{"id":1513,"date":"2013-04-18T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2013-04-18T08:50:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:50:46","slug":"i%c2%b4ve-been-through-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/i%c2%b4ve-been-through-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve Been through the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems like I\u00b4ve been walking the long, straight paths of the Meseta forever, though in truth it\u00b4s only been six days. Less than a week! But many of the photos taken are of the road I\u00b4m travelling, generally a straight line to the horizon.<\/p>\n

T<\/span>here\u00b4s a lot of time to think on the Meseta while you walk through the virtually unchanging scenery day after day, pushing thoughts deep within with little distraction.<\/p>\n

My thoughts ranged everywhere, about what comes next, about various relationships with people in my life, about literary projects and games, about my sins, obsessions, and demons.<\/p>\n

So, a light, fun-filled couple of days. Photos as wifi becomes available.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, just before the town of Sahagun, we arrived at a small hermitage undergoing renovation. Ermita Virgen del Puente is the halfway point of the Camino, measured from Roncesvalles to Santiago de Compostela.<\/p>\n

That was a fun moment, getting my photo taken halfway through my Camino – well, in distance, anyway. It\u00b4s very difficult to believe that I\u00b4ve been on this road as long as I have.<\/p>\n

Certainly, despite the large amounts of local Spanish food (and wine) I\u00b4m consuming, I\u00b4m tightening my belt week to week. I feel like I\u00b4ve lost fifteen pounds.<\/p>\n

I\u00b4ve been walking quie a bit with Eamon, but also with Santiago from time to time. For great stretches, however, I\u00b4ve been alone with my thoughts.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, God willing, I will reach the great cathedral city of Leon and meet Francine! We will continue our Camino together.<\/p>\n

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It seems like I\u00b4ve been walking the long, straight paths of the Meseta forever, though in truth it\u00b4s only been six days. Less than a week! But many of the photos taken are of the road I\u00b4m travelling, generally a straight line to the horizon. There\u00b4s a lot of time to think on the Meseta while you walk through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pilgrim-reports","category-ruminations","category-thom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1528,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/1528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}