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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...
Camino – Day 35
Camino - Day 35 Today started out well. My weather app said it was overcast, but when I stepped outside at my albergue the first thing I saw was the thin sliver of the waning snow moon shining bright among a sea of stars. For the first five kilometers or so (about...
Learning to Walk My Pace (a Camino Lesson)
It has been a humbling (and healing) experience to honestly listen to my own inner thoughts, and then respond. This morning as I was walking out of Sarria those thoughts took on a surprisingly judgmental tone. As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, Sarria is the...
Camino – Day 34
Camino - Day 34 What a lovely morning. The stage was already set. All I needed to do was show up. And I prepared the way for that to happen yesterday evening. In my blog post yesterday I mentioned that I was experiencing some sadness related to the “need” to start...
Camino – Day 33
Camino - Day 33 This morning was another lovely walk through a peaceful rural landscape. As usual, I started walking in the dark, and as usual, the night sky filled me with a powerful sense of awe. Someone on Facebook asked me why I start walking in the dark. I...
Camino – Day 32
Camino - Day 32 I have had a near perfect day! This morning was so beautiful it left me laughing, singing, and crying. The landscape is amazing, with broad vistas down into a deep valley, with something new around every corner. And after a peaceful and easy 14km...
Camino – Day 31
Camino - Day 31 Today was a climbing day. 360 meters in the first 5 kilometers, then a fair bit of up and down for the next 6 or 7 kilometers, and then finishing up with another 100 meters in the last 2 kilometers. It felt good to climb, and I’m glad it was only...