Packs and Flights and Hats

Camino planning has taken a turn for the serious this week. Francine got her backpack (a Gregory Freia 30) and ordered her trekking poles, towel, and some other equipment.

Oh, and today I booked my flight to Madrid.

I’ll be flying out on Easter morning (31 March) and arriving in Madrid on April Fool’s Day. Seems appropriate.

Then, I’ll take a bus to Pamplona, followed by a bus and/or rideshare to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

After 19 days of walking (God willing), I’ll arrive in León and meet Francine. Together we will walk the remaining two weeks through Galicia to Santiago de Compostela.

Once we have her air tickets sorted out, I’ll book us some RyanAir flights from Santiago to Madrid.

Huzzah!

Training is ramping up as well, as we try to get back into shape. On Sunday, we walked about 5km through Tacoma with full packs. Not a huge distance, but we’re both getting over a flu. Not to mention the whole holiday fat issue.

We walked to our parish of Holy Rosary, and then the route for our planned parish Corpus Christi procession with our pastor, Fr. Maurer, and our friend Greg. They, sadly, did not have packs.

They did have some nice hats, however. Father in particular was wearing a saturno. I’m kicking myself for not getting a photo of him.

I, of course, was wearing the hat Francine knitted for me. At least until I got too warm, and then it was back to the old standby: the adventury hat!