6 and 7 November- Our last days on the Camino
we took a couple of extra days in Arzua to plan some of our time in Spain and to meet up with our new friends Tony and Lisa since we…
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3 November – Palas del Rey to Aruza
the graphic shows one of my least favorite hiking profiles. I prefer the days that end with an easy downhill, As you can see this one starts with an easy…
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2 November – Porto Marin to Palas del Rey
as you can see by the graphic the start of this day was not something we were looking forward to! It is a LONG, grueling, uphill slog. Rain most of…
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1 November- Sarria to Portomarin
NO FUN!! 15.2 miles in hard and sometimes heavy rain. Finishing up with one of the toughest rock crawls we’ve been forced to do, but well worth it brought to…
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31. October.- Triacastela to Sarria
Today's journey consisted of only 11.9 miles, all of which were completed in the rain. The conditions were cold, windy, and wet, causing our waterproof rain suits to become saturated.…
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29 October – O Cebreiro to Treicastela
Just take a guess what we have almost all day today? Yep, into our “Frogg Togg’s” with several layers of insulating clothing underneath comma gloves, ski cap, and everything else…
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28 October – Las Herrerias to O Cebreiro
from the elevation, you can see why this was one of our “shorter days we decided that yesterday we would end our hike at las Herrerias So we can start…
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27 October –Trabadelo to las Herrerias
We know that there is beautiful countryside and beautiful scenery in every country and lovely little towns almost anywhere you go. But it’s hard not to be taken by some…
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26 October – Camponaraya to Trabadelo
as we walk the trail, we once again heard shots from the side of the road! This raised our diligence in our sense of concern as we continued to walk…
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25. October – Acebo to Camponaraya
Thankfully, mostly downhill, but unfortunately, mostly large uncomfortable rocks under their foot! although there was some comic relief for the day 🙂 although we use Google translate regularly sometimes we…
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24 October- Rabanal to Acebo
we did about 10 miles of hiking on rocks the size of your fist! That part of today was no fun! What was fun? Was the group of high school…
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22 October – Santibanez de Valdeiglesias to Murias de Rechivaldo
To our chagrin, this particular Albergue has a firm check out time of 8 AM. It’s not the time that bothers us. It’s the fact there is no sunlight until…
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21 October – Villadangos cel Paramos to Santabanez de Valdeiglesias
With only 11 miles ahead of us today and mostly level terrain we opted for a late start and hit the trail about 8:30 AM. The day started with me…
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23 October- taking a cab today
This morning the windchill factor is in the 30s, 46 mile an hour wind gusts and Brenda has been under the weather for the past three weeks. I’m not gonna…
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20 October- Leon to Villadangos del Paramo
Well we can’t honestly say this was as huge an improvement over the desert as we had hoped! much like the desert there was very little elevation but instead of…
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19 October- into León
Finally got off the desert on the Camino, and entered the city of Leon! What a beautiful city filled with architecture beyond belief, one of the most beautiful cathedrals I’ve…
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12 October The Desert-Burgos to Mansilla de las Mulas
The more time we spend on the Camino the more we learn. One of those things, that we thought we knew a lot about and had done a lot of…
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6 October Atapuerca to Burgos
Our coldest day yet on earth the Camino! On the road just before sun up and greeted by fog, cold and multiple cold and lonely travelers accompanying us on the…
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5 October Espinosa to Atapuerca
Our typical day on the Camino has started, kinda like this; Wake up-wash up-Pack up-Say goodbye-On the road once in a while, I get a cup of coffee in our…
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4 October Belorado to Espinosa
Today has been a shortest distance travel to date with only 4 1/2 miles walked. You would think that would make it a less active day, but that’s not the…
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3 October Santo Domingo to Belarado
Today started as one of the loneliest we had seen on the Camino. Mile after mile on a 14 mile day and we saw almost no one! No one to…
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2 October Najera to Santo Domingo
After a slow start this morning, we ran into Emilio who is an engineer and lived for much of his life in Rhode Island. He moved to Spain because family…
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30 September Logrono to Najera
As we hit the trail today, we followed for a Grandfather walking His grandson to school. Brenda commented on how nice it was to see this kind of comfortable family…
