by Isaiah | Sep 19, 2016 | El Camino
Day 10: San Juan de Ortega – Burgos: 16.2 miles Monday, September 19, 2016: Departed: 7:15am, Arrived 1:45pm Today, we walked a short spell through a forest with some moonlight, as the daylight emerged. That gave way to fields, then into a few...
by Isaiah | Sep 18, 2016 | El Camino
Day 9: Grañon – San Juan de Ortega: 24.8 miles Sunday, September 18, 2016: Departed: 6:45am, Arrived 5:15pm We left Grañon before daylight, and upon exiting the town we promptly donned our warmer layers and poncho in order to continue through rainy...
by Isaiah | Sep 17, 2016 | El Camino
Day 8: Najera – Grañon: 17.4 miles Saturday, September 17, 2016: Departed: 8:15am, Arrived 3:15pm We made our latest start of the Camino this morning. We actually still got up pretty early at 6:30am, but having the private room without the normal commotion...
by Isaiah | Sep 16, 2016 | El Camino
Day 7: Viana – Najera: 24 miles Friday, September 16, 2016: Departed: 7:00am, Arrived 5:30pm Upon waking up, for the first time, we enjoyed the breakfast provided by our albergue (which mainly consists of drinks, bread and jam). I took advantage of it and...
by Isaiah | Sep 15, 2016 | El Camino
Day 6: Villamayor – Viana: 19 miles Thursday, September 15, 2016: Departed: 6:20am, Arrived 1:30pm Kim and I were up and at ‘em early with breakfast snacks in hand, and walked through fields, vineyards and olive orchards as light slowly came around us. ...
by Isaiah | Sep 14, 2016 | El Camino
Day 5: Mañeru – Villamayor: 17.5 miles Wednesday, September 14, 2016: Departed: 6:40am, Arrived 2:00pm We got up early, again awakened by other rustling pilgrims, feeling awake, and got started walking about 30 minutes before twilight. I have a feeling...