Greetings and welcome!

So as most of you may know already, I have decided my life was becoming the same thing day in and day out... My job was slowly killing me, my hair was falling out, my heath deteriorating, sprained ankles and asthma had me down... to say the least .... something had to change. So I decided to do the Camino de Compostela or otherwise known as the Way of St James.... Okay... I know some of you are asking "What the hell is that?" If you have known me for any length of time then you will know I strive and thrive for dreams and the traditional tourist adventure. So now ask what the Hell is this and why am I doing it it... It is a mix of unusual, very unusual and a bit touristy... But frankly it was a cheap way to get out of dodge for an extended amount of time! It is a very long walk, a 940 mile walk... I am starting in Le Puy, France and walking to Santiago, Spain. I leave on the the 26th and hope start walking on the 28th. No, this is not a tour - no guy in a van with water will be behind me in case I am tired and don't want to walk anymore. I am not going with anyone - I am basically walking by myself for 6 weeks ...what the hell was I thinking? I feel the need for a little soul searching... granted by the time I'm 2 weeks into it I feel I will have had enough soul searching but I will trek on!

Originally I had planned to return home to my comfortable life on the central coast... Little did I know when I first started planning this journey that my world would be shaken, turned upside down and drenched with a hose. In the last two weeks, I have lost my job, had to find a place to live (put an amazing amount of my belongings in storage) and over come pneumonia and bronchitis! I was told that people who commit to "sacred travel" have to go through a death of one life to begin the next. I think that about sums it up!

So if I get to start over... with a new life that is... I better be married to one hunk of a man with dark hair, dark skin and a sexual appetite of a rabbit! Or be someones muse! HEE HEE! No seriously... What is in store for someone who is doing a trip like this... Of course it will have some life changing experiences... What kind of challenges and treasures do I face? I guess we'll find out!

If you are visiting this blog than you must be curious to how this "lil adventure" is going. I will be attempting to update this blog along the way... Keep in mind... I do not speak a lick of French or Spanish and will be in remote areas of the countries... I'll try to keep it interesting! HA!