{"id":9772,"date":"2020-02-11T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=9772"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:32:43","slug":"update-on-our-camino-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/update-on-our-camino-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on our Camino Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9773\" width=\"293\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622-560x709.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622-260x329.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/our-lady-of-lourdes-icon-622-160x203.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>n this, the memorial of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Our Lady of Lourdes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes\" target=\"_blank\">Our Lady of Lourdes<\/a>, it seems opportune to post an update on our Camino plans, or lack thereof. Back in 2018, we started making plans for a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"2020 Camino (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/spring-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">2020 Camino<\/a>. The basic idea is that I would start in Saint-Jean, and Francine would rent an apartment in Burgos or, more probably, Santiago, where she could do some research and writing on her Camino novel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;d meet up and spend a day at various places we specifically wanted to research, including Roncesvalles, Burgos, Le\u00f3n, and Astorga. We&#8217;d most likely walk some sections together, certainly including the last 100km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, due to some work issues, it appears that we&#8217;re not going to bring this plan to fruition this year. To say we&#8217;re disappointed is an understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"brief Camino from O Cebreiro (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/route-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">brief Camino from O Cebreiro<\/a> in the autumn of 2018 was supposed to hold us over for two years. So to keep us engaged and to keep us walking, we&#8217;ve decided to walk the &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"long Camino (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/the-camino-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\">long Camino<\/a>&#8221; in Tacoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basically, we&#8217;re walking every day, and we&#8217;re recording our kilometers on a chart with planned Camino days from Lourdes &#8211; there&#8217;s the connection to today &#8211; and Santiago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_2462-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning, for instance, we left the town of Arudy and walked 5km, which more or less brings us to the village of Buzy. It&#8217;s fun, and it keeps us walking. Mind you, it took us six &#8220;Tacoma days&#8221; to walk our first &#8220;Camino day&#8221; from Lourdes to Asson, but that&#8217;s what happens when you can&#8217;t do it full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to this, we&#8217;re taking our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"hospitalero training (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/innkeepers-apprentices\/\" target=\"_blank\">hospitalero training<\/a> and attending the annual convention of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"American Pilgrims on the Camino (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpilgrims.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Pilgrims on the Camino<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what does 2021 look like? Well, it&#8217;s a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jacobean Holy Year (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/caminoways.com\/what-is-a-jacobean-year\" target=\"_blank\">Jacobean Holy Year<\/a>, so the Camino is bound to be more crowded than we&#8217;d like. Having said that, Francine has mentioned walking at least from Sarria to obtain the indulgence for her late mother, as she did for her father in 2016. Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any attempt at the &#8220;long Camino&#8221; will probably have to wait until 2022 at this point, which is a thing that depresses me. I&#8217;m definitely feeling the need for a Camino right about now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this, the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, it seems opportune to post an update on our Camino plans, or lack thereof. Back in 2018, we started making plans for a 2020 Camino. The basic idea is that I would start in Saint-Jean, and Francine would rent an apartment in Burgos or, more probably, Santiago, where she could do [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planning","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9772","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=9772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9780,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9772\/revisions\/9780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}