Preparations-13 days before take off.
2023年8月14日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
I woke to a growling stomach and the endless whirling thoughts of my trip preparations. I recheck my mental lists over again while unpacking and repacking my backpack to be sure that I am onlyもっと詳しく
12 days before I fly
2023年8月14日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 43 °C
My pack is packed, weighing in at 15 lbs. with two full water bottles. I'm bringing extra clothing because I think it gets a bit cooler on the norte than the Français camino.
I'm grateful for myもっと詳しく
11th day before take off!
2023年8月16日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
At 9: pm. I'm walking my dog around my neighborhood; it is 33 celcius, muggy, and not another person out on the streets. The doors and windows of the houses I pass are open, and I could hear muddledもっと詳しく
9 days count down.
2023年8月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
I thought we may have two years in a row of smokeless summers, but no, we almost made it through August. Northern Cali fires have filled our valley with smoke, and we're socked in now!
But still, theもっと詳しく
10 days until I fly to Madrid!
2023年8月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Ok, no more, no less. This is the pack ( at skeleton necessities) that works for me at 15 lbs. with water bottles.
It's an overcast day in August with an incling of fall in the air. Two nights ago,もっと詳しく
8 days before I fly.
2023年8月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
The Camino begins long before the walk and continues for the rest of ones life. When I first walked in Spain (2019), I learned how to walk without worry on where I will sleep and how I will eat. Thereもっと詳しく
One week before take off!
2023年8月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The sky is hazy with smoke, and the poison oak is thick on the trail side, but still, I must get out to train for the walk in Spain. Three hours of walking up and down and all around Roxy Anne Pointもっと詳しく
Cleaning and harvesting before I go.
2023年8月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
I'm putting my house in order before I go, which also includes the garden. I'm harvesting and tidying up. I have a circle of pavers around a choir of Sunflowers and Zinneas growing in the front of myもっと詳しく
5 days! Packed, but am I ready?
2023年8月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
It's another smoke filled August in Oregon! But still, Azul ( my dog) needs to walk . So we did a couple of laps around the park through the smoke. My dog had a great time. I have itchy eyes and aもっと詳しく
3 days before I fly away!
2023年8月24日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
I started out early to work at the shop this morning. My last dye project until I return mid-October.
The smell of cooking leaves, the cool ( feels like autumn already), mornings, and butterflies inもっと詳しく
While I'm gone,all will be in good hands
2023年8月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Some of my training walks include the steep streets of Ashland. I love coming across little yard jewels on the way. Besides lawn ornaments and signs throughout this neighborhood, there's thisもっと詳しく
A day for pause...
2023年8月26日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
To Travel
Let me be still and stand awe struck in astonishment.
Let me stand again under the black sky, where the only light is from a million stars and a swallon moon.
Let there be wind at my backもっと詳しく
Sanfrancisco for one night.
2023年8月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
At the Sanfrancisco airport, I would usually be rushing through to connect to another flight, but today I have all the time in the world. So I was able to mosey through, noticing things I had notもっと詳しく
I arrived in San Sebastian in the rain.
2023年8月29日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
It was raining hard when I
arrived in San Sebastian. It's wet but warm. I like how the moisture brings out the contrast and details of the stones and buildings. It is a very pretty boating andもっと詳しく
From Sanfran to Dallas to Madrid.
2023年8月29日, スペイン ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
I could hardly believe how calm and quiet it was at the Sanfran airport. But it was the wee hours of the morning. The long line of sleepy heads loaded the plane to Calgary, and all was still.
When Iもっと詳しく
Got to love animals on the Camino!
2023年8月30日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I had a croissant and a coffee at an outdoor cafe after the torrent of rain stopped. I looked up to see I had an audience. I did share some morsels with these little chic-a-dees.
The other animals Iもっと詳しく
From San Sebastian to Orio
2023年8月30日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Six and a half hours of gorgeous challenging walking. Oh ya, my feet ache, but not by blisters. My feet work like clock work. They tell me exactly when I've been walking six hours and when to put themもっと詳しく
Found a bed, food and good company.
2023年8月30日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After a long haul up a steep climb, the day was getting late, and towns with services are far and few. I passed this place on the hill in Orio with several people sitting on the front porch. It lookedもっと詳しく
Walking out of San Sebastian
2023年8月30日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Good-bye, lovely San Sebastion! Short and sweet.✨️
The walk from Orio to Getaria
2023年8月31日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
I love this green, moist country! They grow beautiful gardens. There is plenty of rain and heat that allows them to grow such voluptuous crops! Walking through this just makes me happy.💖
In Geteria by the sea.
2023年8月31日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A Five hour walk is enough for me today! I took a designated walking area on the edge of a busy road that curls around from Zarautz to Getaria (the alternative route). Though it was loud with roaringもっと詳しく
Getaria farming grapes.
2023年9月1日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
I'm impressed how the grapes are grown here. To harvest, you may walk under the trellises of woven wire and easily pick the hanging clusters. Their farming style is so meticulous. The woman statue isもっと詳しく
UP & DOWN & UP, UP, UP!!!
2023年9月1日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
The never-ending, up day! A nine hour hiking day for me! Most people I met and the end of the hike had agony in their faces. It was a hard day. Slippery from the rain the day before and steep. But theもっと詳しく
Getaria to Deba
2023年9月1日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
I just can't get enough of discovering the fauna & flora wherever I go! I discovered these little insects that sleep inside these pillowy pods. There are beautiful donkeys, goats, and cows over everyもっと詳しく
An alternative route to Markina-Xemein
2023年9月2日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
I woke this morning while still dark. The sounds of packs russeling, silouetted pilgrims with torches on their forheads were packing their gear. Whispers of many languages softly babbling, toiletsもっと詳しく
































































































































































































旅行者Looks like Max is carrying your concerns too. :)