Shopping

Today, I went for a window shopping. I went to REI, my "candy store".

It is months before your trip, why are you shopping now? You are even sure that the trip will happen.

Anyway, as I was saying, I was a boy in the candy store. Sleeping bag, backpack, wool socks, raincoat, convertible pants, trekking poles, money bag... Well, it is going to cost some money. I did buy the lottery ticket yesterday after I filled up the gas tank. I am not asking for a lot, one million dollars will be enough!

I also bought another kindle book today. A Million Steps. Another person's journey through the Camino. This is the third. I read Bill Bennett's "The Way, My Way". I also read Shirley McLaine's "My Camino". Bill was dealing with his painful knee. Shirley was dealing with her pain as an actress and her past lives. Kurt was dealing with his father and his girlfriend.

What will I be dealing with? My past relationships? My parents? My burnout job as a physician?

Another challenge is: what to bring? Camera or no camera? Notebook or no notebook?

Remember the travel light book? Do you really need a camera? You are flatfooted. You injured your left meniscus. Travel light! Do not bring those. Travel light!

But I am a photographer, I will regret it if I am not able to capture those beautiful images. I also need a notebook to write down my thought, maybe poems! I can manage. Worst case scenario, I will take the bus or taxi.

To bring or not to bring.