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  1. DowtyCamino

    I am leaving. Not Forum just yet, but Camino.

    I'm sure your humor and caring won't end here David. It's part of your DNA. All of our walking days will eventually end but your's has been meaningful to many. Enjoy your Camino retirement!
  2. DowtyCamino

    Funniest Camino Picture

    That reminds me of similar spot just west of Leon where the Frances divided. There were competing Camino comments and arrows x'd out and repainted warning you to avoid one route or the other...all painted on the road.
  3. DowtyCamino

    Funniest Camino Picture

    Thud!
  4. DowtyCamino

    Funniest Camino Picture

    Haha...I never caught that!!
  5. DowtyCamino

    Funniest Camino Picture

    Because the wall was easier to modify?????
  6. DowtyCamino

    Funniest Camino Picture

    There have been several "Favorite Picture" posts. Just curious....what's your "funniest" picture. My entry is this shot in Burgos. It was supposed to be of my wife and I goofing off with an ice cream. However the background was ....um....unintended.
  7. DowtyCamino

    Religious/Spiritual Camino

    After speaking with our moderator I'd like to ask anyone that would be willing/interested in replying to this topic to send me a reply as a private conversation. According to IVAR you can add as many people to this conversation as you wish or you can keep it private. You can find...
  8. DowtyCamino

    Religious/Spiritual Camino

    I know that there are many reasons people walk Camino. I'd like to pose a question to the portion of those who walk Camino for religious/spiritual reasons. Specifically I'd like to receive stories/feedback from the subset of those that have had a specifically Christian experience on Camino as...
  9. DowtyCamino

    Finding The Time To Walk A Camino

    Prior to my first Camino I came in one day and just told my boss I was taking 6w off 5yrs in advance. He kind of shrugged his shoulders - likely thinking "alot can happen in 5yrs". I reminded him every year. This had the effect of making it difficult for him to say "no", and also preparing...
  10. DowtyCamino

    Showering and changing/washing clothes...how often?

    There's never a crazy question. What's awesome on this forum is different perspectives, different solutions, and different approaches. In 2014, it was cold, even in May/June. I probably could have gotten by without washing every day. In 2017 it was hot and muggy in May/June. If I could have...
  11. DowtyCamino

    Showering and changing/washing clothes...how often?

    On Camino (unlike some "wilderness" hikes you will likely sleep in dormatory settings. Your fellow pilgrims will appreciate you showering often! Walking in May/June, the weather was hot and a shower was a welcome sight at the end of the day. Washing clothes is indeed a hassle - but it...
  12. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    Life,...not directly...at least not based on the statistics published. I could cross the % pilgrims overall and apply it to the numbers for the Invierno to derive a number, but it would assume that Italians (for example) are equally represented across each route.
  13. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    Wait....that sounds funny. Let me try again. In 2017 526 pilgrims claimed the Invierno as their route to Santiago! The 2017 summary is on the site. In the month pull down, choose "Todos"
  14. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    The Invierno route claimed 526 for 2017.
  15. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    I didn't misinterpret your response. I'm married a loving, sensitive non-engineer. I know very well how my eyes can light up at a trend line as hers glaze over. But as I said...I'm a recovering Engineer. :)
  16. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    Chris: There are far more interesting threads than this one. But as a recovering Engineer, I am analytical by nature and sometimes the affliction returns. This tends to happen when I'm missing Spain desperately and I've looked at all my pictures for the 1000th time, and told my stories to...
  17. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    I don't see a 2009 peak, but rather a 2010 Holy Year peak
  18. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    Fletch, Yes, 2010 was a holy year and there was a huge surge in the number of pilgrims. There was a corresponding surge in the percent of Spanish pilgrims. I can only surmise that the holy year brought out a large number of traditional family pilgrimages and thus more closely matched a 50/50...
  19. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    It's a bit confusing, I admit. On the Pilgrim's office site they do indeed say that Germans were 14% and Americans are 10%. However if you examine the numbers (and the associated pie chart) those are percentages of Foreign Pilgrims. I'm showing a % of total pilgrims. Hence the difference...
  20. DowtyCamino

    Charts and Graphs

    Fair point. The problem of course is that things like % of Pilgrims walking the Frances or % of Spanish overwhelms the %'s of other data and kind of washes out the data. I could do something like present a broken or non-linear scale, but most folks find those equally unpleasant. Now that I...

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