Camino is Calling, I Must Go

This is an adventure and experiment in life, love, and lactic acid. Dan and I are walking the Camino Portuguese, and that's about all the planning we have.
"May our feet carry us where our soul wants to go." ~ ink Read more

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September 20, 2024
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Day 1
Friday, September 20, 2024 at 6:22 AM
🌙 75 °F
Altitude: 823 ft
United States Kingswood 32.571587, -96.97322832°34’18” N 96°58’24” W
These feet were made for walking
September 20, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
Coffee Break before go time. Our plan is to walk from Tui, Spain to Santiago de Compestela (approximately 100+ K.) We will take the spiritual variant along the way. Keep in mind, we have decided that this is loosely planned...so, let's just roll with the flow and see where we go!

This website can give you an idea of the plan, man :): https://stingynomads.com/camino-de-santiago-wal…

Wish us luck and all good vibes welcome! Buen Camino, Pilgrims!Read more
@footfinders.com find your audience! Lol [Grace]
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Don't be stealing my ideas! I'm screenshotting this pic.🤪 [Lernz]
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TravelerYou two kill me! 😄 🤣 😂....if it helps, I thought of BOTH of you when I posted it! Buen Camino, Amigas!
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Day 1
Friday, September 20, 2024 at 11:19 AM
☀️ 90 °F
Altitude: 614 ft
United States Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 32.896262, -97.04373532°53’47” N 97°2’37” W
The Waiting Game
September 20, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Boots up, packs down. Waiting ✋️
TravelerBoots in
9/20/24Reply
Love it! Have fun you guys! [Grace]
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Day 2
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 3:04 PM
☁️ 73 °F
Altitude: 259 ft
France Paris Orly Airport 48.728361, 2.35727548°43’42” N 2°21’26” E
Au Revoir, Paris! Bom Dia Portugal!
September 21, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
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Day 2
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 6:47 PM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 256 ft
Portugal Louro 41.440857, -8.54198341°26’27” N 8°32’31” W
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
September 21, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Literally. It's been 27 hours non-stop. And we ain't done yet! Flew from Dallas to Paris. Took a taxi to another airport in Paris to catch a flight to Porto, Portugal. Took a taxi to the train station. Currently riding train from Porto to Tui, Spain!

What an exhausting and adventurous day we've had so far!

#nosleeptilTui

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Day 2
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 7:29 PM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 36 ft
Portugal Praça 1 de Maio 41.697488, -8.82669241°41’51” N 8°49’36” W
*X" Marks The Spot
September 21, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
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Day 2
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 9:44 PM
🌙 63 °F
Altitude: 108 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.082392, -8.62529342°4’57” N 8°37’31” W
Made it to Tui!
September 21, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
Rolled in at 9:45. Took 30 hours of travel time and no sleep. Worth every minute.
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Day 2
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 9:47 PM
🌙 63 °F
Altitude: 108 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.082381, -8.62530842°4’57” N 8°37’31” W
Tui really knows how to POTTY!
September 21, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
This relationship is going to get real serious real fast. Haha! Potty on, Tui!
I think that one on the left is the bidet, right? (Rob) [Robert Tredway]
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TravelerLol...I know ROB!
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Day 3
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 108 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.082424, -8.62522742°4’57” N 8°37’31” W
Breakfast of Champions
September 22, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
I had the avocado and he had turkey. We both had cappacinos. Sitting on the quiet, little veranda. Wearing a light jacket. We're not in Texas anymore! Yeeehaw
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Day 3
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 10:52 PM
🌙 57 °F
Altitude: 108 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.082393, -8.62529942°4’57” N 8°37’31” W
Tooling around Tui
September 22, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 57 °F
What a great town! Walked to Santa Maria cathedral and the Plaza. Even went to mass. It's a beautiful day!
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Day 3
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 11:03 PM
🌙 57 °F
Altitude: 108 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.082385, -8.62533742°4’57” N 8°37’31” W
Shitz Gettin' Real
September 22, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 57 °F
Packed and ready to go. I'm excited to start the camino tomorrow with my bestie 💕 ! Send good vibes!
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Day 4
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 8:46 AM
☁️ 52 °F
Altitude: 125 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.082265, -8.62513542°4’56” N 8°37’30” W
And so it begins...
September 23, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
No more lollygaggin'! My Camino starts today!
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Day 4–10
September 23, 2024 at 8:48 AM - September 29, 2024
6 nights
☁️ 52 °F
Altitude: 125 ft
Spain Rebordanes 42.08222, -8.62505542°4’56” N 8°37’30” W
My girl's hitchin' a ride
Sep 23–29, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
She wasn't much of a hiker, but my sister is hitchin' a ride with me today on the Camino - whether she likes it or not ;) Love her to the moon....and back.
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Day 4
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 9:51 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 138 ft
Spain Igrexa de Santa Maria 42.158584, -8.62084742°9’31” N 8°37’15” W
In the beginning...
September 23, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Perfect day to start our camino journey. 70 degrees, sunshine. At the start, we were unsure if we were heading in the right direction. Then, out of nowhere, we hear the bagpipes play. Walked to Perrino...got a hostel and just enjoying the ride.Read more
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Day 4
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 9:59 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 138 ft
Spain Igrexa de Santa Maria 42.158579, -8.62083242°9’31” N 8°37’15” W
It's not all about cerveza and sweets
September 23, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
But sometimes it is
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Day 5
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 12:29 PM
☁️ 61 °F
Altitude: 738 ft
Spain Vigo-Peinador Airport 42.228318, -8.61199742°13’42” N 8°36’43” W
Rain Haiku
September 24, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Coming soon
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Day 7
Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 9:46 AM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 82 ft
Spain Plaza de la Estrella 42.433414, -8.64450842°26’0” N 8°38’40” W
Dropping the Haiku
September 26, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Water that wets me;
Be it rain or be it sweat;
Mystery to me

