by Paty | May 1, 2024 | Camino Portugués, Portugal, Trail Journals
Tuesday April 30, 2024 Starting Point: Porto (km 0) Ending Point: Vila Do Conde (km 33.8) Distance Walked: 33.8 km (20.9 miles) Routes: Littoral & Coastal Ways After meandering around Porto yesterday and keeping my body awake for 40 hour straight, you would have...
by Paty | Apr 30, 2024 | Camino Portugués, Portugal, Trail Journals
Monday April 29, 2024 My flight to Europe was wholly uneventful after a handful of minor dramas in the 24 hours leading up to my departure. I didn’t sleep a wink on the trans-Atlantic flight from DFW to Madrid, but that is par for the course. I rarely can sleep...
by Paty | Apr 29, 2024 | Camino Portugués, Portugal, Trail Journals
Sunday April 29, 2024 Before I could even begin the Camino Portugúes, I had to get there. Living on the West Coast of the US doesn’t make this easy. It’s more than a 5,000-mile, multi-flight journey across North America, over the Atlantic Ocean, and to my...
by Paty | Apr 20, 2024 | Camino Portugués, Portugal, Trail Journals
My best friend and his wife keep sending me pictures of Spain. Pictures of them exploring small villages in Andalusia. Pictures of the Moorish and Gothic-inspired architecture. Pictures of tapas and wine at cute little cafes. And each time I receive a new image on...
by Paty | Apr 17, 2024 | Day Hikes, Oregon High Points, West Coast
Oregon County HP: #14 Difficulty: ⭐️ ⭐️ (on a scale of 5) Summit Elevation: 3,228 feet Mountain Range: Oregon Coast Range Ancestral Lands: Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Alsea, Chinook, Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes,...
by Paty | Oct 22, 2023 | Gear, Scotland, West Highland Way
The first thing you might notice is how this particular packing list looks very different from my the ones I’ve created for my backcountry hiking trips. The reason for this shift is because I didn’t intend to camping a single night on the West Highland Way...
