The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plain

It is increasingly looking like my trip will be happening in the latter half of June through the front half of July. This was a little later than I originally intended, as something I read advised avoiding the summer heat of Spain. Curious about how much heat that would be, exactly, I decided to look for meteorological data about the area and compare that against the same data for where I live.It turns out that the two areas are pretty close in terms of high temperature, and the overnight lows are a bit colder in Spain.

I think I'll be okay.

So They All Rolled Over, and One Fell Out

While John Lennon made it famous, it's Allen Saunders who's first on record as saying "Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans." Indeed, it seems that life has happened while making plans for the Camino. Due to the happening of life, this means that my brother, Don, won't be making the trip.

This isn't going to stop my plans, but it might change them. I'm now considering doing the more traditional Camino Francés instead of the Camino Portugués.

Woot! A camera!

I bought a camera!

In a previous post, I went through my thought process about which camera to take on the Camino. In that post I ruled out the Nikon S9700, but recently online shopping site Woot was selling them at a great discount, and I made the purchase.

I had mentioned that the camera had a reputation for breaking. The ones being sold by Woot are refurbished, so I assume that the one I'll be getting was affected by the problem, but that it's now fixed. I plan on giving the camera a thorough workout during Woot's 21-day return period. If it's defective, I will return it.

I also mentioned that I thought that the Sony was a superior camera. I still believe that to be the case, and with a $10 difference between the two, I would still recommend the Sony over this Nikon. But the sale price made this camera $100 cheaper, making this the better deal.

That's it for this post, but there's more in the works. I have picked up some other gear, and I'll be making future posts about that. I will also post my thoughts about the camera once I get it in hand.