Juspassinthru
in our minds, we're vagabonds, you and I
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Francés 2017, Inglés 2019, Aragónes 2024
Five years ago, June 2019 I carried a stone from Texas to the Camino for my Grandmother. She passed before I walked my first Camino in 2017 but I believe she would have loved hearing about my walk. I knew exactly where I would leave it, walking up to O Cebreiro looking down the valley, it reminded me of her native Arkansas.
My father passed in June of 2020, at his Memorial service, I picked up a stone and told myself that if I ever returned to the Camino, I’d leave his stone with the one I’d left for my grandmother, his mother.
Fast forward 4 years and I was once again on the Camino with his stone safely in my pack. As I climbed towards O Cebreiro, past La Faba and before the Galacia marker I easily found the place. My grandmother’s stone was gone, no surprise but I figured she was nearby. I left my father’s stone in the same exact place in early May.
So now I’m curious, is it still there? How long before it blows off? If anyone sees it, say hello. First pic is 2019, second is May of 2024. So now, I have a huge smile on my face.
Coordinate. 42.69262° N, 7.01686° W
My father passed in June of 2020, at his Memorial service, I picked up a stone and told myself that if I ever returned to the Camino, I’d leave his stone with the one I’d left for my grandmother, his mother.
Fast forward 4 years and I was once again on the Camino with his stone safely in my pack. As I climbed towards O Cebreiro, past La Faba and before the Galacia marker I easily found the place. My grandmother’s stone was gone, no surprise but I figured she was nearby. I left my father’s stone in the same exact place in early May.
So now I’m curious, is it still there? How long before it blows off? If anyone sees it, say hello. First pic is 2019, second is May of 2024. So now, I have a huge smile on my face.
Coordinate. 42.69262° N, 7.01686° W