Long time and new adventures

Last weekend was the 200 anniversary of the Battle of Stoney Creek.  Took our grandson.  No picture.  I am really starting this up again to keep track of a goal I have had for several years.  I want to walk the Camino.  My girlfriend, who is the same age as I am, was going to do this with me next year.  As always life has a way of changing plans and she had to embark on her adventure this year.  Her blog of that adventure can be found here:

http://nancyonthecamino.wordpress.com/

She is doing great, I am so proud of her, she did not have time to get ready for it in a way you would want to because of the life change circumstances.  Nothing fatal so no worries there.

So I was planning to go on my own next year.  Staring at the end of April.  My husband did not like this idea of me travelling alone.  So he is going to join me.  I am now excited anew about this prospect.  He is not one for exercise at all.  The journey starts with a single step and ends in 800 kms.

We have started a walking program, together. We are starting small, 15 minutes every other day this week.  We walk again tonight.  On Sunday it changes to 17 minutes.  Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, then Monday 20 minutes and so on.  By Canadian Thanksgiving we will be up to 60 minutes every other day.  Then until March we will increase the frequency until we are walking almost every day for one hour.  Weather is not a factor.  We have to do this outside as we would on the camino. 

Then in March we will start walking with backpacks and hiking.  On June 26, 2014 we will fly to Paris, then on to St. Jean Pied du Port, then start our journey on June 28, 2014.  We hope to be in Santiago de Compestella on August 2, 2014, which happens to be our eleventh anniversary.

We both need to lose weight to give our knees a break.  This is also part of the preparation.  So off we go.

Wish us luck.

This is a sun rise over the lake near where I live, I thought it was appropriate.