 🚿 scene... 😯 🤣
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To be fair, they do do a lot of this too...accompanied by blood curdling screeching.
Maybe they belong at the camp afterall... 😆
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Ah-ha! So I wasn't totally out in left field after all.😅

This guy is the only Taz devil I'd ever seen before...he gave them all a bad rap in the US.😅
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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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One strange thing I saw was a former Soviet army officer wearing torn up old running shoes while carrying his brand new hiking boots in his pack because he, "didn't want to get them dirty".
Well I'm similar to him, too. I wear a cheap ball cap on the Camino while my lovely, expensive Tilley hat I've owned for over a year sits on a shelf at home, worn three times because "I don't want to ruin it".
 
One strange thing I saw was a former Soviet army officer wearing torn up old running shoes while carrying his brand new hiking boots in his pack because he, "didn't want to get them dirty".
Presumably they'd stay even cleaner (and weigh less) were they left at home.
 
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