All or most of these islands in Puget Sound are named after members of Captain Vancouver’s crew.   So I went from Vashon to Bainbridge, maybe a mini history lesson.   Anyway I am here safe and sound.

It is amazing the mix of guys here.  I am enjoying meeting new ones that weren’t here last year.  I’m rooming with a guy Michael that brought four tables of books to sell.   Will I be tempted to buy a book?  Yes.  Am I going to, definitely not.  My stack of books2read is taller than I am.  And in book news I did complete Don Quoxite today.  That took four months!

But it had amazing similarities to walking a Camino.   I basically spent four months exploring Spain in 1600.   It was a cultural endurance race.  I wish I could write a book report like we did back in high school.  No I don’t.

Up this morning, have a room with a man named Michael.  They gave us the handicap room.   He is running a small book sale here.  Ah, I see I already told you about Michael. But had a dream last and another character came into my life.

In my dream I was with people traveling and we were sharing a pilgrim lunch.  There was a woman that I started chumming around with.  She was very charming and a beautiful woman.  But there was a glitch.  She had a small part of her face missing, like she was born with the problem or it was the result of an accident.  But we carried on swimmingly despite.  She was maximum charming and it didn’t seem to matter although you knew that she would have had spent major time and energy somewhere earlier to come to grips with it.  She had obviously fallen off her horse at some point and made a fantastic recovery.

I’m high on her memory.  She buoys me up here this morning, writing before coffee.  But I was sad after I awoke and realized that I didn’t get her name.  So I thought a little bit and one came to me.  I named her MyMiss.  That started with Minus and I improved on it.  It has truth and transformation and a good outcome, just like her.  I’m high.

So I’m off to my day.  The guys seem to be particularly gabby this year.  So I’m off to that.  Always good, Felipe.x