Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Checking out equipment!!

Georgia is nestled into Mariann's sleeping bag and stated "This one is soooooo comfy!!"

I told her that I would be sending her and Sage postcards while I'm walking in Spain and she replied: Make sure you write "I love you and I"ll see you in a few weeks. XOXO and hearts".

To be honest, the faces I'll miss the most are my three grandchildren.



Oops- I forgot Rocky!!

Hydrate-hydrate-hydrate!!!

Monday, February 27, 2012

My AZ training team!!



Pics of my outstanding AZ training team

Ty cheering Oma on. He's always ready with lots of hugs and kisses.

Sage hiking with me on a Nature Reserve .
Climbing South Mountain with Cary!!!!!!!
A "Camino Cake" for Oma.

I head back to Missouri tomorrow for some hard-core training with my full pack.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Lady of Spain tries for #4 !!!!!!!

It's official- with the approval of my family (and my orthopedic doc:) I leave for my 4th and final attempt at the Fances Camino de Santiago! It has been #1 on my "bucket-list" for the last 6 months- after lots of planning, research and a training plan, I leave on March 18, 2012 for an eight week time span to do a 420 mile walk across Spain- I return May 12.
I leave tomorrow for a 3 week training in sunny AZ- accompanied with lots of play time with Sage and Ty.
I've chosen to go solo this time to "set my own pace" and will start out with 4-8 miles/day the first week and for the next 6 wks do 8-12 miles a day with a rest day every week.
My plan is to keep this blog for all to check in on my progress- there is usually internet sites available in cafes or alburgues. I will have a phone and can text and recieve texts (I'll post more details later ).
When" The Ladies of Spain" walked we all loved starting each day with the reading of a note that family and friends wrote- they were inspirational, funny and kept us motivated !! I would love if you would send me some- keep them small-I have to carry them a looooong way!!
I will post again soon and hope to include pics.
Love, Lady of Spain/ aka Fran

Monday, February 6, 2012

Checking status of blog

Wanted to see if the site was still accessable-just in case anyone needs it for future use.
Whats up?