Day 21 Santiago de Compostela to Phoenix, Arizona Wednesday, June 25

 

Santiago to Phoenix

Today Loujote and Cathinea have 22 hours of travel to Phoenix. I started reading Don Quijote Man of La Mancha weeks before we left for Spain. How could I not read this literary classic when I share so many characteristics with the Don from Campo Montiel himself! I am now about half way through, not having given diligence to the read during these past 20 days across the country side of Spain. Now, sitting on planes and in airports I am picking up where I left off, with Quijote promising Panza the world but delivering him nothing but wild eyed mis-adventures and other mischief, all the while praising his beloved Dolcinea del Tobaso. The difference being that Cathinea is the one who has been subject to the hallucinatory chivalry of Loujote as they tilted at their own windmills on this wild adventure. And she is every bit as elevated in esteem and amour by Loujote for her beauty, virtue, and incomparable loveliness, not to mention grit. So, let’s add a new knicname to Cathy’s aka’s to go along with Cath, Kate, and Cathia. After this journey she shall also be known as Cathinea del Catredal. I so dub it. 

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM

    Good luck on your travels today and welcome back. I bet it will take some time to adjust to real life after that trip of a lifetime! Love the nicknames.

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  2. AnonymousJune 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM

    Honor and glory to both of you, especially Cathinea.

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  3. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM

    May the angels accompany you on your journey home, my brother.

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  4. LivieJuly 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM

    I have loved reading these. Thank you for sharing it all! ❤️

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