Dear Caminoheads,

It seems that the recent promotion to General that The Boss got, has intimidated more than one. Or maybe, as a Colonel, he had already imparted this sentiment of fellowship, respect and obedience within his followers… to the point, that when I inquired the respectful professor Mary McKinley -who you may know was the lucky one to meet Phil and Kelly in the Camino in Spain- about what happened the night that these three pilgrims (Phil, Kelly and Mary) along the rest of their Camino family were told that they were “louder than the Italians”, this is what she replied:

       “What happens in Terradillos de los Templarios stays in Terradillos de los Templarios!”

Upon further interrogations, all I got from that night was that:

“On the very long and hot walk there, Kelly kept saying, ‘It’s only another 3 km!’ but he said it every 30 minutes or so until we knew he was lying.”

       “The Italian reference is because they all tended to be bikers, not walkers, so they were more ready to party and stay up very late than we who had trudged every step. So it was a special night when we realized that they wished they were having as much fun as we were.”

I guess, it will remain a mystery to the rest of us what Phil, Kelly, Mary, and the rest of their Camino family were experiencing (to put it mildly!) that night… but if there is anything any of us can asseverate is that we are now jealous that we weren’t there!!!!!!!!!!

Loud LOUD LOUD Loves,

Cris