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  1. Wildflower Woman

    Returning to the "real life"

    I have not returned to the Camino, however my son did just this year in May (we walked together previously). He said it was not the same for him, even left it and went to the Norte and then just did bits and pieces and walked from Santiago to Finisterre. He was disillusioned with it this year...
  2. Wildflower Woman

    Post Camino can things ever be normal again?

    What beautiful descriptions of your journey, thank you for sharing and taking me back for just a moment as well. The Camino forever changes ones soul, I believe, and that is part of the journey. It has continued to affect me some two years later, and I will never forget the journey. Yes, what...
  3. Wildflower Woman

    The most important thing I've learned.....

    Sitting in gratitude, how very lovely!
  4. Wildflower Woman

    shortage of beds?

    Thank you for being candid with your observations. My son is really struggling out there with all of this and since I am not there to experience it I have only had what some are saying like oh it will all work, you will get a bed, go ahead or behind the group, while he keeps telling me there is...
  5. Wildflower Woman

    shortage of beds?

    This is precisely what my son has advised and they are walking now too, in the Meseta. He has indicated in trying to book their beds that some places are booked 2 weeks in advance. He is observing how very interesting this walk is as to the one we did in June/July of 2014 when we did not have...
  6. Wildflower Woman

    What's happening on the Camino?

    In hearing my son, who is walking now and he has walked previously with me in June/July 2014, it is very crowded and there seems to be a constant race for beds and more. He has said that for him personally he is witnessing some loss of the spiritual and the various peoples that work in the...
  7. Wildflower Woman

    pretty crowded in Pamplona

    My son is walking with his fiancé right now, and we walked together in June/July of 2014 with little issue of finding a bed and having the luxury to be totally spontaneous as to stopping. Now he said it's a totally different experience out there, lots of bed chasing, reservations, and hurry...
  8. Wildflower Woman

    LIVE from the Camino Made it!

    These are from my son who walked the Napoleon route yesterday as well, there was snow. :) Buen Camino to all!
  9. Wildflower Woman

    Arriving in SJPDP May 3rd

    My son and his girlfriend start walking Sunday . . . they are from the States. Enjoy the journey, it is one you will always hold close to your heart. Buen Camino!
  10. Wildflower Woman

    Hiking skorts for ladies?

    I took an off brand, just one that was comfortable and made out of a wicking material (similar to the material of hiking pants). While it only had one small pocket, that didn't bother me and I loved loved wearing it! I would put my Smart Wool base layer light weight pants on under it when it...
  11. Wildflower Woman

    April Walkers

    My son is walking again (yes, we walked it together in the summer of 2014) with his girlfriend starting April 30. Walking with my son was the greatest gift I have ever experienced. We helped each other breathe back to center more than once! Buen Camino.
  12. Wildflower Woman

    Shikoku 88 Temple walk

    So intrigued and interested in this journey, perhaps it will be the next one! They call to us. :)
  13. Wildflower Woman

    Stay in Orrison Refugio or not . . . ?

    Well said and agree completely. Also the idea of what someone said about having a reservation and giving it up for someone else if you don't feel the need to stay seems reasonable as well. Personally, I never considered staying there as it just seemed to short of a walk, but as many have noted...
  14. Wildflower Woman

    Tattoo Along Camino

    My son and I each got one in Santiago, at Sagrada Corazon and was also very impressed. Buen Camino!
  15. Wildflower Woman

    Trail Running Shoes

    My sweet Brooks Cascadia trail runners lasted from St. Jean to Santiago, put new inserts in them, but the shoes themselves were perfectly fine and they were the only shoes I wore. :) Happy Camino whatever you wear!
  16. Wildflower Woman

    Returning to the "real life"

    What a good thread, and yes I can so relate. You want to share everything with everyone and you come up with a blank stare when you begin talking about it as people tend to be comfortable with what they know. This is what calls so many of us back to the Camino; it is a place where we can be...
  17. Wildflower Woman

    Sock problem

    Agree with what everyone is saying, it is so important to think of when you are walking and heat causes problems for your feet. I ended up purchasing a wonderful pair of Lurbel hiking socks in Spain that became my cherished socks and all I wore in June and July last year, ditched the liners as...
  18. Wildflower Woman

    Socks for walking in july

    Greetings Margaret, When walking last July I began with what everyone stresses here, two pair of socks with one consisting of a liner type sock. This did not work for me at all (think heat). I ended up buying my beloved sock, a Lurbel, in Spain, which is simply a cool max type sock. It was...
  19. Wildflower Woman

    Let's run the Camino from SJPP to Santiago

    So many comments already to this post, but I will add one more from a runner's point of view. I saw an older man run over the Pyrenees last summer while we were walking, and as we were coming into Roncesvalles he was returning from there to go back over the Pyrenees again. Amazing! He was...
  20. Wildflower Woman

    summer footgear - waterproof or no?

    Walked June/July 14 with Brooks Cascadia, non waterproof . . . when it rained they dried quickly and when it was hot I was grateful they were not waterproof! In my limited experience hot sweaty feet = blisters and pain. I eventually wore a coolmax type sock as well, so a blend of materials, no...

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