We won’t be going to begin our walk in Figeac, France this autumn as I had originally planned. We will wait until next fall, 2015, and start in Saint Jean Pied de Port. We are in Saskatoon at the Gordie Howe campgrounds with our trailer and an add-on that we bought and are using for first time. Yesterday, we spent our time shopping for a few things for camping and for our intended Camino. I got the USB adapter needed for my memory card reader so that Maureen can download photos directly onto her tablet. I also got a pedometer and traded in the Osprey hydration unit for a Platypus hydration unit which is the same as what I got for Maureen. We also bought some socks with toes in them to see if they will work in keeping blisters to a minimum. I also got some blister pads just in case.
We walked just over 19 km along the Meewasin Trail today. Thankfully, there are no blisters to show for this effort of walking in very hot conditions with sunshine and 30+ Celsius. We stopped to change socks three times in order to keep our feet relatively dry. Maureen went through two litres of water while I drank a litre and a half during the walk. We will have to monitor Maureen’s water bag more frequently so that she doesn’t run out. I am thinking that perhaps a stop for coffee on Broadway on our return leg tomorrow would be a good idea, more like what we will experience on the Camino from the blogs we have been reading.
I was surprised at how relatively easy the walk was, our longest walk of the year. We walked wearing our backpacks at almost near our target weights making the walk even more of a workout in the process. I took the Nikon camera along for the walk and I am beginning to be convinced that I will need to take a better camera for the Camino, one that is still light but has better optics so that there is less blur in the photos.