by Paty | Sep 17, 2018 | Northeast, Places & Events
We have history with Ben & Jerry’s. Keith went to college at the University of Vermont back in the early 1990s. During that time Ben & Jerry’s was all the rage. All the cool kids in Vermont were getting their pints of Cherry Garcia or Chocolate Chip Cookie...
by Paty | Sep 16, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 15, 2018 Route: Burgos to HontanasDistance: 30.9 kilometers (19.16 miles) After last night’s dinner with my two new Dutch friends in Burgos, I felt refreshed and ready to take on the next major challenge of the Camino – the much discussed meseta....
by Paty | Sep 15, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 14, 2018 Route: Agés to BurgosDistance: 22 kilometers (13.64 miles) Today was my shortest day walking on the Camino. I decided after more than a week of pushing myself to walk 30-35 kilometers each day, my body could use a little rest. The plantar fasciitis...
by Paty | Sep 14, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 13, 2018 Route: Beldorado to AgesDistance: 27.5 kilometers (17.5 miles) I left the albergue around 7:10 am this morning and spent the entire morning climbing. Today this was the highest altitude I’ve reached since crossing the Pyrenees over a week ago....
by Paty | Sep 13, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 12, 2018 Route: Cirueña to BeldoradoDistance: 28.5 kilometers (17.67 miles) I slept wonderfully last night. Even though the afternoons here in Spain are beastly hot, the evenings cool down quickly. We slept with the windows open and it was the first evening...
by Paty | Sep 13, 2018 | Gear, RV Life
In 2016, my job required me to travel around 40 weeks a year. Since I was rarely driving my own car anymore, I decided to cancel my satellite radio subscription. It just made more sense to start listening to whatever I had on my phone instead, because that device...
by Paty | Sep 12, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 11, 2018 Route: Navarette to CirueñaDistance: 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) This morning began with a nice walk through more vineyards. The Rioja wine region is just dotted with them. And although I ate my breakfast before departing the albergue, I felt like I...
by Paty | Sep 11, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 10, 2018 Route: Los Arcos to NavarreteDistance: 40.6 kilometers (25.17 miles) This morning I departed town just as the sun was rising, and it cast a beautiful golden hue over the harvested fields and many vineyards. This is one of the best reasons to begin...
by Paty | Sep 10, 2018 | Camino de Santiago, Spain, Trail Journals
September 9, 2018 Route: Lorca to Los ArcosDistance: 32.8 kilometers (20.33 miles) My clothes didn’t dry very well last night. Like most Spanish homes, the albergue didn’t have a clothes drier. The locals just hang their wash outside to dry in the warm...
by Paty | Sep 10, 2018 | Day Hikes, Gear
I was only on the Appalachian Trial for ten minutes when I turned the corner and saw a family of five sitting on boulders taking their break squarely in the middle of the trail!! It wasn’t too hard to see why these folks were so winded just 1/2 mile in from the...
