Did we start too early??

I have not posted a blog in many weeks. We got waylaid, again, due to a serious health condition with my husband. He has recovered and built his strength back. It was a scary time, though.  That makes 2 serious events for him in the last few months. Scary when you think about being in a foreign land and something happening to your health. But this when I have to give up my control and rely on faith. At this time,  as in the walk, I am seeking peace and serenity. Hoping that nothing serious happens when we are walking through the North of Spain.  Life is precious and delicate. 

Being part of our local Camino group makes me so excited to take this trip! We have a nice mix of people that have walked the Camino in the last few years, or just a month ago. And there are those of us that are walking some time in the future. This month we had lots of new people. one of the members posted a small article in the Charlotte Observer. I love hearing the tales of those who have "walked the walk". The uniting element is a shared excitement, over the Camino de Santiago. Those that have walked the Camino share their stories and those naïve to the trail, sit on the edge of ours seats with  anticipation.  This group is unusual, in that we don’t really know each other outside the meeting room at REI. But when we are together, there is an undeniable bond. We respect each others fears, strengths and reasons for choosing to walk the Way of St James. We are all just fellow travelers.

My “vision” of our group, if we were to meet outside.

Now I am wondering if we did start “training too early. There are days when I don’t want to go want to walk to the store. ?Really do we have to walk 5 miles just to get some milk??  Our training has been a mixture of going to State/National/city parks hiking, along with in town walks (loooong walks) to get coffee, frozen yogurt or to run errands.

I follow the online forum :

Camino de Santiago de Compostela Where past pilgrims share and future pilgrims learn

On this forum I learn many things. A frequent topic is training for the trail. I am always surprised when people tell others or share the fact that they did not train at all.  The last thing I want to do on the pilgrimage, is fail. My biggest fear is the 1st day, when we will hike across the Pyrenees Mountains,

all have said that this is the hardest day, what if I want to quit on the 1st day!???

So this is where I am right now. I'm a little scared, still very excited and enthusiastic about The Way, but my enthusiasm for daily training has waned. 

Maybe we started training too soon. We are about 2 months away from starting the Camino. 

French Pyrenees

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