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)
A family* affair
It is, without a doubt, my Camino. Slowly but surely, however, everyone is getting on board. Everyone, of course, means “the family*.” It’s easy enough for acquaintances to come up with statements such as: “Yes, you must!” “Do it!” “Go for...
That’s a weight off my shoulders
Yes! Quite literally! You see, I’ve been walking with a pack since late August. Two months now. I began with a pack I borrowed from Eleanor, kind of testing it out. Finding the brand and the model to my satisfaction, I placed my biggest...
Hazards
It was sometime in June (2018) when I began saying, with conviction, “I’m going to walk the Camino next spring,” but the idea had taken hold of me a good month before that. The notion was nowhere in my thinking in the early months of the year, but for some reason I...
Why?
The question The question was bound to come sooner or later. I'll certainly hear it often as I make my way along the Camino, I thought. I'll be asked over and over again, if for no other reason than as a conversation starter: "Why are...
The morning after….
A wonderful sleep last night. Couldn't ask for better. If I had dreams, they were kind enough not to require my active participation. I have every reason to feel well rested. And, in truth, I do. I'm eager to engage with and in this sun-filled day. But ready to put...
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).
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