A Wisconsin Girl Takes a(nother) Walk
In the summer of 2026, I will again walk the approximately 500 mile-long Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain after having walked it in 2024.
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To say the last three days have been frustrating is a huge understatement. It’s Friday, and I’ve not been on the Camino since Tuesday. The plan was to be better by today, and back on the trail tomorrow. That didn’t happen. When it became clear that the leg was not improving, despite massive amounts of…
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Yesterday was a pretty typical day on the Camino. Nothing special, except for the the fact that I got an exceptionally early start to the day, owing to the fact that I was in a shared room (not my personal preference) with other pilgrims who felt that 4-5 A.M. was a perfectly normal time to…
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Today felt amazing! I’m sure it’s a combination of several factors: having had a rest day yesterday, finally hiking without blister pain, a very flat path today, temperatures below 80. Several other people that I chatted with today reported that today’s hike was boring, and by extension, difficult. For me, I felt like I could…
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Regarding rest days…when I first began planning this Camino a year ago, I figured that a rest every 7-8 days was plenty. A classic case of “you don’t know what you don’t know”. As it’s turned out, a rest day every 4 days or so is quite perfect for me. I’ve gotten over feeling guilty…
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It’s been two beautiful but hot days on the Meseta. I’m in Carrión de Los Condes tonight, heading into a scheduled rest day tomorrow. The timing is good, since I’ve got a massive blister on the bottom of my right foot that is being aggravated by continuous walking. I visited the “Farmacia” this morning (pharmacies…
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Another day on the Meseta. It looks a lot like parts of the Midwest. Wheat fields as far as the eye can see give ample opportunity to reflect, question, and introspect. I passed the crumbling ruins of a convent hundreds of years old on my way into town, and it provided some gorgeous photo opportunities.…
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Today was a pretty easy day of hiking, just over 13 miles. Anywhere from 12-15 miles seems to be the sweet spot where I feel like I’m making progress, yet I’m not completely wiped out at the end of the day. The weather was perfect…low 60s when I set out this morning, to mid 70s…
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Burgos is a vibrant city of about 200,000. And, the Festival de San Pedro y San Pablo is going on this week, so the city has distinctly celebratory vibe right now. There’s live music in the square, and fireworks each night. Since it is Monday, all the museums were closed today. It was a little…
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What a way to end week 2. Whew! I’ve put in some crazy miles this week, and since tomorrow’s a rest day, I finally have an opportunity for an update. Friday was from Cirueña to Belorado and was my second longest mileage day so far…17.66 miles. I booked the first hostel that you come to…
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Today was my second longest day so far, mileage wise, 16.4 miles. I think back to those 5, 8, or even 10 mile hikes I did back home, and how tiring those longer hikes felt, LOL. Today I felt spent…at capacity, but not beyond capacity. Progress! Leaving Ventosa, the next town was Nájera, which marks…
A Wisconsin Girl Takes a Walk 