Mike Blackard
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF -Sept.-Oct 2018 , CF Aug- Oct 2019
(CF or VdlP summer/fall 2020)
Mike & Scott start the camino from St. Jean on August 28th. We are high school and college buddies from Seattle, Friends for over 50 years! Both of us 69 years young. Scott's 1st my 2nd camino. Scott has to leave at Logrono but we are joined in Puente La Reina by Frances & Loretto, two lovely ladies from Holland, who I met last year in Zubiri, and we walked together to Puente La Reina, where they will continue from where they stopped last year. I think Frances will walk to Burgos before returning home to family, leaving Loretto & me to carry on. Several days later, we hope to meet up in Leon with Raquel and Montse, two more lovely ladies, one from Alicante, one from San Sebastian. I got lost and was rescued by Raquel last year on our way to Bercianos. Montse joined us there, and we walked together to Leon, where they both took trains home to family. So they are continuing their pilgrimage, hopefully we can meet up again. Also hope to be joined by Ralph, from England, either in Burgos (where we separated last year after a couple days walking, or in Leon.- yet to be determined. All of this is just to illustrate how easy it is to make new friends on the camino, and how much fun to keep in touch for a year. I just casually wrote to them that I was thinking of going back this year, and they all quickly responded that they would join me along the way!
