Author: lowrituh
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Apologies everyone for the couple day lag in updating the blog. I blame Keith! But who doesn’t?? But, seriously, we were in kind of a holding pattern and waiting to see how things went over the weekend. We are happy to report that Keith’s trip to Palencia went pretty smoothly with exception of the fact…
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Keith is still sapped out and not gaining much-needed energy while resting in Frómista. So he paid a visit today to a local physician so we could be sure that there were no bigger concerns he needed to tackle. Thankfully, it seems as if the cold has not struck his lungs and is mostly just…
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Keith will be spending yet another day (and night) in the aldea of Frómista as he bolsters his energy and, hopefully, health. It doesn’t seem that this cold has advanced to anything worse and we’d like to keep it that way. We’re really hoping for some marked improvement by tomorrow. In the meantime, he will…
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Keith did get a pretty good night’s sleep last night, but will be staying another night in Frómista as he modifies the contents of his pack and has an extra day of rest to see if the cold will back off some. He did eat a full meal this evening for dinner—which is a good…
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To get you caught up, Keith’s Sunday was tough. He had a “big ass” (that’s “gran culo” in Spanish) hill soon after he left Castrojeriz. It was not a good feeling and really caused him much concern, but he made it up and also back down the other very steep side. He said it was…
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The good news is that last night (Friday) Keith slept well. Many of the pilgrims left early before dawn (they use headlamps), but he stuck around until daylight and enjoyed a little extra sleep. Each day he’s been on the Camino he has been able to progress in the distance he’s gone. Today he made…
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Keith had a very long night last night. :( While the albergue was clean—it was small, had no air moving and turned into him not getting much sleep—more like resting while he baked in an oven. Around 4:30 this morning an Italian lady left, then around 6 another group left—which is when he finally fell…
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Just talked with Keith a little while ago and he sounds worn out. He said that he could’ve kept walking, but he’s still needing more sleep to snap out of the time change. Another reason that he stopped for the day was because his pack (which is heavier than he planned–around 22 lbs) is making…
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Keith arrived in Spain at what was about 1 AM Pacific time/10 AM his time. He’d gotten just a little sleep on the plane—which for him is good because he doesn’t sleep on planes. And, thankfully, his bag made it through with no problems (we’d packed it in a large garbage back to keep the…
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Wow! 3:50 AM got here really early, but he is on his way. They messed with his flight plan even after we checked it late last night. He’s now headed through Newark instead of Dulles and will be stuck in Denver for over four hours, but there’s a part of me that is ok with…
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As only a few of our family and friends know so far, Keith has decided to take a pilgrimage on the El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) in Spain over the next month and I thought that the best way to let others join in the adventure was to create a blog…
Looking forward to hearing what you think!