Villanueva de Campean to Zamora

Distance: 19 km / 11.5 mi

More random thoughts.

The Meseta
“Everything is on the horizon, until you <stress here> get there. “
“Until you get there, everything is <stress here> on the horizon. “
These are not the same.
The first emphasizes motion and movement.
The second emphasizes a static location.
I thought about the differences as I negotiated hill after hill, curve after curve on the Meseta in the hot sun. Then I thought about my life and the choices that I have made in response to various situations and wondered if I had applied the right scenario to those choices.

I saw two Spanish hawks playing on the breezes over the plains today. They made it look so easy to be living out over the Meseta. As they dipped and dove, touched talons  and then seperated only to return to each other, life seemed so simple … for them.

Andrew ( GB ) and Ciara ( Italy ) are really cool people. I enjoy talking with them. Andrew really has that british sense of understated humor. They are both vegetarians so we don't actually eat together. And they have a really laid back hiking style. Until they get up in the morning, they don't know what they will do for the day. Take that … you planners.

Saw the Milky Way on the way out of Calzada de Valdunciel. Left at 6:30 when it was still very dark … no moon. The stars were so brilliant.

Things on the meseta appear and disappear. As you move along, what you had in view goes behind something   and when you next see it, what was on your left is now to your right or behind you.

The Camino is not a straight, direct path. It turns and twists and never, like life when you are in control, takes the shortest path. It can be extra hard if you can not tolerate indirection, misdirection and redirection.

Why we need our pain

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The Road to Zamora
Andrew, Ciara and I in Calzada de Valdunciel		ccc
The inscription says that this is a place for pilgrims to make their promise to be a better person,  for a better life and the betterment of their soul. The promise can flower in their future and thereby enhance their Camino.		ccc
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