Blessings for the way

Flight day step 1: Fargo

Flight day 2: Mall of missed flights

Arrived in Paris

un petit unexpected tour of Paris

Flight cancelations in Fargo snowballed into a few extra hours in Paris.. Made the most of it with Rachel.
Flight day 4: on to the south

Travel: Bayonne to St. Jean Pied d. Prt

Flew from Paris to Bayonne. train is out of service, but they ran a bus to the various stations on the way. Arrived in St. Jean pied du Port around 5 and found our hostel, enjoyed a walk to theWeiterlesen
Starting on our way

Country roads

Small towns

Spanish border

Val carlos

Lunch / brunch break.. Preparing for the climb ahead on the way to Roncesvalles.
River roads

The theme of this leg of the trip was "waterfalls and wildflowers". I'm certain we saw at least 50 types of wildflowers in bloom. We walked up the river's path as it tumbled down the PyreneesWeiterlesen
Part way to the pass

Climbing the pass was difficult for these flat landers for sure.
Ibaneta pass

The highest point of the hike.
Roncesvalles Hostel

A welcome sight after 11 hours of hiking.
Water break

A welcome rest on the trail.
Espinoza in Espinal

We passed through the village of Espinal today.
On the way

Today's theme was roses and pines. Just about every time we stopped there were wild roses in view. After we passed through the cow pastured we entered pine forest.
A pine ridge

Much of the last 2/3 of the trail followed a pine ridge populated with wild roses and again multiple wildflowers in bloom.
Tonight's stop: Zubiri

Staying at a fantastic inn: El palo de Arellano. Served an excellent community dinner where we met other hikers from UK and Denmark.
Breakfast: A good start

Highway hiking

Water stop

Lunch break
