Santiago tomorrow

We made it to Arco De Pina today is good time, about 4 and a half hours. We will wake early tomorrow and walk into Santiago by noon for the noon Pilgrim Mass. This means we will get to Santiago about 5 am Minnesota time, if you find yourself up at that time, please think of us and I will be thinking of all of you.

Today´s walk was pretty. Nice sunny day, forrests and wooded areas with the occasional crossing of a stream or a busy roadway. tomorrow takes us close to the airport and I remember last time being in what seems a big forrest and then hearing the sound of planes overhead and thinking that they were landing feet away. It has gotten cloudy now and we are all wondering if it will rain tomorrow and hoping that it will not.

Jess and I met a canadian woman last night at dinner and spend a nice evening discussing the Camino. She began her walk a week after we did but she has problems and bused across several days walks to relax and recover. We have left many of the people we have come to know behind us and we are hoping they will catch up or come into Santiago the day after we do. It feels strange to be walking with so many strangers after getting to know so many people along the way. One of the reasons for the strangers is that many people walk only the last 100k and that works out to about one week of walking, so we see a lot of short timers walking and we have not had a chance to really get to know any of then. tomorrow may well be the same.

Many thanks to all of you for your prayers and attention to the blog. I will report from Santiago tomorrow and then will be going on to other things on my sabbatical. I do miss you all greatly and look forward to seeng you again in the fall.

Thanks again to the staff for all of their hard work while I am away. Blessings to all,

Until Santiago,

Michael