Camino de Santiago -- Completed!

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I leave tomorrow morning for Spain, to hike a version of this with my daughter who currently lives in Switzerland. If you are interested in following our progress, I'm going to try to post it all on our website blog. Here's the first entry: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/camino-de-santiago

I should be back just in time to teach my first class in the middle of August...if all goes according to plan. I'd love to hear comments and suggestions...

 

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An update: day one.

What it's like to hike in a sauna

Day One

We ate a big breakfast at the hotel, not knowing what expect on the road in terms of food. On this part of the Camino we needn't have worried. About that. What we did need to worry about was the humidity -- over 80% and temperatures above 80 F. as well. We hiked along at a little under three...

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Latest update is day four...still trying to get our hydration right...but we're making progress: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/day-four

 

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Pouring rain and foaming boots. Day Six on the Camino: http://wix.to/Lg0pPyd?ref=2_cl

 

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If you have trouble with the link, just go here and follow the blog: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/

 

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Ten days in--We're making progress on the Camino. You can read the latest news here: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/blog-1

 

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Two days to go: after 273km, we've only got 47 to go on the Camino Primitivo de Santiago with my daughter. And a birthday on the way!

Day Thirteen

The hottest day of our whole trip. That's what the weather report said, with temps in the high 90s. We started early to beat the heat...leaving the albergue in Ferreira while it was still quite dark. But the kilometers flew by, and the day went from cool and dark to cool and foggy. The heat wave...

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We are finished! We limped into Santiago amid hugs and celebrations. A wonderful adventure with a amazing daughter: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/p...-disaster-and-santiago-and-the-field-of-stars

 

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We are finished! We limped into Santiago amid hugs and celebrations. A wonderful adventure with a amazing daughter: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/p...-disaster-and-santiago-and-the-field-of-stars

My wife did that route in 2013 in May/June when she was 61. She is also fluent in Spanish but the weather was never a problem because of when she went. However she did the Del Norte to Oviedo and then did your section. I believe overall she did around 575 miles. Last year I did a route with her from RIbadeo to Ferrol on the Ruta do Mar and then the Camino Ingles to Santiago. It was my first Camino, her fourth, and was incredible.

 

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Yes! We met people for whom the Caminos were more than just a hike, they were a full-time occupation!