Looking back
It's been almost two weeks since the last time we just stepped out the door and walked for eight hours. In some ways, it seems like yesterday, and in others, it seems like ages ago, or perhaps we never did it at all...just dreamed it. A few lingering impressions: The walk definitely had sections, but for me, rather than being divided into physical, mental, and spiritual (as predicted by others), the categories were a good deal more practical. They were more like coastal sand & boardwalk, endless cobblestones (also known as Portugal), super-lovely forest walks, and joyless plodding through large cities. Some days just got swallowed up in the task of getting from one place to the next. Several, however stood out. Day 1 was memorable probably because it was Day 1, but more so by the novelty, for us anyway, of walking miles of sand (Atlantic) beach on a well maintained boardwalk and the ridiculously high winds that ended up sandblasting us all day. Some people pay a lot o