Camino de Santiago

I’m not sure if it is just the adrenaline wearing off after a wave of graduation ceremonies and getting Sam out the door for his summer semester in Rome, or a sudden realization of the magnitude of hiking 480 miles but, at this moment, I am feeling like, this time, perhaps we have bitten off a little more than we can chew. This is an entirely new experience for me – how interesting. Nevertheless, prepaid flights and hotel rooms are an exceptional motivator so another adventure begins.

With Sam (aka Limber Ern) setting up shop in the Eternal City, the team consists of: yours truly; Nick (who needs a trail name), Blueberry Joe; and the legendary F-Bomb. Following a 24-hour journey that will take us from Seattle to Paris, on to Biarritz, and final days by car to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, we’ll be hiking the Camino Frances route of the Camino de Santiago. Over the course of 32 days we’ll cover 790km, crossing over the Pyrenees, and passing through Pamplona, Burgos, León, and countless other Spanish villages on our way to Santiago de Compostela (which was the starting point for last years hike to Finisterre). If all goes well, we’ll make it just in time for our next scheduled flight and meet up with Sam and stack the pounds back on with all of the great food he has been sending us pictures of.

It’s daunting but we’re excited to have this opportunity with the boys. The say the journey of a thousand miles (which is actually quite fitting in this case) begins with one step so here goes…