Follow My Journey
The Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile pilgrimage route across Spain. Follow along as I blog about my journey – both as I prepare (until April 2019) and walk (April – May, 2019)
And they’re off!
Camino, Day 1 (April 5): St. Jean Pied de Port (France) to Roncevalles; 26.6 km (16.5 miles) Blessings of the day (and not necessarily in order of occurrence or importance): The forecast called for rain, but the rain never came! The forecast called for clouds and we...
“You can’t take it with you!” (or: Will you share your packing list?)
,andandmyThat is what they say, right? Don't get too attached because... you're gonna have to leave it behind. Spoken about our end days, of course, but, as I have come to find out in this past week, so very true when it comes to loading a backpack for the Camino!...
Prayers for the journey
What is life if not a journey? We each make our own way. And though our paths vary, we have this in common: we are travelers, one and all. We are pilgrims. It is said: "if the shoe fits, wear it." I'll modify that just a bit and say "if the...
The ones that (almost) got away…
So here I find myself, departure day looming, my to-do list still full of tasks.... Many of those tasks are merely "wishful thinking," as I know there is no possible way to get them checked off. They are more of the...
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Our federal and state taxes have been sent off, car and house insurance payments are scheduled on Bill Pay, and the utilities bills are set up to be paid automatically each month. I've made lists of doctors and medicines and lists of bank accounts and credit card...
Katy Ratcliff
That’s me in the photo. (You probably guessed that.) Midwesterner through and through. I was born and raised in…. Well, if you care about all that, check out my (in)complete bio here. For now, know that I am spending many hours on wooded trails of several counties adjacent to my home in Bloomington, Indiana as I prepare to head off, on foot, on a 500-mile, centuries-old pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in NW Spain come spring of 2019. “Come with me” as I reflect on my training and then on my experiences as a peregrina (pilgrim).
@katys.camino
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