06/12 – Obanos to Villatuerta Puente

Another 7 hour day walking, mostly in a postcard. Miles of fields of wheat, olive groves and vineyards; as far as you can see…. Spent a good part of the day on ancient 2000 yr […]

Today was a rest day 13km short walk. Enjoyed the city of Estella. Stopped by Bodegas Irache with its famous fountain offering a choice of wine or water flowing from the wall. Today we met […]

Started at 7:00AM, seemed like a cool fall day as we started. Had to wear a long sleeve shirt in the AM. Spent the day walking 20km through rolling farmlands. Mile upon mile we trekked […]

They get up between 5:30 and 6:00AM, nursing blisters, knees, feet and numerous other ailments to march another day. 20 to 30k (12-18) miles every day. Trudging up and down the steep hills carrying everything […]

They come in all shapes and ages on this Trail to Santiago. Seem to be from all over except we have not met anyone from Russia or Africa. Met an Aussie awhile back who lost […]

Remember, my wife Morgan planned this trip for her milestone birthday, she would settle for nothing less than going the entire 500 miles. End of story! But in the first hour of the morning when […]

Today started as a cool glorious day walking through miles upon miles of Vineyards and fields of wheat. Great day to be alive! Today we crossed paths with Jiwon from S Korea. We […]

Day 13 since we began this journey in St Jean and a bit over 150 miles complete. This was my wife’s Morgan quest and I came along biting, scratching and resistin’. I am type A, […]

Day 14 – tough day 24.5km (15.1 miles) of steep up and down terrain (Campbell Stadium on steroids). We arrived in San Juan (population 50), at our Albergue (hostel) after a 7 hour trek. […]

Day 15 – 8 hours of tramping up and down over rocks and through the slums of the city. Today was really tough and gave me my first full fledged meltdown at the end of […]