The secret is out......

My eight year old grandson is a triathlete and takes his sport very serious.  Knowing that my life is scheduled years in advance his mother was trying to mark my calendar for one of his bigger events.  Ough!! I don't think I will be in town I countered.  How do you know, where you going? Well I am thinking of going to Spain and walking the Camino......you are doing what?

The word was out, but still I had all summer to change my mind.....or not.

Now the word of the day became "when".  When are you going to the doctor for a check-up?  When are you going to get your equipment, when are you going to double your life insurance?

SteveI emailed daily with Spanish phrases that if memorized I could ask for fresh water, cooked food and a clean place to poop.  I  bought books, maps, plane tickets, train tickets, lodging, and a floppy hat. Yep! Camino de Santiago here I come......mentally I am ready, physically I am ready, and my Karrma feels right/ good.

Family and friends got on my band wagon with hiking poles, magic wands that when wiggled in a glass of water will kill 99.9% of all deadly bacteria ( ye gods how refreshing.....pun. Intended). My grandson in- law gave me a solar powered charger for my e- equipment.  A very good friend who is a military paramedicc asked if he could please set me up with a first aid kit. ." I can pack every thing you need to remove a tick, pop a blister, set a bone, or take out ruptured appendix in four square inches".  I agreed, he delivered.  My doctor set me up with pain killers, muscle relaxers, antibiotics, a tetanus booster and whooping cough shot.  Checked my heart, rechecked my heart, had his assistant check my heart, and rechecked it again.  Another daughter who has miles under her belt back-packing, hand-carried me to her favorite wilderness store.  Dragging me up and down isles with my arms extended as load supports.  You will need this, one of these, two of these, do you have one of these? like money was no object. The store manager got in the act, "you can't go without this," .....bed bug spray.

It's early. The house is dark, it's raining outside, I switched on the fire and am now staring into the flames.....I feel good.  D - Day minus 3 ......I can do this!

To be continued.........