18th Day / Calzadilla de la Cueza - Calzada del Coto - 26km

not much to report today, we´ve had a casual day walking in the sun with bright blue sky, whispy white clouds, wheat fields rustling in the wind; various plowed fields of rich chestnut brown soil with little field mice scurrying across our stone & dirt path. nicole and i interestingly enough developed a blister on our left little toes and each were squished at an angle. for me, i believe it was the combination of our roads yesterday; asphalt for long periods then with rocks buried partially and jutting upwards making it very difficult to walk and also painful. we have stopped in sahagun to the farmacia where we could doctor our toes; buying a small gel toe cap to cover our baby toes. we still need to walk 5 km more as soon as we are finished here with our blogs. i do hope everyone (families, friends) are doing well and able to keep up with us as we cross the backroads of france & spain. everyday is filled with magic...today´s magic so far...hearing upbeat french music (which makes me want to dance)in a small restaurant at an albergue in san nicolas del real-camino; having the wind each day as we walk in the sun and going through the villages on our route and seeing the locals go about their business of the moment and wishing us buen camino. Life Is Good. i would like to leave you with a thought...please do not think i place any judgement on your beliefs, this is just something to ponder...Why in moment of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure....Bill Scheil....a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario....he describes himself as a ¨modern day nobody.¨ i like some of the quotes on the starbucks cups...some, really make you think. LIFE IS GOOD - AriZona