It always surprises me when people say I’m brave. I don’t feel very brave most of the time. I guess people assume that, just because I do something, it means I am not affraid….well I got some bad news for ya. I am scared or at least nervous the whole time! But today was exceptional,…
Category: Travel
Back in Spain to resume walking on the Camino de Santiago del Norte
I am currently sitting in the lounge area of my hostel in Bilbao. After over 24 hours of being in transit, I arrived last night at 8pm local time, feeling the way most 46 year olds feel after 3 flights totalling 14 hours, and 12 more hours of sitting in airports….like shit. So, I basically…
Road Trip – day 4 (today)
So, I had my first lazy morning today. No specific plans today (the big scary hike is tomorrow). I slept in, lazed about with my coffee….And wrote 4 days of blog entries. It is 10:30 and I’m still in my camp. Plan to eat breakfast soon, then go out exploring. The only “for sure” thing…
Road trip day 3, hustle to get a camp spot!
I had to get an early start today. 4 hour drive to get to the Coulter Bay Campground in Grand Teton NP…and all camping is first-come-first-served. Which really means, show up late and you have no hope of camping anywhere in the park. So, after reserving a few quiet moments to watch sunrise and have…
Road trip – Day 2, still written on day 4
I didn’t sleep well that night. I think because I drank too much coffee too late because I was worried about getting sleepy while driving. Woop, add that one to the list of worries. I got up early…before anyone else. I made my coffee and walked over to the river to enjoy the peacefulness of…
Summer Road Trip 2018 – Day 1 (written on day 4)
Wow, just realized it is already day 4!! Ok, back to day 1… I wisely had planned that this would be a short day, only 4 driving hours. I pretty much got everything ready the day before and the truck was mostly packed, which is how I was lulled into complacency and ended up leaving…
Lucky doesn’t do it justice. .
Because I found the needle in the haystack (or the phone in the random backyard of a stranger). I still wasn’t 100% sure I had the right house, but it was my last realistic option. I went back to the house around 5pm, but still no answer. I sat on the shady step of the…
I was having such a GREAT day….
And then I tripped on a stone and dropped my phone over the castle wall in Lisbon. 😟😢😭 But, let me back up… I had a wonderful lazy morning. I had a few cups of coffee, stood on the balcony overlooking a major pedestrian street, and headed out. I wandered around, slowly making my way…
Just a picture of something
That made me feel good…my walking stick. The blue and green stripes are the waymarker for the fisherman’s trail.
A nice day and a moment to reflect…
I begin with a quick update and summary of the past 2 days.. After my terrible limptastic day, I really did not believe that I would be able to do my last planned walk. I threaded all of my blisters that night believing that walking the next day was not going to be realistic. When…