I have downloaded 1,000 songs and five books on my iphone, but I can’t bring myself to plug in. The sounds of the birds, the wind, the tiny streams and the crunch under my feet are glorious. Today I crossed the Pyrenees and during seven hours of hiking I felt I was living within the pages of “Heidi” as I passed cows, horses and sheep grazing on the screaming green pastures. Once over the pass to Spain I was cloistered under magnificent trees and damp leaves. Was I on the Appalachian Trail? Then an hour later the decent was as steep as the trail down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. I only took two wrong turns today but luckily there are enough people walking that they could see my error and yell to me before it was too late.
At the top of one hill thirteen eagles were circling overhead. I ate my baguette a little more quickly as I was afraid the show above was not for my viewing but for the bread I was eating.
I am dedicating today’s walk to Winfred. Her graduation from Strathmore University is at the end of June, and she has already completed an internship in northeast Kenya. She is pictured below in a photo taken at Fanaka Primary School where she worked as a volunteer teacher as a way of giving back.
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