06/18 – Najera to Santo Domingo – 21km

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 […]

Day 16 – Much better day! Quick reflection about yesterday’s meltdown – In the movie “The Way” Martin Sheen, after much alcohol consumption had a melt down and ended up in jail. Fortunately I did […]

Day 17 – good day, started cool after a stormy night, but hot afternoon. Last night I had a bit of a scare with the arise of an abdominal issue I have been challenged with. […]

Day 18 – Morgan insisted we take a day off today. Today it is raining and we are staying at a Rural Hotel for $ 36 euros. Great view, Quite nice. We have been walking […]

Day 19 – The day started with an 12% grade, 1000 meter climb over the slopes of Mosteclates. While this was a tough climb, we were rewarded with magnificent views of the valley where we […]

Day 20 – What would make people get up at 6:00 AM to walk I the rain? The cool rain was coming down as we suited up in our rain gear this morning. For reasons […]

Day 21 – A long day across the country with miles and miles of wheat but no towns for 17km. After 6.5 hours we arrive in a former stronghold of the Knoghts of Templar. We […]