Camino Day 6-Feet Matter on the Camino

Foot care is a BIG DEAL on the Camino. Each morning, you lube your feet with Vaseline before putting on sock liners and hiking socks. If a blister appears, you can drain it with a needle and/or cover it with Compeed. Compeed it a fantastic European product that covers blisters and provides a thin cushion as the blister heals. You have to be very careful though not to remove the Compeed pad until it wears off naturally. Otherwise, you will tear off the skin.
MK and I have each had 1-2 small blisters but nothing major which is a huge blessing. We have seen pilgrims with giant, painful blisters which really affect the walk.
My foot issue is a heat rash/allergic reaction that appeared on my feet the first day and returned on the fifth day. I treat it with topical and oral Benadryl, but I've learned that I HAVE TO stop every 2 hours or so and take my shoes off for at least 30 minutes.

After walking almost 18 k with no long breaks, my feet were covered in a red rash and swollen.
We slept 11 hours in Longrono and found breakfast in a bar of cafe con leche y tortilla (potato, egg, and cheese triangle). We then went to the farmacia for more Compeed and to ask about my feet. They gave me hydrocortisone to help calm the rash down.
We then began a nice cool walk through the town of Logrono. We ran into a family from Alaska that we met a few days earlier and walked with them. They have two girls aged 15 and 17, so MK enjoyed having someone to talk to.

We walked through two city parks, made one climb, then arrived in Navarette after 10k. We checked in to a small albergue with very nice updated facilities. Then we went to the church square and had pintxos (small snack sized plates) and iced cafe con leche at Bar Deportivo. For pintxos, we had tortilla, lasagna, pork skewer, stewed egetables, shrimp, croquette, layered fried vegetables, and quail. All were absolutely fantastic!!

After eating, we showered and then too stock of our packs. We found about 5-6 pounds of things we want to mail home at the next post office. (When you carry your pack everyday, you become very judicious about what you need.)
After a rest, we will head to the supermarket to buy things for dinner since the albergue here has a nice kitchen and dining table.  Then we journey on tomorrow.