el camino
Ten Things You Can Expect From The Camino De Santiago
The following is a (superb) guest post courtesy of Pong. Get her full bio at the bottom of this post. Have a story to tell? Submit it here. This is...
Ten Reasons To Stay Away From The Camino De Santiago
The Camino de Santiago, or The Way of St. James, is the most popular and beloved long distance trail in the world. I have walked this ancient path, and enjoyed...
Life After Death (of a thru-hike)
“Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things that don't really end, anyway, they just begin again in...
Hiking El Camino de Santiago Blog: Summary
Average: 17.3 miles per day Along with my friends Lucky and Milky, I started the Camino from St. Jean Pied de Port on September 25th, and got to Santiago de...
Pour Some Sugar On Me
The days are getting shorter, the trees are rapidly being stripped of their leaves and all too soon, hiking trails here in Wisconsin will turn into powdery XC ski trails....
Done. and Done.
Another rainy day where we mostly dodged the bullet, i.e., we got rained on some, but enjoyed a great deal of hiking time without rain. The full moon was just...
March to the Sea
As planned, we got a typically early start this morning, desiring to walk more miles in good weather today, anticipating wet weather to come (soon). While still in Santiago we...
Santiago, and Beyond
Friday, October 23rd was another of those "great day where nothing especially remarkable happened" type of days. Started hiking again under the stars, but a surprisingly warm start to the...
Counting Down the Kilometres
After I uploaded my last blog post, Lynda checked into our Albergue, having hiked 40 km. She's run short on time, and so took a bus this day to be...
Into Galicia
We slept the previous night in an upscale Albergue in the town of Ambasmestas - - - still bunk beds, up to 6 to a room (we were 4 with...