As you know I'm an administrator for two different Camino Facebook groups. Among all of the posts that come my way, a posting from the Forum des Chemins de Pélérinage that I've mentioned in the last two postings. They put together a little video and I noticed that my image flickered by twice at the beginning of the clip. Very brief--you'd have to be looking for me in the audience to notice, but it was fun to see myself--a complete surprise! Here's the link.
And here's a screenshot of the better of the images. As you can see, most of the people are in my age bracket.
The hikes and group dog walks continue. A long walk near Jessup in Savage Mill Park with the Mid-Atlantic Hiking Group actually came a little closer to the feeling of walking these pilgrimage trails in Spain and France, because of its cultural component. It was a long hike--9 miles but broken up a bit with a walk through part of the historic town, providing a nice break to the physical walking experience. The name Savage came from John Savage, a 19th century merchant from Philadelphia who invested in land in the area and created the Savage Mill, contributing to the cotton mill industry and the eventual growth of the town into a major industrial center during that century. Originally they made sails for the clipper ships that sailed out of Baltimore harbor, and later field tents, army uniforms and vehicle covers. In 1935 the B & O Railroad came through the town and mid-century an iron truss bridge was built which would accommodate the trains.
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| Crossing the Bollman iron truss bridge |
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| Savage Mill Mansion |
The old mill itself has today become a complex of shops and restaurants.
And then a walk with the Mid-Atlantic chapter of American Pilgrims on the Camino. I have rarely been able to participate with them because of the timing of their get-togethers, but I was able to make the hike on June 11, held at Black Hill Regional Park, with a pot-luck dinner following. I was accompanied by my friend Rhonda Daniels, who had also walked from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela about the same time that I did in 2013. It was a scorcher of a day, but cooler in the shade of the woods, and 28 of us walked a little over 6 miles, often along the edge of Little Seneca Lake.
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| We take a break |
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| Rhonda in pink |
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| Most of the group that walked |
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| Dinner afterward |
