Return?

[Dan Romanchik]

I just finished reading Pilgrim Stories by Nancy Frey, and she devotes a
whole chapter to the topic of how people feel about finishing the
pilgrimmage and returning to "real life." It's quite interesting reading.

I myself had a somewhat similar experience twelve years ago. That summer, I
spent a month biking 1,200 miles from Williamsburg, VA to Carbondale, IL on
the Trans-America Trail. I really hated having to box up the bike and go
home. While it wasn't the Camino de Santiago, with all the history and
culture that goes along with it, it was quite a trip.

Most of the group I was riding with continued across country and arrived in
Portland, OR two months later. A couple of people in that group couldn't
face life off the road and biked down to San Francisco from there.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ana Young" <ayoung2001aYAHOO.COM>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:39 AM
Subject: Return?


> Dear Gabrielle,
>
> You can't wait until you return???? Now there's a
> strong recommendation right there for the continuation
> of the list just as it is! ;-) I myself dreaded
> returning from something that had so much meaning
> after 25 years of waiting. Especially since I was not
> planning on returning...
>
> Next time my own return will be quite different, that
> I know. I may end up staying in Spain, I may not, but,
> yes, there will be a "down time," which is to me
> absolutely necessary for a pilgrim - and what better
> down time than a virtual Camino?
>
> Ultreia!
> Ana writing from half way around the globe and missing
> it more than ever..
>
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