The End - or is it the Beginning?

Hello!

However it is that you came to be here,

I'm glad you found me.

Maybe you saw 'The Way' with Martin Sheen

and were intrigued;

maybe the idea of doing the Camino has been planted in your heart 

for years 

and you're wondering 

if NOW is the time;

maybe you've got your plane tickets and plans firmly in hand

and are simply scouring the internet 

for more packing lists 

to see what other pilgrims have taken with them.

I've been there - 

right where you are - 

at all those stages of 

intrigue,

wondering 

and 

planning.

It wasn't that long ago,
but it feels like it was in another lifetime.

April 2014,
the month

I left for my Camino.

MY life has not - 

nor will it ever - 

be the same again.

If you're curious about the HOW and WHY someone -

especially someone over 60 - 

would undertake this particular challenge,

I'd suggest you start at the beginning.

here

If you just want a packing list,
go here

If you want to follow the day by day journey
start here

To go to the next entry,
wherever you start,
just hit "newer post" and it will advance to the next page.

Maybe this is old news on how to use a blog for all you youngsters,
but I was surprised at how many of my friends
had NO clue about how to use this form of communication.

OK, I wasn't really surprised -
we're throwbacks,
troglodytes...
we talk to each other,
in person,
meet for lunch and dinner,
not email or text!

But I want to share my story.

I want to plant the seed
for people of ALL ages;

believe me,
if I can walk the Camino de Santiago,
if I can finally scratch the itch that had been growing in my soul
and undertake this quixotic adventure,
then so can YOU!

Your story,
your motivation
will be different than mine;
but I can assure you,
your life will never be the same afterwards.

If you're at all like me,
that's a good thing!

Enjoy.

Buen Camino!