- Ink and Dan (published 9/26/24 - Pontevedra Spain, Turoqua Hostel)
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Day 7
Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 3:29 PM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 66 ft
Spain Playa Combarro 42.436644, -8.70069242°26’12” N 8°42’2” W
Sitting by the dock of the bay
September 26, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Walked from Pontevedra to Cambarro today. Not a long walk, and the weather was very pleasant! Saw sheep, horses, cows, huge bee hives, and a crawdad right in the middle of the trail. Far from water! So strange! Got a beer, got free foo, and checked into our beautiful room sitting on a bay near the Atlantic Ocean. Great day. Nap time.Read more
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Day 8
Friday, September 27, 2024 at 8:04 PM
☀️ 61 °F
Altitude: 56 ft
Spain Playa Combarro 42.433906, -8.70544842°26’2” N 8°42’20” W
The Truman Show
September 27, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Remember that movie? The main character, Truman, comes to realize he lives in a fake world.? Remember? That is what much of this camino adventure has felt like, but esp this town Combarro. It is clean, everyone is nice, it's quiet, food is incredible, and the soft sound of the ocean outside your window. Surreal.Read more
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Day 10
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 11:10 PM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 30 ft
Spain Porto Deportivo Vilanova de Arousa 42.565492, -8.8301742°33’56” N 8°49’49” W
Whispered in the Sound of Silence
September 29, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
I have come to know that there is no way that any of these pictures will ever come near the actual beauty you experience on the camino. It's not just the incredible nature that surrounds you, it's the smells (pine, eucalyptus, basil...etc), the way the temps fluctuate, the breeze brushing against you, the various grounds on your boots, the beat of your poles, and the sound of silence. Oh, the beautiful sound of silence. It really is golden.Read more
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Day 12
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 6:20 AM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 157 ft
Spain Cruces 42.801737, -8.63781842°48’6” N 8°38’16” W
Boat trip and red wine
October 1, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
I love them both. I love them both a little more when walking the camino with my bestie, though!
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Day 12–14
October 1, 2024 at 6:25 AM - October 3, 2024
2 nights
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 157 ft
Spain Cruces 42.801726, -8.6377842°48’6” N 8°38’16” W
The Sheep Whisperer
Oct 1–3, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Aren't we all black sheep?
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Day 13
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 9:07 AM
🌧 64 °F
Altitude: 522 ft
Spain Viduido 42.835416, -8.60521942°50’7” N 8°36’19” W
Cat man cometh
October 2, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
I have come to the conclusion that we would have made it to santiago 4.5 days faster if Dan did not stop and pet every cat on the camino. Just an observation.
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Day 14
Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 823 ft
Spain Palacio de Fonseca 42.879731, -8.54568242°52’47” N 8°32’44” W
Looks like we made it
October 3, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
That'll do pig.
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Day 16
Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 11:37 AM
🌧 66 °F
Altitude: 735 ft
Spain Santiago de Compostela Railway Station 42.870386, -8.54332642°52’13” N 8°32’36” W
Violence is not the answer
October 5, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
But when this here bus driver told Dan he could not take his snacks on the bus, we were all at risk.
TravelerSo unfair! Everyone on this bus had snacks!
10/5/24Reply
TravelerRetract earlier statement. The driver cracked down on the guy next to me for eating a hogie
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Day 17
Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 6:38 AM
🌧 63 °F
Altitude: 220 ft
Portugal Porto Airport 41.239022, -8.67245541°14’20” N 8°40’21” W
Obrigado, Portugal 🇵🇹
October 6, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
It's been fun. Cheers! Beautiful country, beautiful people. But the hotel? Mmmmmm....nah. lol. But, the green wine helped us survive 😀
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