Hockings Complete Walk, Return to Indiana
Posted by Terry White on November 27, 2006
Jay and Deb Hocking, who concluded their year of service at the Chateau in France by hiking the entire St. James Way across France and Spain, have completed the walk and are now back in Indiana. Here is a quick summary report and a note about their future plans:
We made it!
We completed the whole 1,100 miles in 73 days, arriving on the Atlantic coast on November 10th, Debbie’s birthday! We’re now back in Indiana, and will be driving out to Oregon for the month of December to spend time with Debbie’s side of the family.
Answers to the most common questions we’ve been receiving:
Have lots of blisters? No – and if you have trouble with blisters on hikes, you should check out the book “Fixing Your Feet” – THE comprehensive guide to foot care. I’m very glad we bought it.
What did you eat? Roughly 11 pounds of chocolate, over a hundred loaves of bread, and anything easy to carry that we could find in grocery stores.
Tired of walking? Yes. We’d highly recommend the pilgrimage to just about anyone, but we’ve satisfied our desire to go for long walks… for now.
Thank you all so much for your prayer and financial support this last year, it’s very much appreciated, I hope we’ve been able to clearly communicate how much we appreciate having you as partners.
We’ve already started meetings with GBIM about returning to the Chateau, and hope to be approved by early January. We’d appreciate your prayers as we try to sharpen our rather rough plans for our return to France.
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