Hola a Todos!

We are in Logroño, and this is the first place that I have been able to post some pictures, see them in the picasa link to the right. Things are going well. It is hard but rewarding. Here´s a typical day:

Up at 6am, groan some and then tape up feet

7am, get packed and out of the refuge (a dormitory type place with bunkbeds)

Breakfast of some fruit or muffins while walking

Walk

Walk

Walk

Sit in the shade

Walk

Get a drink of water from a fountain

Eat lunch of a baguette and salami and chocolate

Arrive at another refuge around 2 or 3 pm

Shower and wash clothes (sometimes at the same time)

Find dinner, either at a restaurant or cook in the refuge´s kitchen

Sometimes talk to other pilgrims, play cards, massage feet

Earplugs in (for snorers), facemask on (for lights), and sleep like a rock!

We are really enjoying this, we have never done anything like this before, so it´s all new. We have walked out of our first province, Navarra, and into La Rioja today. It was a cool feeling. I really wouldn´t trade any of this first 8 days, from the mountains to the valleys, the people from around the world to the solitude and time with my wife, from the cities to the small towns and countryside, from the physical pain to the excitement of what is down the road and what I have just seen. God continues to provide and has been very gracious to us, and we try to commend Him to others when we can. We think about you all often. I hope to stay in touch!

And if you are wondering, yes, that is a wine fountain in the picture.