The Countdown

Nov 2013..Me.."Sharon, you want to walk across Spain with me?". ...Sharon...Sure!

Dec. 2013....Me..."Sharon, you serious bout going on Camino?". Sharon..."Yes, I am!"
                 Our Adventure Began!
**March 2013..we drove 200 miles to see "Walking the Camino;Six Ways to Santiago" at the Rainier Film Festival.
**We set the date., May 14, 2014 to start our 580 mile walk.  We'd walk into Santiago June 25th, then walk onto Finisterre.
                   The Countdown begins
***May 2013...In one year we'll be on Camino.  We bought backpacks and began the search for the perfect shoes.  We started walking..Sharon everyday as is her routine and me ..3-4 times a week when I could.
***Dec 14...5 months we'll be on Camino.  We make airline reservations... No turning back!  We join Portlandia chapter of the APOC and become members of the Camino Forum.
We are savoring the planning and anticipation.
***March 14...8 weeks out...we're walking with fully loaded packs (Sharon 12#,  Patty 15#).  We have packed & re-packed & weighed & reweighed them.  They fit do well, we don't feel the weight.  We're quite used to walking in the rain.
***Anticipation/excitement/anxiety reign supreme;  bending, flowing so closely, we can't tell when one ends & the other begins
**"April 14th...30 days we'll be on Camino!  We leave in 25 days.
Can someone please tell us the difference between excitement & anxiety?