Nate Bissonette
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Sarria to Santiago May 2018
May 19, 2018. I leave tomorrow. I’m sick to my stomach, afraid to go. What am I forgetting? What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve wasted all this time and money? Practice walk yesterday. 5 miles with full pack. Glacial pace. Can’t walk far enough, fast enough, to get the Compostela in the time I have, so why go? Do half this year, half later? It’ll never work, I’ve rescheduled this one several times already. Walk partway, taxi the rest, lie to the Church to get the Compostela? Can’t lie to God and nobody else matters. This is stupid. Why am I going? To accomplish something none of my friends or family have done? Why? Who cares? Too much thinking. Just go. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, pray for the rest.
June 1, 2018. I’m sitting in the airport clutching my Compostela, unwilling to let it out of my sight in checked luggage. I used Mark McCarthy’s “Sarria to Santiago” in Kindle format and his “Very Short Stages” spreadsheet on the Camino Forum and not only did I do it, I had an absolutely awesome time. Mark’s work, the encouragement from people I met on the Camino, and the support of my family back home, made my dream possible. People are walking past me looking at an old man crying in the airport, wondering if they should ask if I’m okay. Oh yes, I’m okay. I’m so very, very okay. But thanks for asking. Buen Camino.
June 1, 2018. I’m sitting in the airport clutching my Compostela, unwilling to let it out of my sight in checked luggage. I used Mark McCarthy’s “Sarria to Santiago” in Kindle format and his “Very Short Stages” spreadsheet on the Camino Forum and not only did I do it, I had an absolutely awesome time. Mark’s work, the encouragement from people I met on the Camino, and the support of my family back home, made my dream possible. People are walking past me looking at an old man crying in the airport, wondering if they should ask if I’m okay. Oh yes, I’m okay. I’m so very, very okay. But thanks for asking. Buen Camino.
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