Day 8, part 1. 16.5 miles. Hardest day by far. First part was the most beautiful landscape, then 10 miles of what we have dubbed ‘Mordor to Molinaseca’. Hiking down rocky/riverbed type terrain. Our gift at the bottom was beautiful Molinaseca with its river that we soaked our feet in. Then another 6k to Ponferrada. […]
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Day 7: Astorga to Foncebadon. Today was a booty kicker! 18 miles slight incline through beautiful small towns a varied terrain between. The last six kilometers were a steep incline and exhausting! So happy when we finally made it to our albergue.
Day six. Villares de Órbigo to Astorga. 10 miles. All country roads today. Fabulous rest stop (for my runner friends: aid station) on the way; donation only. We did some sightseeing in Astorga: Roman ruins museum, Cathedral, Gaudi’s palace that houses a museum of the camino.
Day five…Villar de Mazarife to Villares de Orbigo. 12 miles. Another perfect day weather wise. I had to actually wear my puffy jacket at dinner. Walked most of the time through farmland…corn, sunflower, and some other things. Stopped in Villavante for a break, then on to Villares de Orbigo! Loved the albergue here El Encanto. […]
Day 4, our first walk! Leon to Villar de Mazarife. I thought we walked 13.7, but it turned out to be 14.7 miles! We could not have asked for a better day! Started at the Leon Cathedral. Stopped at La Oncina de La Valdoncina and had coffee, bread, and tortilla at a fantastic hotel Domus […]
Day 3: Leon. We toured Casa Botines, a museum designed by and honoring architect Antoni Gaudí. (Is it just me, or does that portrait of Gaudi look like Jim Halpert from The Office?) There were also pieces by Rodin and Dalí!Wonderful lunch with our favorite server so far, Ismael. We also were able to track […]
Day 2: Train from Madrid to Leon. We arrived in Leon around noon and walked all over their historic corridor. Did a little shopping and eating. Met up with the sister of a friend who was walking the whole camino with her husband and was coincidentally in Leon the same time we were! Toured the […]
A bucket list item. Walking the Camino Frances from Leon to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Upon returning home from my WA road trip, I got really sick. Thankfully no one I visited with up there got it. It knocked me to the ground and I ended up with acute bronchitis. It stripped me of […]
Cape Meares Hike
Posted in MOVE on Feb 10th, 2025
Meghan and I hiked Cape Meares with a local womens adventure group, ran by my friend Cami. It was a bit of a booty kicker with incline, but it was a fun day!
Umbrella Falls
Posted in MOVE on Nov 5th, 2024
This is a lovely little waterfall at the Nehalem Fish Hatchery. It is one of my favorite places to be. I enjoy taking a camp chair and reading with the sound of the falls in the background. I will occasionally look for crawdads in the water; just to observe, not to catch. It’s neat to […]