Detour

​Dave waited in Logrono with me while we tried to figure out when I would be able to resume the Camino.  That was very kind of him but I knew that he wanted to continue on the Camino.

However, you have to go with the flow.  Yesterday, I got a good chance to look at the quite painful blisters on my left foot when i removed the occlusive dressings.  Yuck. Deep oozing hamburger beefy blisters on the ball of my left foot the size of two quarters and a depth of those two quarters stacked.  There are also a few smaller but similarly deep blisters on the sides of my smaller toes that came from steep downhill on day two.  Yesterday, I couldn’t walk without supporting myself on my trekking poles.  There is no way that I can continue to hike the Camino right now.  These feet need to heal and putting on my medical and military medical hats, it will probably be two weeks before I can trust them to hold up to the conditions on the Camino.

Dave resumed the Camino this morning continuing the path that we had planned together.  Tomorrow, I will visit a friend who lives near Nurnberg, Germany for a week, then to visit my brother in Berlin to finish (hopefully) my convalescence.  Two weeks total should suffice and then I will fly to Leon, Spain to rejoin my friend/classmate Dave for the final two weeks of the Camino.  

The Camino is a journey and this is just part of that journey.  I won’t say that it is bad or good, just that it makes me adjust to the circumstances.  I am not disappointed that I won’t have all the Camino stamps in my Pilgrim’s Credential.  (I realize that I need to explain that.  I will compose a post describing that process.)  With Grace, I seem to be past that.  I will try to remain in the moment and appreciate all that I have been given.  I will use the recovery time to post some earlier events that either eluded posting or which were eaten by Blogspot without leaving remains.  Maybe a few things that occur while convalescing.  Thanks for following me on this journey.

Buen Camino