A Day On A Path
Last day in the Texas Hill Country. Great and restful time with my friend, Marie Scott Marks, in Utopia, TX. And a big thanks to Bert and Sarah Scott for letting me charge the car at their house. Utopia, with its population of 124 people, ain’t got no charging stations. Our traditional dinner at the Lost Maples Cafe, a meander by the river, and good visits on the front porch. Tomorrow – off to Flour Bluff (Corpus Christi).
I left April 9 on a coddiwomple to the Texas coast. A meandering to visit family, friends, and to stay and walk in Texas State Parks along the way to Corpus Christi.
April 9: Wichita, KS to visit grandsons Justin and Cameron + their families.
April 10: Ft Worth to visit granddaughter, Hailee
April 11: Lake Mineral Wells State Park, where it stormed and rained and flashed lightening bolts most of my time there.
April 12: Leander, TX to visit my cousin, Jason, who found me via Ancestry many years ago.
April 13 (today): McKinney Falls State Park. The sun is mostly shining, and no rain in the forecast.
Camille asked for shell photos that I’ve taken along the way.
Camille asked for photos of arrows that I’ve taken along the way, so here are arrows!
My lodging last night was 6-7 Km from where I stopped on the Camino, but the host picked me up. This morning I realized that I was then only about 3 Km from tonight’s lodging, so today was a day of rest. Tomorrow, about 11 miles with a couple of good ups and downs. Photo is where I am for the night in A Rua. Very fancy for a Camino night. A special treat. https://casadonamaria.es/
Week of 6/8
Skipped the 3.5 mile week and went on to this 4.0 mile week. Goal – Walk five 4.0 mile days.
Week of 6/1 – 2.3 miles
Oops. Didn’t walk this week! 3 rain days, 2 sick days, 1 lazy day, 1 short day
Week of May 25 14.7 miles
It was a short week since Sunday and Monday were rained out. I don’t pay attention to steps in a day – I only count trail distance. Walking around Costco or up and down steps to the basement laundry is not what’s going to get me up the side of the mountain to
O Cebreiro!
There’s the 1.5 mile marker turnaround point.
Week of May 18
Six walking days – 15.32 miles
Decided to eat humble pie and use my sticks. I could tell a few differences: didn’t need to watch the ground so closely- improved posture, cadence was more uniform, could tell pressure was less on my hip joints. And my brain perked up. Oh! I remember this. We’re walking!
Week of May 11
Seven walking days – 14.44 miles total
