20th Day / Reliegos - Leon / 25 km

hello everyone - i want to take a moment to tell everyone thank you for writing and letting me know what is going on in your lives, it is very important to me and i thank you and love each of you very much. oh what a day we had, thinking it would be an easy day turned out to be a little too slow for us as we limped into leon with blisters, black toe nails, aching knees, neck and shoulder pain from my pack (i don´t like it at all and i put a lot of effort into my gear) but, we made it about 2ish this afternoon. we are in better spirits now that we have a wonderful hostel room which we will stay in for 2 nights and possibly a third. we can get up when we want to, go to the bathroom without waking anyone up or not going because i´d wake someone from their precious moments of sleep; not have to use a sleeping bag, not have to be in at 10 pm so the door to the albergue can be locked...it´s just so wonderful to think...we just don´t have to anything; not for another two days! seven of my toes ache and throb, it´ll be good not to have to put on my boots and let my feet air out and not have to put that pack on for two days!!!!!!! wooooooo hoooooo!!!!! i´ll deal with it when we hit the road again. i know me and i probably won´t be staying a third night because i will want to walk. nicole and i stopped in at an internet cafe while we were walking with hundreds of locals out shopping, eating or just visiting. i love spain because of all the festivities and interactions with people; they are so happy and love to people watch themselves. don´t we all. it seems one of the hot colors here across spain is my special orange and i´m bound and determined to find some cool tops. we see pilgrims all over and many are staying for a couple of days. it´s time to rest, it´s been a long walk and our bodies are starting to react. today, i told nicole, ¨why did i tell you i wanted to walk the camino?¨ of, course just kidding but that´s how i felt today. we´re going to get something to eat soon and then go back to our room for some good ole rest. it´s been two tough days of walking and nicole and i hardly laughed but we did some good laughing at ourselves today and got very silly. sometimes you just need to do that. upon entering leon, we saw a couple of friends (Walter & Stephan) whom we haven´t seen since hontanas. stephan had terrible blisters and says he is doing okay, i saw his blisters and don´t know how he could walk, but he did. we were suppose to meet our friend andrea at the cathedral at 7 pm but he must have moved on. we met a couple dave & heather from reno, nevada yesterday and had several fun visits with them, they might leave leon tomorrow so we might not see them again. they reminded us that july 4th is in two days and we should get a watermelon or something to celebrate, that sounds like fun. i´ve only seen watermelon in one supermarcado and that was a while back. our days & memories are becoming a blurr for others as well as nicole and i. i can´t believe we´´ve been walking for 20 days today. our spirits are up tonight knowing we´ll be getting some rest. please tell me stories of what any of you will be doing for july 4th, i´d love to hear. it´s been interesting over here as far as bush is concerned, he is certainly not loved. i saw a news flash this morning for a moment on tv while eating a croissant and cola cao with protesters marching with a sign....impeach bush! it put a smile on my face but, he´s still in office. how did that happen again? luckily we are treated kind by nearly everyone and only a few older people have given us a crunched up face with a smart comment. i think my wonderful husband is going to put a picture of the two of us and our beautiful orange jeep on the blog....the two things i´m missing. i´d love to give him a great big kiss and a great big hug so consider it done sweetheart. and great big hugs and kisses to all my sweet, sweet grandchildren (Tyler, KÁnna, Kaden, Atticus & Killian)....grandma willi loves you all very, very much. Of course love to all my wonderful children and their spouses. i love you all so much. i love all my wonderful friends, i guess i just love everyone. kati, i hope you´re doing well and getting back to your wonderful self. mom, dusty, and barbara & troy, i love you too. marc and bob (marc´s dad) have been on their own for awhile now and doing a good job of it i hear. i´m thinking of everyone i know and sending lots of love your way. i´m getting hungry and sleepy, i wish you all a wonderful happy day and sweet dreams tonight. LIFE IS GOOD, HAVE FUN - AriZona marc tell me several of you are having problems posting a comment keep trying please don´t give up.