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  1. Dale R Cohen

    Winter Gear Shakedown

    A corkscrew.
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    Rest day: Leon or Astorga

    I took a rest day in Burgos on a Sunday and most things were closed except for the Cathedral. I booked a room and basically either walked around town or sat in my room. So when I found myself in Leon on a Sunday, too, I decided to spend one night, tour the cathedral in the morning, and begin...
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    If you had only one word ...

    Metamorphosing
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    Walk for my birthday or go a month earlier

    I celebrated my birthday on the Camino this past March and the small group of pilgrims at the albergue (none of whom I had met before that night) and the hospitalero in Mansilla de Las Mulas serendipitously threw a party for me! It was my favorite birthday yet. Whenever you go will be the...
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    My journey to the Camino

    If you walk with the same spirit in which you have prepared, you are in for the continuation of an amazing story! Buen Camino!
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    How to spot me!

    "]I'm seriously thinking about attaching these to my backpack. :p Whenever I’m walking in Mountain Lion country, I wear something that looks like eyes on the back of my head. Since Mountain Lions attack from behind, it confuses them and keeps me safe! Buen Camino!
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    Physical Recovery

    I am aware that I am experiencing a mild depression after completing my Camino and returning home on April 17th. Even a mild depression has some physical side effects. To counteract the effects of the depression, I continue to find solitude in walking every morning for an hour, remembering to...
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    Finisterre or Muxia first?

    I went to Muxia first. I decided to end of my Camino walking there. After a night in Muxia, I took a taxi to Finisterre. After five weeks of walking, the taxi ride was challenging. My body was use to moving at 3 to 4 km per hour. The bus ride from Finisterre back to Santiago was better and the...
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    Did you meet Pedro in Finisterre?

    He was there earlier this month with stories of some sculpture he’s done in Finisterre that some friends tried to find, to no avail. I don’t think he walks the Camino. I think he walks the streets of Finisterre and enjoys talking with pilgrims...and selling postcards!
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    The Meseta.

    I walked the Meseta in March of this year and experienced a wind-driven, hailing thunderstorm complete with lightning. The hail hurt like hell (like being shot with a thousand pellets from an air rifle); however, it was still one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. The ground was...
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    Apple Watch on the Camino

    if You put it in workout mode, it will track your location; however, it will also run down the battery at a quicker rate and probably not last all day. I just tracked total kilometers because the distance between stages was not the only walking I did. For instance, on a rest day in Burgos, I...
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    Apple Watch on the Camino

    I wore mine everyday, charged it every evening either via a plug or using a charging brick I carried (that I charged up whenever I had a plug near my bunk), and never had any problems. I’m not obsessed with my Apple Watch, so it didn’t distract me on the Camino; however, now I have an electronic...
  13. Dale R Cohen

    Starting March 4th SJPDP

    Congratulations on getting started. Tomorrow is my first day...finally! Looking forward to the journey of a lifetime. Buen Camino!
  14. Dale R Cohen

    Starting camino 5th March

    Finally made it to Biarritz. Will evaluate my transfer options to St. Jean tomorrow. It looks like Wednesday is the day!!!
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    Starting camino 5th March

    And now leave SJPDP on Wednesday. As I sit in Atlanta awaiting a later flight that delays me another day, I am remembering the Wise Ones who say the Camino provides exactly what we need. So, I’m trusting this is “exactly what I need”! Buen Camino!
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