October 01st, 2016

Cercal to Porto Covo
​ 9/30/16

"Presto Manifesto!", as Russ' son used to say.

Yesterday's hike from Cercal to Porto Covo was a snap, as it was mostly downhill to the coast. We ate our picnic lunch on the wall of a 14th century fort above the ocean, and ended our trek at a hotel that has everything we desire. Porto Covo is a modest, peaceful resort town, and it feels so good here, we cancelled our plans to hike back to Cercal.
And so, suddenly, we are done trekking. I feel a bit sad about that, but my body is loving the day off. Our plan is to be here one more day, then taxi/bus back up to Lisbon for a couple of days before heading home. To be sure, we'll still explore on foot, but without packs and poles.
While there's no telling how many miles we traipsed around the towns and cities looking for a dinner served before 7pm (good luck with that!), Russ figures we hiked 211 trail miles, since we began 14 days ago.