- Beginning Point: Salceda
- Ending Point: San Marcos
- Daily distance: 14.85 miles (23.9 km)
- Total distance: 467.50 miles (752.37 km)
Today is our last full day of hiking. I take in the forest sounds, smells and sights, savoring the time I have left on the trail. I am both excited and sad for my pilgrimage to end. It has been an amazing journey!
In this last part of the hike, I have not had any brilliant spiritual epiphanies. I also haven’t had any additional insight into one grand passion I want to pour my life into. I think those who find one grand passion are extremely rare. And such a passion can be two sided – it can be a gift and an obsession. Instead, I’ve come to learn that a life passion can be a seemingly simple collection of moments – spending time with your family, enjoying a new album from your favorite musician, cooking a delicious meal for your loved ones, reading a poem, watching a leaf float down on the breeze, playing catch with your dog. This pilgrimage has taught me about simple gratitude and a humble acceptance for whatever and whomever life hands you. I have by no means mastered these lessons yet. But, the Camino has definitely opened my heart to see that the seemingly mundane parts of our life, the ones we usually take for granted, are actually the most magical.
Today’s hike ends in San Marco, a one hour walk from Santiago. We complete our normal routine…dinner, shower, laundry. But there is excitement in the air. Like children on the night before Christmas, we eagerly await dawn and the presents, or rather “presence”, it will bring.
The Way to Land's End 