ItchyFootPrints
Isaiah's Travel and Family Blog
The Journey of the Blog
I started this blog in 2015 when I took an extended road trip across the USA with my faithful dog, El Guapo, who would eagerly go with me anywhere. I continued to write about some of my other global travels, but the real journey is not so much the places you go, but the people who go with you. I met my wife Kim on an international trip to Costa Rica that I organized that same year with the local Asheville organization LEAF. We’ve since made other journeys together, including our honeymoon, in which we brought back a surprise souvenir. Nine months later in 2018, our biggest journey started when our son Walker was born. Lacking the big travels away from home that first inspired this blog, my travel writing went dormant; furthermore, El Guapo grew progressively ill and had to be put down. He overlapped with Walker for 3 months. My focus centered on the role of fatherhood rather than the road. But the name “Walker” was chosen because of our shared experiencing of walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain, and the pace at which we like to experience the world on foot. And as Walker has gotten older and able to travel on his own feet, I have rediscovered in the absorbing eyes of a child, that the most adventurous trek can be a simple stroll around the neighborhood. Fatherhood is my new frontier. Thus I don’t have have to venture to some new or exotic place to have good stories to tell; this blog is newly dedicated to every-day adventures. -Isaiah
Recent Posts
El Camino, Day 11: to San Bol
Day 11: Burgos – San Bol: 16.5 miles Tuesday, September 20, 2016: Departed: 9:00am, Arrived 3:45pm Again, having the comfy and quiet of a private room in Burgos, we slept in later than the typical pilgrim would and got a fairly late start, which we didn’t feel...
El Camino, Day 10: to Burgos!!
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 small...
El Camino, Day 9: to San Juan de Ortega
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...
El Camino, Day 8: to Grañon
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 of...
El Camino, Day 7: to Najera (unintentionally)
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 had...
El Camino, Day 6: to Viana
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. There was...