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29 September Viana to Logrono
UNBELIEVABLE!!! The day started with Brenda having the opportunity to add to her collection of graffiti photos. she started a several years ago, taking photos of graffiti that we have…
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28 September, La Arcos to Viana
The plan for today was a relatively short hike of only about 10 miles after the first hour or so on the trail we ran into an unexpected memorial. We…
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27 September Estella to Los Arcos
Foot traffic on the Camino is almost impossible to predict. One day you will start on the way and there will be dozens and dozens of pilgrims in front of…
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26 September. Cirauqui to Estella
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…
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25 September Murazabal to Cirauqui
Today was designated as a short day with only 7 1/2 miles to travel. One of the reasons we love the Camino is because we can typically schedule enough time…
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September 24, Pomplona to Marazabul
It didn’t take long to start our day right today, that is right after a very, very cold morning with a heavy breeze and low temperatures! We started the day,…
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September 23 Zubiri to Pamplona
An unbelievably beautiful day, accented by warm sunshine, a gentle breeze, and lots of time on narrow country trails along rivers and through the hills. After a very cool start…
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September 22 Roncesvalles to Zubiri
We continue to be blessed with Good weather and pleasant traveling conditions. We had another day of substantial uphill climbs, although certainly not as steep as the first couple of…
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On the Camino (Finally)
After months of anticipation and days of travel, finally step foot of the Camino, Thursday, September 18, hallelujah! After months of anticipation and days of travel, finally step foot of…
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There are no strangers on the Camino and everyone on the Camino has a story to tell. Last night as we prepared for our last day in Saint Jean Pied…
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Goodbye to Spain (for now 🙂
There’s no question that the Camino is a unique experience, there’s a sort of magic to just getting there. There’s no question that the Camino is unique experience, there’s a…
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We Made It to Spain!
After months of preparation, once again, searching for the right equipment and the perfect clothing to cover all possible eventualities; we packed our backpacks, verified our travel arrangements, the weather…
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Day 8
It’s hard to say how we felt about today and about our time on the Camino in general. It’s impossible to deny there is a “feel” to the travel and…
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Day 7
With rain forecast for Sunday we decided to make every effort to arrive in Santiago early Saturday to avoid hiking in cold temperatures and pouring rain. We figured that, given…
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Day 6
Awake and alert as had been our norm, I prepared to meet the day. Leaving Leboreiro at full sunrise we were off for Ribadiso. As the graphics below show, my…
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Day 5
Today we started out for what was planned to be a relatively light day, traveling from Eirexe to Leboreiro, a distance of only about 12 miles by the grid; the…
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Day 4
Day 4 began with what we planned to be an “easy” day, starting at full daylight around 9am. We had coffee, toast and conversation with the other pilgrims and figured…
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Day Two & Three
Up at 7 am and stretching out some newly found muscles and oiling some joints we were unaware existed, we packed our bags had a breakfast of toast, jam and…
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Day One
O Cebreiro was our starting point on day one. A small village of stone buildings, lodges, a few taverns/restaurants and a charming church where we obtain the first stamp on…
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KEN: OTHER ARTICLES OF CLOTHING
KEN: OTHER ARTICLES OF CLOTHING Having taken care (we hope) of the feet I looked at the balance of my apparel with the same critical eye used in my backpack…
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Brenda’s Gear: Shoes and Socks
Brenda’s Gear: Shoes and Socks The shoe selection is probably more important for me than the type of backpack. A couple of years ago I had surgery on my…
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It’s All About the Feet- Maybe
THE SHOES As we previously mentioned, over and over (more than “weather”, more than “elevations”, more than “weariness”) we heard and read about those for whom this trek was ruined…
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The Well Prepared Hiker- Brenda’s Choice
<!><!><!><!>Brenda’s Choice: The Deuter, Aircontact Lite 35 + 10 SL Like Ken said, we have backpacks for everything for a day hike, camping, traveling and but none of them very…
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