Day 6 on the Camino Way
We Feed the World I’m originally from Iowa. Iowa farmers know how to farm. They can grow stuff—corn and beans, especially. If you ask a Northwest Iowa farmer what he does, he’ll says something like—“I feed the world.” And he’d be right, of course. However, what I’ve discovered while trekking ...
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Day 5 on the Camino Way
From our starting point in St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago it is 775km—about 482 miles. Today we passed this sign which declares that we have 676kms to go—420 miles. So five days in we’ve walked about 70 miles—I’m adding in the 7 or so miles we walked from this sign to our hotel for the night. Seventy plus ...
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Day 4 on The Camino Way
Some days you just grind through. You are tired and hurting in some way or another—physically, emotionally or maybe mentally or spiritually. You just have no energy for what lies ahead of you, but you have to get some things done. Today was a day like that for all five of us. We have been beaten up for three ...
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It’s Always About the People
On day three of our walk we come to realize that what matters most on the way is the people. Today we met a bunch of regular folks who treated us with respect, dignity, tolerance—up to a point—and grace. A Family Venture The girl is 10 and the boy 8. This family is from Madrid and are, as you can see, ...
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Swallow the Biggest Frogs First
Head in the Clouds The photo above is of Sally walking along the path heading to the pass through the Pyrenees Mountains. It was one of those mysterious moments in real time. On Sally’s right there is a shear drop off a cliff. We were never in any danger, but we heard stories of hikers falling off one of the cliffs ...
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Brutal Yet Beautiful Day One
Today was tough. The picture above was taken on the summit of our climb through the Pyrenees mountain range. We are beat. And we still have another seven miles to go before we are finished with this first day walk. It was brutal, and yet it was beautiful too. A Little Help From Our Friends The views were ...
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Day Before The First Day
Friends Susanne and Bob Jordan and Leanne Van Dyk Jet Lag Day French Dog open for a scratch We arrived at our little hotel—Itzalpea—around 11 pm last night. After a good night’s sleep we set out to explore the town of St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, the traditional starting point for the Camino Frances. First things ...
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