I was heading in one direction when I started this blog but last week, wound up going a little off course. Kind of like a day on the Camino when I missed the yellow arrow that guides the way. I had to walk a little longer but I eventually got to where I needed to be!
My original intention here was a sequential summary of my Camino, from the moment those words first came up to the actual walking of the Camino, then toss in a bit of the Camino’s life lessons and work my way up to my preparations for my next Camino.
So now, back on course, I continue!
I love walking, hiking in the fall. For as long as I can remember, it’s been my favorite season. Each day brings change. Trees lose their leaves to open up vistas long hidden by the foliage. There’s something so good about have the wind whip around my hair. Everything is full of color and sensation. Last fall brought me hiking and the Camino. I can’t think of a better time of year to begin new things that resulted in so many good changes in my life.
There were some really great hikes last fall. There was the Pinnacle and on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Mount Timp on the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap that’s part of the Appalachian Trail. There were hikes in the Pine Barrens. Just this once, I kind of wish I didn’t toss my old journals. I remember pretty much all the hikes we did last November, but I’m just not sure about December.
What I recall best about those hikes were that they were just a lot of fun. Other friends came out for some of the hikes, it wasn’t just my Camino companions and I. The atmosphere was fun and friendly, I didn’t feel like I had to go further or faster. Though we were planning our Camino, there wasn’t a sense that we were training, we were just having a great time. And perhaps trying to convince Ray how much fun it would be to go on Camino. At that point he still hadn’t committed. Ray makes wine, very good wine too! He was hoping to attend a wine event in California that was being held around the same time that we were planning to do the Camino.
So as I think back to last December, I remember it as the time when the big Camino question was, will Ray go or no!
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