MORE KINDNESS ON THE CAMINO

14 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 15

Fromista to Carrion de los Condes

Today we are walking along the road. It’s not the prettiest paths, but it goes from Fromista to Carrion de los Condes. There is an alternative path that we took four years ago that follows the river. It is a more beautiful path, but longer. There’s no shade along the road but it’s cool and actually when I say there’s no shade what I mean is there no trees lining this road. There are however scattered clouds in the sky and they make a little patch of shade right underneath them It reminds me of when we lived in New Mexico, and we might be driving down the road and look over at a field, and there would be a single large circle of shade, and if you looked above, the sky would be absolutely clear except for that one cloud that was giving shade to that little part so today I’m grateful for the clouds and for the little shade they provide.

Upon arriving and checking in we went to the main plaza in town for a drink and met two Americans from Houston. Friends and work colleagues they bickered like an old married couple. We talked about how we each had caminos planned that were derailed by the dreaded covid. Then Mike reached into his pack and gave us a hand carved shell that he made.

Does anyone remember going to Disney World or Disneyland and seeing the Monsanto 360° theater? Wherever you stood whether you looked ahead or to your right, to your left or turned around it was if you were standing in the middle of that place and everywhere you looked was what you would see around you if you were really there. It’s like that here on the camino and taking a picture or even taking a panoramic picture or even trying to to do a 180° video of what’s around me just doesn’t capture it. It’s so vast and so beautiful. It takes my breath away.

Buen Camino