Looked out the window late last night, surprised by snow. When I'd been outside earlier in the evening, the sky had been clear. In the morning, I opened the window to the sound of ice falling, pleasing, since I wasn't outside in it, but it has a soothing sound. Now it's just cold, with a heavy rain.
Went for a walk to test out my rain jacket, water is getting through on my upper back and shoulders, not sure why. I'll test the other jacket, treat them both, and test again. I don't want to buy a new one, it might actually help to just wash and dry it, been a while. I'm also testing for temperature. This is the lighter of the two, and it should be fine for April. I had the other one specifically for winter, much heavier, and if I take it I'll need to get a seam repaired first.
As far as guides go, I'm leaning toward the Confraternity of St. James guide. I like the German one, and picked up a Cicero guide, but that one was heavy. I like Brierley's guides alright, but the way my brain processes information doesn't work with his directions (have the same issue with our local transit directions "Trip Planner"), I think there are too many details for me. I work better with broad swathes of information. Or maps. The first two guidebooks I used were very general, and worked fine for me (Lonely Planet, and the old Canadian guide.)
Monday:
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| Starting out, February 6/L Herlevi 2017 |
Woke up to an unexpected snowday, email from work saying not to come in. Decided to do a training walk. Walked somewhere between 18-20 kms. I wasn't carrying any weight, but I did walk most of that in the snow. Much was flat, but took a detour into a park to get trails, hills, and deeper snow. Also, made myself do a short, steep hill at the end, mostly because I didn't want to, but many days on the Camino end with a hill (or begin with one.) Stayed warm enough, in spite of being wet. Was surprised to find out it's only around 36 degrees out, felt pretty good. Wore the heavier rain jacket, also found it not to be as waterproof as I feel it should be: my arms are wet, through two jackets, and two merino wool shirts. Shoes have terrible traction on ice, but stayed mostly dry, including after walking through numerous puddles, and 4 inches of snow.
I feel the walk in my glutes, and my toenails (in spite of extra room in front of boots), and my feet started to get sore...and I'm tired. I took a couple of breaks, one to cook some lunch, and two (briefly) to buy this marzipan bar at a bakery for some carbs, probably enough sugar in that to cover me for a few days.
I need a nap.
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| Woodland Park, February 6/L Herlevi 2017 |
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| Into the Woods, February 6/L Herlevi 2017 |
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