You just never know
Obviously, when creating a blog, one of your greatest wishes is to have a “real experience“ every day that you can share with the readers; some days it just simply won’t happen; this was shaping up to be one of those days
The morning was boring and we walked along chatting with each other, kicking rocks thinking about what we do once we are off the Camino, perhaps Ken singing one of his bad trail songs and simply enjoying a pretty day on the Camino. We rounded a curve and continued on the trail when Brenda happened to look over her shoulder and see what we had just passed.
neither of us could believe that we had actually missed such a huge and seemingly out of place sight!
just feet off the Camino and literally in plain sight but easy to miss in the middle of a curve was the largest TeePee either of us had ever seen ! This Wasn’t a tent, it wasn’t a “sort of “ TeePee It was a humongous Native AmericanTeePee in the middle of the Camino!
we turned around to get a better look, but there was a locked fence and although no one was in sight, we could hear noise (Seemingly the chopping of wood) Coming from across the lot.
We wandered to the edge of the fence, trying to get a better look, but couldn’t see who or what was making the noise and couldn’t get a better vantage point to view the TeePee.
A little frustrated and wishing we could see more, we turned and started to walk away when an SUV pulled up to the gate. A lady waved and got out of the car and in broken. English said hello and asked if we’d like to see more! She grabbed her groceries off the car seat unlocked the gate and ushered us in.
She introduced herself as Christina and showed us around the outside of the tent a little hesitant to show us the inside apparently.
Within a few moments, a gentleman showed up and he was introduced as Tiuna, The owner of the land and the builder of the TeePee!
While Christina chatted with us Tiuna Went into the Teepee and disappeared for several minutes. When he came out, he explained as best he could that he wanted the moment to straighten up the TeePee before he invited us in; He opened the entrance with a grand gesture, and we were amazed at what we saw!
I walked in and had to turn around and walk back out and look at it from the outside and then walk back in! It was like something from a fairytale that seemed three times as large on the inside as it could possibly be when looking from the outside! Inside he had sleeping for six storage spacea camp fire, benches to sit on tables and more, it was as much fantasy as fantastic!
We asked “do you rent lodging to pilgrims” ? He said no he used it for family retreats, what a treat it must’ve been for his family.
in addition, he is currently building a sweat lodge to complement this home away from home and in keeping with his Navajo lineage, what a place to find such a thing in Spain on the Camino!
Kristi and Tiuna
Brenda and her new friends on the Camino
Buen Camino
