dmantony
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 9.19(13)
Dearest Ivar and all Forum friends,
Tomorrow is THE day. I will being putting several time zones between me and all I hold dear. You know how I feel. You have either put feet on the path or are planning to do so.
You have helped me as I tried to decide on boots or trainers, you have advised me regarding bed bugs, phone plans, travel insurance, snoring, scantily clad peregrinos, and the siesta. You have given counsel on how to avoid being robbed, how to find the best places to stay, albergue etiquette, what to pack and what to leave behind. Take earplugs...yes, take earplugs.
You have helped me see this as a journey and not a competition; that the right questions can be as important as answers; that the Camino will speak to me if I have the ears to listen.
I know more about blisters and how to avoid them than I thought possible. I have collected an unlikely first aid kit of duct tape and Bag Balm.
Leaving family and friends behind is harder than I thought it would be. I will carry them, and all of you, in my heart as I go along the way. If you see a pale green and blue backpack proudly bearing the Forum patch and an older woman sporting a trekking umbrella, doggedly putting one foot in front of the other, please stop and say Buen Camino.
I am eternally grateful.
Deborah
Tomorrow is THE day. I will being putting several time zones between me and all I hold dear. You know how I feel. You have either put feet on the path or are planning to do so.
You have helped me as I tried to decide on boots or trainers, you have advised me regarding bed bugs, phone plans, travel insurance, snoring, scantily clad peregrinos, and the siesta. You have given counsel on how to avoid being robbed, how to find the best places to stay, albergue etiquette, what to pack and what to leave behind. Take earplugs...yes, take earplugs.
You have helped me see this as a journey and not a competition; that the right questions can be as important as answers; that the Camino will speak to me if I have the ears to listen.
I know more about blisters and how to avoid them than I thought possible. I have collected an unlikely first aid kit of duct tape and Bag Balm.
Leaving family and friends behind is harder than I thought it would be. I will carry them, and all of you, in my heart as I go along the way. If you see a pale green and blue backpack proudly bearing the Forum patch and an older woman sporting a trekking umbrella, doggedly putting one foot in front of the other, please stop and say Buen Camino.
I am eternally grateful.
Deborah