A Camino Story – Santiago de Compostela and the Old Woman

Suddenly up ahead, I spot this perfect image of what, if only in my mind, constitutes an old grandmotherly peasant woman. She is walking the camino route and holding onto a stick cane for some support. I assume her home is somewhere nearby and she was just visiting a neighbor. And without much fuss or […]

On Turning Age seventy (70)

Not really much of a story. Just a few random thoughts, not yet fully developed before moving on with my morning. Enjoy! It’s good to have time in the morning to oftentimes reflect on things. To stop and to look at life from yet another perspective. My five year plan now calls for looking far […]

Serra and the Mission Walkers

From the Santa Barbara mission our little expedition still had another 35 miles to walk, to reach our final destination of this journey in Ventura, California. The words to the song Ventura Highway by “America” now resonates within me as our group takes in the full view of the Pacific Ocean. In 1972, the song […]

Part III Mt Rainier National Park Ride

Today I rode my 2020 BMW 1250 GSA bike to Mount Rainier by way of the National Park highway, highway 7 that runs through the towns of Elbe and Paradise before reaching the park’s entrance. What a ride. At first I thought I was going to be closed in by trees throughout the ride but, […]

Bicycling to 21 California Camino Missions – Part I

What I don’t want happening is for Jerry or Doug saying, we should have researched this camino walk/ride more. More thoroughly than what I’m now doing, by reading and writing about it? I don’t think so. Besides, If we do get lost on the El camino real, it’s all part of the adventure, and the […]

Boy Scout Camporee/Mumps/Alligator

My first Boy Scout troop camporee occurred sometime in the summer of 1969, in Miami Florida. I was part of a troop of scouts that met at the community building at Corpus Christi Catholic School, in Miami Florida. At the end of our block was also a Boy’s & Girls Club; this was a national […]