Adventures of Scooter and Hales

In the last few posts I forgot to mention a few important things! First off, we are more than two weeks on the camino. Second, we are OVER halfway to Santiago (Yay!!!). There's been a few times that we didn't even know if we would make it to Santiago and now it is actually attainable.…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 17, Villaviciosa to Deva

Waking up this morning was extremely difficult. We knew we had a very long day ahead of us and I honestly was not ready to get started. You best believe the first thing I looked up on my phone when I woke up was, "buses from San Esteban to Villaviciosa." But today was not our…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 16, San Esteban de Leces to Villaviciosa

All of our hiking days are quickly starting to run together in my mind. I often can't remember how many kilometers we did for the day, what city we started in, or what city we are in for that matter! This could be good or bad depending on how you look at it, but right…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 15, Po to San Esteban de Leces

We decided to sleep in today because we wanted to take advantage of the breakfast that was being provided in the Albergue. There was cake, pastries, tea and fruit, a great way to start our day. I have a feeling that is the best Albergue on the camino and we will have a hard time…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 14, La Franca to Poo

We started off this morning well rested and not in a rush. A good change of pace. Scott and I both downloaded some podcasts and TED talks to fend off the boredom of a long hiking day which turned out to be very helpful. The only unfortunate thing about this morning is when we started…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 13, Comillas to La Franca

We finally had a morning of sleeping in and wow what an extra hour of sleep can do! Scott and I both felt way better than we had. I think it also helped that there were no snorers in the Albergue last night. The best part about this morning though, was the hot tea I…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 12, Caborredondo to Comillas

Today we have officially completed more than a third of the Camino! In honor of this, we took three modes of transportation today (okay that wasn't planned, but it worked out). We traveled by foot, ferry, foot, train, and foot again. Other than that though, we had a pretty boring, bland day. Which is the…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 11, Guemes to Caborredondo

It was especially difficult to get up this morning because the German lady in our room must have been the loudest snorer I have ever heard. Almost continuously snoring through the night. I think this is the spirit of the Camino, some days you get amazing sleep, but the next is to be none. Just…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 10, Santona to Guemes

We thought that yesterday was the most beautiful day of hiking, but today had that beat! As usual, we woke up very early in order to get ahead of everyone else. Last night we finally got a good night’s sleep without it being a sauna in the room or having someone snoring. We were set…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 9, Islares to Santona

I think it is probably impossible to be gluten free in Spain. I always thought that the French were the ones big on breads and pastries, but after spending time in both countries I’m convinced that it is the Spanish. Every single meal consists of something with bread. In all honesty, I don’t think most…

Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 8, Pobena to Islares