The Camino de Santiago

This day actually began very early in the morning. About to go to sleep relatively late last night I realize that as I was packing to walk today there was no sign of my hat! It was no longer with me. I spent the next two hours between midnight and two pm trying to recall where I had left it. Unfortunately I could not recall where it was. I did leave it somewhere after it rained and before we were picked up at the church in Estella (especially looking at the photos of the day, which shows my hat in the photo with the poncho and without the hat as I walk up the curved bridge).

Before Jon left, we laughed about how he might send me supplies and care packages like they did in the hunger games. This may be one of those times a care package would be needed. 😕My hat was one of the key items I spent a lot of time thinking and researching before my trip. And I’m really concerned about the heat and the sun. I can’t really overly spiritualize the loss of it right now. I’m just really down that I’ve lost it. I know at some point it won’t matter, but it’s just really frustrating at the moment.

The remainder of the evening before I went to bed had me ordering a new hat on Amazon prime to arrive in a particular city on a certain date when I’ll be there - 10 days away. And two towns away in Legrono I have identified a store where I can potentially purchase a similar (but far inferior) sun hat.

Given all that God seemed to take into account my sadness and give me a fabulous clouded day that kept me cool and on the move. I arrived to town just before 1 PM today, well before the heat of the day would set in.Read more