T minus 3 days. Here I go again!

 Yes, with a bit more insight and a few more years on this old body, I am about to embark on my second Camino or as they say in Portugal, “Caminho.”

This time I will be leaving from Porto, Portugal and walking, God willing, to Santiago, Spain. It is a journey of about 178 miles and I plan to carry my backpack filled with a months worth of clothing and necessities. So far the backpack, including itself, weighs 10.25 lbs. I’m hoping to keep it at just under 12.  Things have gotten a lot lighter in the lightweight travel category. For instance, the sleeping bag I took in 2019 weighed 2 lbs, this year’s model, appropriately named “the Camino,” and all the way from Canada, weighs a mere 1 lb.

Here is what is in the bag:

1 bra

3 panties

1 long sleeve merino shirt

1 short sleeve merino shirt

1 buff

1.5 lbs of cosmetics, (meds, toothbrush, comb, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, deodorant etc.

.5 lbs of electronics

.5 lb pair of sandals

1 lb sleeping bag

.75 lb rain poncho

.25 lb towel

.25 lb day pack

2 shorts, 

1 skirt

.25 lb windbreaker 

.25 puffy jacket

Check in with you all on Saturday. Spending the night at Travis AFB before being dropped off at SFO for

An 11 hour direct flight to Lisbon.