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Camino – Day 42 – heading for home
Camino - Day 42 - heading for home It’s been quite a day. For a guy who hasn’t been in a motor vehicle of any kind for 41 days I ended my speed abstinence in a big way. I rode 2 trains (one of which reached speeds of 250 km per hour, which is 50 times as fast as...
Camino – The Journey Home
This is Day 42, and today I begin my journey home. It is happening earlier than I originally intended, and it is the right decision to make. I have mixed feelings in this moment. There is sadness that my Camino pilgrimage is ending (it has been a truly amazing and...
Sometimes the Universe Has Other Plans
Sometimes (often?), the Universe has other plans, and I’m learning to pay attention and listen (to my body, my heart, and sometimes my weather app). The weather turned absolutely beastly this afternoon (45mph wind gusts blowing the rain sideways), and it’s...
Camino – Day 41 – Santiago
Camino - Day 41 - Santiago Well, apparently my body doesn’t care if it’s a rest day. It still wakes up early. Just in case you were wondering, I can tell you that there are not many people moving around the streets of old Santiago at 7am. Today was a low energy...
Camino – Day 40 – Arriving in Santiago
Camino - Day 40 - Santiago Well, this has been quite a day! It began in O Pedrouza, which is 20km from Santiago. I started off in the dark and my spirits were surprisingly high. I was smiling and full of energy in a way that had been absent for several days. I felt...
Camino – Day 39
Camino - Day 39 I began the day about 40km from Santiago (approximately 5% of the total distance from Saint Jean, as it turns out). I ended the day about 20km from Santiago, which is exactly my preferred distance to walk in a day. That means, if I’m doing the math...
Camino – Day 38
Camino - Day 38 The Camino continues to offer gifts. Today I had a lovely walk, mostly in the woods, sometimes next to small a small stream. It was peaceful and quiet, often just me alone with the birds and the assorted early morning sounds. The air was cool and...
Listening to My Body & My Heart – a Camino Learning
Today I admitted to myself that I’m tired. And as I thought about walking for more than two weeks I realized that I didn’t want to do that. So I’ve changed my plans (sometimes I forget that plans can be changed). I’ll still arrive in Santiago on Monday, and I will...
Camino – Day 37
Camino - Day 37 Not much to say today. It was a wet, blustery, gray sort of day. It started with a rather ferocious wind, that died down about mid-morning. The rain started about an hour into the walk - sometimes and sometimes heavy. The terrain was up and down -...
Camino – Day 36
Camino - Day 36 I’ve now been on the Camino for 36 days. In that time I have walked over 700 kilometers, walked up and over the Pyrenees (a 1,350 meter elevation gain), slept in 35 different beds (on one of my two rest days I got to spend both nights in the same...