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  1. Shawnasong

    LIVE from the Camino Feeling sorry for myself in Burgos!

    I am here too and have been struggling BIG time with blisters, 3on each foot, symmetrically. I am in Belorado, 2 days from Burgos. I'm considering taking public transportation to Burgos tomorrow and then resting for a day or two. I've been trekking with severe pain.
  2. Shawnasong

    LIVE from the Camino This JUST happened...

    I know you are going to love this story... I left Puente La Reina this morning. I entered the town of Maneru and was going to keep on walking straight through. I stopped and double backed to stop for a coffee and to practice what I preach about foot care. As I was standing there chatting with a...
  3. Shawnasong

    LIVE from the Camino Pinch Me

    I started walking from St. Jean on Saturday. Rumor has it that today is Wednesday, supposedly only a few days after my departure. How that is possible is a Camino mystery, as life is so full. Friends, you may recall my pre-walk post about Orrison being full the days I wanted. Make no mistake...
  4. Shawnasong

    Walking for you : YOUR intentions on my camino

    Thank you!
  5. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

    A million thanks to ALL of you. With your help, I have made excellent changes. I am leaving day after tomorrow to have a long layover in Toronto. Diane is my Camino angel there who will be helping me with the final details. By all means, continue talking here, but I feel really well advised...
  6. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

    Okay, sorry sarong, you don't make the cut!
  7. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

    Thank you! Yes, getting a lighter pack and sleeping bag. As for my journal, I agree about the weight. I even considered no journal and using my phone instead, but there's something special about pen and paper and being able to sketch. I will consider a lighter option. The sarong is made of...
  8. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

    Good idea. I tore a strip off of my sarong that is useful for lots of things, but I didn't think of using it in the shower. It makes for a very good head/neck wrap.
  9. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

  10. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

    ...and a pillow case - 4.3 oz. !
  11. Shawnasong

    LIVE from the Camino Another Three Stages

    Wow, not sure why, but I am crying reading your post. The essence of your sharing has really touched me. Thank you. Shawna
  12. Shawnasong

    Dissect My Packing List...Go!

    Here is my entire packing list. This is grim: Total weight, including a full Nalgene bottle is 21.1 pounds. This also includes the few ounces of the clothes that will actually be on my body, not in my pack (doesn't include the shoes, though, because those will always be out of my pack)...
  13. Shawnasong

    Walking for you : YOUR intentions on my camino

    That is beautiful. I am doing the same thing. I am walking for my friend who would love to do it but cannot due to metastasizing cancer to her spine, and for my father, paralyzed from the neck down from agent orange poisoning... I've been visualizing my trek as a walk of prayer for humanity. For...
  14. Shawnasong

    It is a small world here in Costa Rica!

    Burn Camino, Diana!! See you somewhere in Spain, to be sure.
  15. Shawnasong

    Orrison is full Sept. 9th

    Hi Sandra, Thank you for the idea. I remain open to possibilities. At this point, I feel determined to walk the whole way, whether in one day or in stages. If I decide not to cross the Pyrenees, then I will just start in Roncesvalles, since that is where I go first from Madrid. See you along the...
  16. Shawnasong

    Orrison is full Sept. 9th

    Hmm, they didn't mention anything to me about Kayola, and I forgot to inquire. I am leaving it up to fate. Buen Camino! Shawna
  17. Shawnasong

    Finally begins

    InJoy! See you in Santiago! Shawna
  18. Shawnasong

    It is a small world here in Costa Rica!

    I just have to share... I was at a luncheon this afternoon with quite a large group of people. I was sharing with a friend about my September 6th departure for the Camino, and she said "Oh, I think I have a friend going there pretty soon." I was delighted...and then blown away when she got up...
  19. Shawnasong

    Packing to Go (with Thanks!) But Will There Be Music?

    I am leaving St. Jean on the 9th. I hope we meet up and make some music together. I am a singer. Have a wonderful Camino. I'm getting nervous too! Shawna
  20. Shawnasong

    Orrison is full Sept. 9th

    I am grateful for all of the input that you folks so generously offer up. I have no anxiety whatsoever about this journey. I trust that everything will unfold exactly as it is meant to. Maybe I will stay somewhere in the Pyrenees the first night, maybe not. Your suggestions give me peace in...

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