Team America Strikes Again...

Hey there everyone! We have had limited internet access over the past couple of days, but nonetheless are having a great time! The common theme over the past three days has been wet. And wetter. The rain in Spain does NOT stay mainly in the plain, by the way. The scenery has changed from the flat, high desert (the meseta) to the mountains again, and has made these three montana kids very happy. We walk through oak forests and wildflowers. And rain. Today we completed 19 miles and it was killer. We are still meeting great people and eating not so great food. Last night Julia and I got the idea to make some delicious soup. We all ended up forcing it down as it was energy. We were not too happy about it as a girl sat down next to us with a grilled fish and a tortilla de patata. We still had a great time. We have now dubbed ourselves Team America and continue to do things that make us look ridiculous. Want some examples? 1) Julia demonstrating in a crowded area that it is impossible to lick your elbow. 2) Sleeping in WAY overtime and being the last out of the albergue this morning. 3) Julia accumulating 13 blisters. 4) the soup incident. We have decided that the next time we are asked ¨Why are you doing the Camino?¨we are going to respond ¨To lose weight.¨ We figure that will make a good impression.

Today we got to walk around a castle. In the rain. It was pretty great. Last night our albergue was pretty rustic, but fabulous! Tonight we were the last 3 allowed into our albergue...lucky! We still cannot figure out how people continuously beat us to the destinations, but we´re thinking the sleeping in and constant bathroom/picture breaks have something to do with it. And we´re slow. And its raining. The weather is supposed to break tomorrow, but that could just be some juicy pilgrim gossip. We´re not sure. Today we are very tired. We find that our time walking is spent talking a lot about foods we miss, things we can´t wait to do and the enormous packs that everyone else seems to be carrying. We only have 8 days left of hiking, and are hoping that Julia´s feet will make it. Michael´s ankles are not bothering him anymore thanks to the Superfeet delivery by our third. Life is pretty darn good.

Anyway, hope you are all well. Sorry this is a rather lame blog...we are pretty tired/slightly cranky. Nothing a bad bed and tylenol pm can´t fix though! Thanks for the comments!

Buen Camino