Today’s photo(s) are of my camino friends George (on the left) and Mike on the Frances, September 2012. People called them the most photographed pilgrims from the back on the camino

. Drying laundry, bandanas, bags of food…everything attached to the pack with George’s special clips. I first met them on the climb to Alto Perdon. It was a very hot day and they were sharing a small circle of shade under a tree. I stopped to chat and it seemed like they were old friends. They were so happy to be on this adventure, joking and cheering each other on. Later I found out they had just met the day before and decided to become walking buddies.
The camino was a religious pilgrimage for George and I will always remember a wonderful long conversation about faith that I had with him on the stage to Lorca. Due to illness, George had to leave the camino twice but returned 2 more times to continue and complete his walk to Santiago.
I just heard today that sadly, George passed away on June 7. Rest in peace to a wonderfully kind man.
