*WARNING: there are photos of my feet below. It's part of the facts of life on the Camino. Those of you disgusted by my feet should consider yourself warned.
We set out this morning thinking we'd only go half the distance we originally planned because we were in such awful shape at the end of yesterday. But halfway to Viana we felt pretty good and decided we could make it the whole way, it was a short day anyway, only 12 miles.
Here's the photos and captions from today: 
Emily with the olive trees, our sign of hope that today would be a better day than yesterday!
By 9am the sun was out and it was warm. We were both so happy about the good weather!
Some of the views along the way.
A random cluster of pine trees we walked through. It smelled great and it was a welcome change from the wind. The wind today was about 30mph with gusts up to 50 probably. Most of the day it was blowing directly on our faces. Thank God it was warm and sunny and not raining like yesterday!
Here Emily is talking to a guy who sells cold drinks and baked goods on the side of the trail (for whatever price you'd like to give). I got a "freeway cola" generic coke and Em got some homemade bread with jam. He gave us two sugar cookies for free :)
Here are the rows of bushes some wonderful person planted to help block the strong winds for the poor pilgrims. Thank you wonderful person; it's much appreciated!
The city up ahead is Viana, our stay for tonight.
The city in the distance is Logrono, we will pass through it tomorrow. Neither if us are looking forward to walking through a city again.
Here's the newest blister. It was very small yesterday, one if the new ones. I thought I could wait and see... Well, this is what it is at the end if today. Also you can see how my ankle is just a little swollen, which is fine because I can still walk on it! I've already threaded the blister. Hopefully will start the callousing tomorrow! Oh, and Emily got her first blister today! She asked me for advice since I'm an "expert" and I told her we should wait till mine are healed before calling me an expert!
Look! See, the one on the bottom is dried out and callousing; it doesn't hurt anymore! Now, the two on the toe, so weird... I've had the dark colored one from the beginning. It seems to be healing. Then today that little one above it popped up. Two tiny little blisters right next to each other. Weird. I guess everybody likes to have a friend!
The church where we went for Mass. This is a side room which appeared to originally be the sacristy. The crucifix was very old and quite nice.
The priest was very friendly. He called the pilgrims up for a blessing after Mass. There were only four of us and he chatted with each us before blessing us individually.
These books were in the chapel where Mass was with signs asking people not to touch. Unfortunately there was no info about how old they are. They were huge, about 2'x2.5' when closed!
This is the sign outside the church telling pilgrims how to dress. It cracks me up because it's totally necessary! Before the Camino I wouldn't have thought pilgrims would go in the church like that, but now I know!
Emily and I having our nightly glass of wine. It's not the best wine in the world, but for .99e for a liter, what do you expect?
Here's a map of where I'll be going in the next week of so. Longrono, where we'll be tomorrow, is on the far right.
My new socks! I'm pretty pumped about trying them out tomorrow! They have a thicker different weave over the heal and toe, which sounds perfect for me! It's the little things ;)
Today I'm thankful for beautiful sunny weather, my clothes drying fully on the line, my nap, a quiet albergue, and the Mass.
I learned that without something to pray and sacrifice for each day I could not be doing this. What would be the point of continuing to walk each day when I'm in pain? It helps sooo much to have someone to offer it for!
Love to all!