Gocamino

[adela baker]

For some reason I am NOT getting the 50 odd messages per day...and I would
like to.  I'll be walking the camino for the first time in May, and as the
date approaches I get hungrier for more information and advice.  Is there a
newsgroup or forum on another website that I am missing?  Or does this work
only via email?  I think I am missing something.

In particular, I am interested in tips on how to handle wild dogs, best
locations to spend the night, how to best organize a meeting with someone
who will be joining me midway, and top locations to spend the night.

Thanks in advance!
adela


>From: Michael Wyatt <MWyatt01aEMAIL.MSN.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: Gocamino
>Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:18:14 -0800
>
>Hello all
>
>I would like to weigh in on this too.  I walked last year.  I know it was
>extremely important for me to have a place to ask the personal and
>practical
>questions.  The fact is, many of those were answered more than adequately
>at
>websites (ones that have already been mentioned on this listserv).
>
>But I have to agree that I am beginning to think I want off this
>listserve--it is a bit exasperating to find (today) 46 messages, after I
>took off 39 yesterday, some of which simply say "no, I got mine at Basic
>Outfitters."  I want to agree that some way of limiting responses, or even
>finding another way to handle the "what kind of shoes" question, is a good
>idea.  Maybe we should say one response per day is the limit.
>
>At a deeper level, though: What I find missing is some reflection on the
>meaning of the Camino, its history and culture, what people are discovering
>along the way.  I know Preston Pittman mentioned both the Game of the Goose
>and the Black Virgin shrines along the way; those are rich topics.  But I
>see that no one picked up on them.
>
>I would love to talk about the square outside the Iglesia de Santiago in
>Logrono where the Game of the Goose and the Camino are fused.  But I did
>not
>receive any takers when I mentioned that topic several weeks ago.
>
>Maybe that is all I need to say: this could be so much more than a flood of
>emails about water and bathrooms, of which I delete nearly all.  I guess I
>want to continue to LEARN about the Camino--I would be happy to participate
>in another listserve, if that is set up, where that could happen.
>
>I hope I don't sound like a jerk.  Email is a tricky medium--but I guess
>that's the point.
>
>Michael
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu]On
>Behalf Of linda davidson
>Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:55 PM
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Gocamino
>
>
>We're a large group now on Gocamino (ole' ! ) and I'm counting about 30 -
>50 messages a day now.
>
>Obviously Gocamino serves those who communicate on it. I've noticed that
>several topics get recycled quite often. Some of the topics, such as how
>and where to use the bathroom might best be answered privately to the
>individuals making the query. And I think a quick scan of our archives may
>answer some questions that seem to reappear weekly.
>
>As Chris Hewitt is fleshing out a new page for our(Friends of the Road to
>Santiago) website on "Frequently Asked Questions," I hope that you've been
>offering answers to him about the basic issues about actually trekking to
>Santiago.
>
>Thanks for keeping the list lively and interesting. I encourage other kinds
>of issues besides the day to day. Issues that deal with the history and the
>imagery found along the road, say, or how medieval "hospitalitas" is being
>reinvented as the pilgrimage grows.
>
>Linda D

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