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The metaphor may not be obvious to all, in fact until I saw this sign, it hadn’t occurred to me either. The place on the Manistee River Trail where this sign is located is at the top of a long and quite difficult, uphill over tree roots, rocks and sand, climb. It tested my mettleContinue reading “What Lies Beneath The Surface”

After a good hike, it is always prudent to sit a while, take off your boots and socks, let your feet breath a bit and have a snack. Now for anyone who knows me, I never take my food at face value even when the label says “organic” or “natural”. I ALWAYS read labels. ItContinue reading “Beaver Ass”

Sometimes, as they say, “the best laid plans of mice and men” play out. Such was our day when the hiking gods chose to keep us off the trail. So we took the chance to spend precious time with the grandkids, a detour from our regular way back to the “albergue” and icy frozen concoctionContinue reading “I Forgot My Hiking Boots”

Looking at the sunrise this morning, I could almost imagine I was just waking from a trans-Atlantic overnight flight, lifting the little plastic cover on the window next to my seat and feeling butterflies about the soon to be landing in Spain to begin the Three Sister’s Camino. My “flight” was long and boring butContinue reading “With just a little imagination”

According to my calendar, the day is finally here. The long awaited and hard-trained for day. The beginning of the challenge I had set for myself. The Three Sisters Camino 2020 adventure! As we are all aware, sometime in March, the world as we knew it and were comfortable with, ceased to exist. Stopped deadContinue reading “HERE I GO”

In exactly 30 days from today, I was planning on being at the Hilton Hotel at Logan International Airport, eating lobster rolls, drinking Moxie and shuffling the contents of my pack to be sure I had exactly what I would need for a 500 mile walk across Spain. There is, of course, a fine lineContinue reading “One Month”

When Irish pubs close their doors on St. Patrick’s Day, it’s probably a good indication this business with the Covid-19 virus is much more serious than our government has stated. I am trying to remain optimistic that all of the planning, almost 2 years in the making, is going to play out just as we’veContinue reading “CHANGE OF PLANS OR BUST”

100 days or 2400 hours, or 144,000 minutes, or 8,640,00 seconds from now, I will officially be a senior citizen.  I will also be boarding a flight to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Madrid, Spain as I begin the first leg of my “Camino” journey. On these snowy, gray, miserable, driving days of winter, it helps to re-examine the contents ofContinue reading “100 DAYS”

There’s a penumbra on the moon this morning at 5:00 when I go out to start my car and warm it up a bit before my commute to work.   Although it doesn’t feel that cold, the dome light takes a full 2 seconds to come to full brightness.  Not a good sign.  There is aContinue reading “Minus 13”

The new year and decade has arrived. It was a quiet one here in the little town of Athens, Maine. No parties, no alcohol, no noise. Just me, a large pan of popcorn and “Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle”. My list for items that I need for the Camino has shortened by one. My silkContinue reading “144 Days To Liftoff”