Inspiration for older people

So here we go. I am sixty eight years old this year. I have lost my interest in competing
in sports but still like doing things that require some real  commitment and preparation. I find it
hard to go to the gym just to stay in shape, I need a mission.

Two weeks ago I attended a birthday party where I ran into a friend who I haven't
seen for months. Last year she became a widow and wanted to refind her way as a single
woman. She told me about how she walked  El Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. 500 miles
afoot, 30 days, among other people, strangers, but basically alone. "Are you kidding me?" She averaged 20 miles a day for 25 days, and then visited someplace else in Europe for a few
days before coming back to the states.

I never heard of El Camino but I soon found out that many of my friends knew about it
in varying degrees. There's a movie called The Way with Martin Sheen, and a train just crashed there. 
I have been finding other people who have walked all or a part of it. I don't know 
where I have been, but I never heard of the place. But I'm learning more about it every
day.

On the way home from the birthday party I told my wife I was going to try to walk 
El Camino de Santiago next year (2014) and then I told her the little bit I knew about it.
"Are you kidding me?" For reasons I cannot explain I decided to give this trip
a shot, on the spot, at a birthday party.