Elche, October 19th

We made it about 1/2 way to Gibraltar, driving down along the eastern coast of Spain. Spain is beautiful, tall high cliffs dropping of down to the Mediterranean Sea. We left behind the vineyards and found many olive and orange groves (Valencia oranges). We did see some flooding that we had heard about earlier in the week. It was in the Valencia region. Some orange groves remain flooded, but that was the extent of what we have seen. Many hillsides with castle ruins dot the the countryside here. Blow are some pictures of our drive...

Spanish countryside in Valencia Province

Castles ruins were on many hilltops as we drove along the eastern coast of Spain.

Olive tree orchards are everywhere along the coastal region.

Orange tree orchards were being picked, since it was high season for oranges right now. Workers were picking oranges everywhere in the Valencia region.

We're off to Gibraltar first thing tomorrow. It should be exciting to be in Gibraltar this weekend, the World Rugby Championships are Saturday, and England will play South Africa. All we here about is this upcoming match. Apparently Rugby is almost as popular as soccer in this area.