The Mission Walker, a new book in 2017 by a woman who was told she only had 3 months to live!
I was in Costco (San Marcos) a couple days ago, and as I went by the book table, look at what they had a pile of!
I had read about this while I was in Baja, two weeks ago and almost asked my wife to go on Amazon and order me a copy so I could see it when I got
home!
I will give you more feedback after I read it, but it was way cool to see the 2012 book I co-authored (The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California,
1697-1834) was mentioned in the book's list of historical sources. There was a typo saying the year was 1934, and Howard Gulick is listed as Howard
Bulick. Hardly a big deal... but you guys know me!
In a nutshell, the author was given 3 months to live (cancer) and she didn't accept that by first walking the El Camino Real between the 21 Alta
California missions and then riding a mule (and walking too) on the Camino Real or close from Loreto to Tijuana...
I am anxious to see if she connected with our other Camino Real mule lady, 'Baja Bucko' or the other Nomad lady mule rider, 'Mula'!
It is hardback, over 311 pages, color photos, and I can't wait to get to it!
Songs like a strong lady. I have wondered what I would do if I got a terminal illness.
As I get older I too think about what I would do if I had a terminal illness. I think I would like to do something like she did. Since I love college
football maybe meet the coaches that I admire the most. Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher, Urban Myers, Mack Brown, Dabo Swinney, Bobby Bowden, Chris Petersen
and Pete Carroll to name a few.
Raymundo Vargas who rides with me and bajacalifornian and takes care of my mules in Loreto guided Edie from Loreto to La Purisima. Then another guide
took over. Raymundo has his wife along during his part. He s delighted to find she survived. He has been wondering for 2 years what became of Edie.
See a short section of the mission road in this latest video post and hear Edie's comments as she is thrashed by Baja's thorny plants while riding a
mule!
Today (March 29, 2018), Max Kurillo (El Camino Real/Mission Bell Historian) and I met Edie, The Mission Walker, at Max's home which easily doubles as
an El Camino Real bell museum!
Holding our most recent books.
Edie's story is amazing and one of the famous bells (such as the one behind us) is responsible for saving Edie's life far beyond her doctor's
prediction!
Her book, The Mission Walker is a must read to know what cancer can do, how she overcame it, and the walking on El Camino Real in Alta California plus
the walking and mule riding in Baja California was a medicine no doctor would have ever prescribed!
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law
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