Tuesday May 24, 2011

I leave a week from tomorrow for a trek of a lifetime.  I'm pumped up excited, yet a bit apprehensive about accomplishing what my cousin and I are setting out to do.  We will start our hike in St. Jean Pied de Port, France and end up in Santiago de Compostela, Spain over a period of a month.  I look forward to sharing this time with my cousin Barb and meeting others along the way.  My goal has always been to become a more healthy person since she asked me to walk with her and since I love photography, I will take some photos, but I hope to soak up more as I go rather than trying to save memories.  I want to be in the moment and enjoy each experience that is afforded us.  I will miss my family, Norman and Lila as well as talking to my daughter Sara on a regular basis and seeing friends, etc. I have had only felt encouragement from all and thank you very much.

Tonight I laid everything out on the dining room table that I would pack in my back pack weighing everything by the ounce.  I have a water container that holds 3 liters of water, each liter weighing 2.2 lbs.  So that takes up a lot of the weight.  I'm still deciding about a telephone and if I want a camera if I have a telephone that does photos.  I'm not doing a documentary, as that has been done, I just want to capture a few sights that mean something to me as well as a few photos of my cousin and myself as we walk the Way of St. James.

So much to do, so little time.  It is exciting and I shall be ready!