Graceybeth
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances SJPP-SDC July 1, 2016
I know this may seem silly, but I have constant butterflies for my Camino trip. I leave June 5th so only a couple of weeks away and I simply cannot wait. I feel like a kid at Christmas! I'm backpacking through Europe for the month of June and then start my Camino July 1st. I timed it so I could spend a couple of days in Pamplona for the festival of San Fermin and watch one of the running of the bulls. I come on here and read the forums and every few days, I unpack my bag and repack it just to kind of "Play" with my stuff. Makes me feel like I'm participating. I am doing training hikes too. Seriously, can we make the clock go faster? These days are dragging on!!! Thanks for enduring my ramblings. I just felt I needed to share my excitement with like minded people. I tell my friends here and they are think I'm crazy because I'm going solo! And I think they are a little sick of hearing about it!
Oh and a funny thing happened to me yesterday. I was taking a training walk here in Dallas on the normal streets as there aren't many parks to walk and I was pushing my dog in his stroller because he is just a little guy and can't walk 10 miles. I had my full pack on and a lady pulls up beside me as I was waiting to cross the road and offers me $20. I asked why and she said that I actually looked like a homeless person who was trying to do something with their life instead of just standing around looking dirty with a sign begging. I was clean and wearing nice clothes with nice sunglasses so I wasn't sure why I looked homeless. I explained what I was doing and she said "Oh, I thought you had everything you owned on your back with your little doggy in his home!" I don't worry what people think of me but I guess I do stick out like a sore thumb here in the concrete jungle!
Oh and a funny thing happened to me yesterday. I was taking a training walk here in Dallas on the normal streets as there aren't many parks to walk and I was pushing my dog in his stroller because he is just a little guy and can't walk 10 miles. I had my full pack on and a lady pulls up beside me as I was waiting to cross the road and offers me $20. I asked why and she said that I actually looked like a homeless person who was trying to do something with their life instead of just standing around looking dirty with a sign begging. I was clean and wearing nice clothes with nice sunglasses so I wasn't sure why I looked homeless. I explained what I was doing and she said "Oh, I thought you had everything you owned on your back with your little doggy in his home!" I don't worry what people think of me but I guess I do stick out like a sore thumb here in the concrete jungle!
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