Publisher's Synopsis
Turning 60, Sauerwein is afraid. He's getting old. He needs to do something to prove he's still vital. Taking a walk, a 500-mile trek alone, is his answer. In early summer as his birthday approaches, he begins his Camino de Santiago alone from France, uncertain of true reasons. He encounters painful trials of will that test his resolve, physical emergencies, a comical cast of intriguing characters that make up an erstwhile Camino Family and many moments to search his soul in silence. Readers will be gripped by this captivating first person account; searching for beds, tripping over stones and climbing mountains alongside him. On The Way, Sauerwein suffers a serious accident that nearly kills him. But he persists, and in the end discovers personal meaning from the Camino de Santiago. A meaning that changes his life.
