She Can Walk the Camino Frances

Let me just start out by saying I’ll come back to Pamplona and stay longer, hopefully the month of July, not to run with the bulls but to witness it and see the San...

Today took about 6 or so hours total. It was a beautiful overcast day with a tiny drizzle at times and nice to walk. We had a lot of rolling hills. The last several...

Today was quite an amazing day after a long and freezing night in our no heat rooms. Slept with my hiking clothes on and 4 blankets, hat and coat. The Orisson Refuge works like...

We walked to Orisson yesterday in the beautiful weather and taxied back up this afternoon to get back on schedule. We will not know if the path to our next stage is open until...

The weather had us change our start date to today. We headed up to Orisson because the weather was gorgeous and the bad rain and snow starts tomorrow and they may close the Pyrenees...

Smooth travels to Madrid and Pamplona by air. Taxi to Saint Jean Pied de Port (SJPDP) not as smooth in regard to major car sickness from switchback road about 90 mins long. SJPDP is...

I have the best training buddy in Boone. No issues carrying my 16 pound pack 5 miles ascent about 700 feet total. The fishing takes my mind off of thinking about the Camino.

We are almost at the five week mark of when we actually start walking the Camino. I know that all of us have been walking and prepping and purchasing and packing and unpacking. I...

Just checking to see how easy it is to blog from my phone

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