The Camino Walk

Jerry is leaving to walk the Camino.  Many have asked, "what is the Camino?"

A little history... The Camino is actually a network of trails, its most popular route, the Camino Frances, spans from the city of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port at the base of the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, a 500 mile journey.

The trail has been walked since the early ninth century, hosting kings and queens, Roman armies and legions of Catholic pilgrims, but in recent years it has attracted an ever increasing and diverse crowd. In 2017, 300,000 hikers, known as “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, completed the trek to Santiago. Jerry is walking that same trek.

Crossing the rugged Pyrenees and spanning undulating plains before winding through lush hillsides, the Camino de Santiago is a unique window into the Iberian Peninsula’s historical, natural and cultural beauty. 

You may ask, "why?"  Some do it for religious reasons, some do it for spiritual reasons, some do it for the challenge!  So, that's a good conversation to have with Jerry, face to face, as to why he's doing it!