This morning, I'm waking up to a glorious blue sky and rather enjoying the look of the freshly cut lawn in my suburban back yard here in the Enchanted Mitten. Tomorrow, it will be a very different story. My wake up call will probably come with sunrise somewhere over the Iberian Peninsula, accompanied by the best airline coffee that Delta can muster as I fly into Madrid.
I'm on an adventure with 15 friends and colleagues from the Healthy Habits program at Calvin to hike the last 100 miles the famed Camino de Santiago, an historic pilgrimage across Northern Spain. This photo is the stylized scallop shell maker which marks the path and is the symbol of the peregrinos (pilgrims) that walk this trail. Although I've backpacked before, this will be a different kind of trip where we carry only a daypack and hike between 12 and 18 miles per day. We'll be rewarded with our bags waiting for us at the next little hotel and a new town to explore.My previous trips to Spain have been to the south, to the Mediterranean coast and to Barcelona so this will be a great opportunity to see another part of Spain up close a very personal.
You're welcome to follow along with this peregrino!!
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