Jane observed that today is the first day of fall, right around the time Lori was thinking about our own streak of fateful falls over the last couple of years.

Many of you know about our string of mishaps. In January 2023 we went to Italy. In the confusion of rushing to board a train, Lori didn’t notice an uneven floor. Her foot slipped off the edge and down she went, breaking her foot. In September 2023, as mentioned at the start of this blog, Jane tripped on an uneven sidewalk and tore her hamstring. In June of this year, Lori slipped in our front yard garden and broke her wrist.

We went from feeling pretty good about our strength and physical abilities to feeling somewhat vulnerable and fragile.

One of our goals for walking the Camino was to regain confidence in our health, in our belief in our ability to be active and DO things, and our sense of adventure and possibility.

We want the world to continue to open up before us.

Also, on a similar note to yesterday’s entry, we marvel at our recoveries. Even with walking for hours on end, day after day, using hiking poles, Lori’s never had a twinge of complaint from the foot or wrist. Jane is powering up and down steep hills.

Who knows how long our luck will continue?  We still have plenty of days ahead for mishaps. But we know that even if there are falls and breaks and tears, we can still (eventually) get back up and on with it!

As for today’s walk, frankly kind of monotonous so not a lot of great pics, but here’s what we’ve got!