Thoughts of home

October 17, 2017
Thoughts of home
I think I would kill for a tuna melt right now.  This is odd because this is a country that seems to live on canned tuna and I have never seen a tuna melt.
Or cream of mushroom soup with crackers.
Sigh.
Re: Rabanal and On the road
Will do. Apparently all of Spain is on fire right now.  And this is the driest it has been in recent memory. (25 years). This from the only occupant of Monjardin, who claims to be the last of The Knights Templar.   He and his dogs run a refugio on the way down from the Cross de la Ferro.  Suffice to say it is horribly dry.  The place where I stayed last night could not offer laundry washing because the water supply was so tight.
Today it is raining and instead of 10 km downhill in the rain we took a taxi and our knees thanked us.
Oh, and the main crop on the Meseta seems to be feed corn. The irrigate the heck out of it
Leslie, your roving correspondent, now off to view a Templar castle in Ponferrari.
Photos:
Oct. 12 - John Reading with Gaudi - One of the amigos sharing a good read with a local.
Oct. 14 - Time for the pilgrims to rest and hydrate - One of the stops along the way, lots of teas, coffees, and notes left for the pilgrims to peruse during their rest stop.
Oct. 15 - A small flower that caught Leslie's eye. - Leslie takes some time to 'smell the roses' and in this case finds a familiar looking little plant.
Day 31 Columbrianos - with the end looming, our intrepid travelers march along smartly.