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Camino – Day 19
Camino - Day 19 - a rest day I am taking today as a rest day. It feels both luxurious and a bit odd. I laid in my bunk while everyone else in the room was packing up and getting ready for a day of walking. I still had to be out of the albergue by 8:30, but I was...
Walking My Life
Sometimes as I walk a phrase will tickle my brain, inviting me to play with it, perhaps turning it into a haiku or a bit of poetry. For several days now, off and on, the phrase “walking into my life” has been showing up. It has a nice poetic feel about it, but...
Becoming a Peregrino
The Camino de Santiago is an ancient pilgrimage that pilgrims have been walking for hundreds and hundreds of years. And from the time I started planning this trip right up until very recently I have been uncertain about how to describe what I’m doing here....
Camino – Day 18
Camino - Day 18 It has been a lovely 22km day, over rolling hills through agriculture fields. I landed in the city of Sahagun, at the Albergue de peregrinos de La Santa Cruz. Sahagun is a larger city, but still small (a population of about 3,000). The numbers I’ve...
Camino – Day 17
Camino - Day 17 Today was a pleasant and uneventful 23km day. A chilly morning with clear skies, I was walking as the sun crested over the eastern horizon behind me. One of the things about walking the Camino is that the sunrise is behind you. The path always takes...
Walking the Camino
The Camino de Santiago is for walking. That is what you do. Everyday. You walk. Up hills and mountains. Across valleys and rivers. On pavement, dirt, gravel, sand, rocks, cobblestone, and mud. Next to highways, through the narrow streets of old world walled...
Camino – Day 16
Camino - Day 16 Another really lovely day on the Camino. 29 km - mostly on paths through the countryside. Yesterday I walked all morning in the pouring rain, with heavy winds coming straight into my face most of the way. It had its own kind of charm (mostly because...
Camino – Day 15
Camino - Day 15 Today is Day 25, and I have now been on the Camino for two weeks. The places I’ve seen and the experiences I’ve had are beginning to blend together, but what I continue to carry with me is the uniqueness of each day and absolute awe and wonder that...
Magic Only Works If You Feed It
I had a dream last night that seemed to involve being in a Harry Potter sort of magical world. I don’t remember much of the dream, but I do remember the message that came blasting through as I woke up. “Magic only works when we feed it, and that includes both the...
Camino – Day 14
I have arrived. It was a lovely 20km day over rolling hills that reminded me of eastern Washington. Somewhere within the first few kilometers I passed the 300km mark. Haven’t reached the halfway mark yet, but there is absolutely no need to rush. In this moment I am...