Well, much to our surprise, in Spain it does not only rain on the plain. We did start out under rainy conditions, but soon found this delightful albergue where we had our morning cafe con leche. This place was a little piece of heaven with its cozy atmosphere, delightful owner, great cafe con leche, fellow pilgrims that we knew and Ave Maria playing. Needless to say, we prolonged our visit just a little....
It was so much fun to walk in the rain and I was reminded of a time when I was in grade four at this one-room schoolhouse. It started teaming rain during the noonhour. All the other children went rushing into the school, but I had my raincoat on and persuaded my girlfriend, who was also dressed for rain, to stay outside and play on the swings. We came in at the appropriate time and I was dumbfounded as to why our teacher was so upset with us. Why was playing in the rain such a problem? I wonder to this day why we demand that children come in out of the rain. Why do we rob them of an opportunity to have so much fun? Well today I had permission to play, laugh, and sing in the rain and I LOVED IT! I even sloshed around in the mud and loved that! (Maybe I COULD be a rugby player, Geoff!)
The last 100K of our journey is very different as we now have a whole new set of pilgrims.....the tour groups and van supported groups. It´s challenging to accept all these new faces into the Camino Community and it´s hard not to have negative thoughts of their Camino as their backpacks are loaded into the vans, they don´t walk all that far during the day, and they still hobble around at night. But why should I think my way of walking the Camino is the right way? Each one needs to walk the Camino in their own way.
Therese sends special greetings to her grandchildren.....Amelie and Lea and Elizabeth joins in sending love to Andrea and Guillermo and now baby Allison and brand new grandniece.....Kenedi Marlene.
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