Hello again! Leaving in the morning. Time got away from me with final preps and one more walk fully loaded……it went good.

It still has not hit me, but we are ready to go. All we may need for several weeks is in these back packs…..one change of cloth, extra socks and liners, sleeping bag and liner, treaded bed sheet (bed bugs uuhhh), rain jacket and poncho, crocks for in the shower and evenings and all the little body tending soaps and ointments etc. it all adds up…. I was weighing shirts and stuff on the kitchen scale and still…. I just don’t know why Charlie’s pack only weighs 14 pounds while mine weighs 18 pounds…..hmmmm. He will  just have to carry all our water and food since I carry all the medical necessities like all you can imagine for blisters and pains and then some. I like to be ready for anything and I have read all of the forums, sooo…..

We are flying to Paris and then by train to Saint Jean Pied de Port http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port with changing trains in Bayonne. We will spend two nights in SJPDP to get acclimated and rested, then start the walk on to Roncesvalles in Spain. The first day is to be a hard walk 15+ miles over the mountains….lots of steep uphill, from 590 ft to 4680 ft…aaahhh… I should have lost those 18 pounds I have to carry…..too late.

I try to keep up with this whenever I can and WiFi is available. I only carry my iPhone and will use it to post unless the hostel has computers to use. So please be patient till my next post from Saint Jean Pied de Port in the French Pyrenees.