Hiking El Camino de Santiago for Cystic Fibrosis: Day 27: O'Cebreiro to Triacastela

From my Dad:

Lighting a candle for everyone back home

We slept in until 7:30 ... incredible. Went down for breakfast and it was toast ... hah hah hah. Sue and I dilly dallied all day as it was only 13 miles and mostly downhill. We stopped in almost every village for this and that but the best part was meeting so many new people ... we never tire of it.

We dropped down about 2,000 feet and that's tough on the body ... so much easier to ascend than descend.

I had some alone time on the downhill today (Sue is faster) and what's interesting as when I hike alone I think about things other than the moment. When I hike with Sue we are in the moment ... weather, maps, Camino, views, hiking poles, food, etc. We've been hiking in the moment for 26 days. We actually for the first time today talked about the fact of only 5 more hiking days remain. We both didn't want to talk about it very long as we still love life on The Camino!

We came into town through a myriad of cow dung farms and the smell at first permeated the town. We thought the town might be a bummer but all ended up great. We had dinner with Lola, Patricia and sister Theresa. Roger came by and told us he had just had a bubble bath ... we all chuckled. We spent time with Anne and she told Sue she really helped her yesterday during a private conversation (Camino moment). Kelly stopped by to say hi. The Italy group checked in about my shin (I'm hanging in there). We added up the number of Camino friends we have out here and it's over 50.

I read this at mass tonight ... The Pilgrimage to Santiago is:

A worldwide spiritual reality
A path of light
A path for seeking and finding
A path of peace and brotherhood
A path of life and hope
A journey of oneness where none are strangers and all are as brothers
A meeting point for brothers regardless of race or culture

Sometimes I feel like we are living a dream!

Buen Camino

Esteban y Susana