{"id":85673,"date":"2015-08-07T20:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T03:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-pieces-are-starting-to-fall-together\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T22:41:49","slug":"the-pieces-are-starting-to-fall-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-pieces-are-starting-to-fall-together\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pieces are Starting to Fall Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2016<\/a><\/p>\n

Our credencials arrived from Santiago a couple of weeks ago. I’m starting to compile updated albergue and Mass information. I’m checking airline tickets every Tuesday.<\/p>\n

I’m still trying to find all of the bits and bobs to complete my gear. In some cases, I know that what I’m looking for is “around here somewhere”, but I’ll be darned if I can figure out where. It’s mostly the small stuff.<\/p>\n

And then this evening, I loaded my pack in anticipation of a training hike tomorrow morning. It’s too heavy, of course. With water, it comes in at 19 pounds. I want to get that down to 16, and I think I can do it without too <\/em>much trouble.<\/p>\n

Though the heaviest single thing in my pack is my sleeping bag, there isn’t much I can do about that. The main culprit, as always, is overpacking clothes.<\/p>\n

I’ve got 232 days to work it out.<\/p>\n

(Originally posted to Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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