Day 22, Leon to Chozas de Abajo, 13 miles

Buenos Dias Peregrinos!

God has blessed us with another beautiful day here in Spain for our hike. This morning we left the massive city of Leon and after five plus miled we finally made it again to the countryside. We have had bright skies all day starting out at 41 degrees and finishing out at 73 degrees. After 13 miles we arrived in our next small town and in saying "Small" I am being generous. Sunblock was applied.

We have made yet another new friend. Her name is Lisa and she is from Colorado. She just started her Camino in Leon and she is alone. We also ran in to our friends David, Neal and Claudia and Terri. Claudia and Terri are staying with us at this Albergue. This one is a real, 40 beds in one room Albergue but we have our own room and bath here.

Tomorrow will be a challenging day of 20 miles the first one we have had in quite a while. We are ramping ourselves up for it. Our feet are holding up pretty good at this time but we know when you pile on more miles they can start to break down.

Something I have noticed on this journey is that when I am out on the trail here my mind plays tricks on me sometimes. I can easily forget that I am actually in Spain because the daily hike becomes routine, even mundane if you will. I feel like God is showing me how I do that with life in general. I let some pretty amazing things go by without really noticing them. Not intentionally of course but none the less I do. It is so easy to fall into the idea of my life being just one day after another of the same thing and I plan on trying very hard to get out of the rut that my life is in. Can you follow me?

Don't get me wrong I know I have a good life. God gets all of the Glory for it. I am happy. I do however desire to find more of the joy in life that I know God has in store for me. I have a tendency to turn everything into a chore that simply must be accomplished before I move on to the next. I gotta change that.

Adios for today Peregrinos! Thank you for pulling up a chair to my self diagnosis program.

Love, Nae

my life being just one day after another of the same thing and I plan on trying very hard to get out of the rut that my life is in. Can you follow me?

Don't get me wrong I know I have a good life. God gets all of the Glory for it. I am happy. I do however desire to find more of the joy in life that I know God has in store for me. I have a tendency to turn everything into a chore that simply must be accomplished before I move on to the next. I gotta change that.

Adios for today Peregrinos! Thank you for pulling up a chair to my self diagnosis program.

Love, Nae