Two traveling souls off to our next adventure
Today was a fantastic day! We did get lost a few times, Scott got sunburned, and we walked on pavement the whole day, BUT it was a really good day. For one, we broke the 100 mile mark and we are just over 1/5 of the way to Santiago. We made incredibly good time to…
Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 7, Bilbao to Pobena
For those of you keeping track, we have now completed 151.5km (94 miles). So by tomorrow, we will have passed over 100 miles! As my dad put it, walking from Eugene to Portland, which seems much less exciting or accomplished. Today, was our hardest day of miles and probably our hardest day in general. We…
Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 6, Guernica to Bilbao
This morning started off with a blunt but realistic talk between Scott and I. With me moving so slow, should we continue on? This is something not worth potentially injuring myself for the long term of my life. I was really unhappy about the whole conversation because the Camino has been something I have been…
Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 5, Markina-Xiemen to Guernica
This morning we tried to get a head start on everyone because we knew that I would be traveling VERY slow, and the next destination only had 40 beds. We are starting to notice the further we get down the trail, the more people we encounter. I was a little worried about getting a bed…
Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 4, Deba to Markina- Xiemen
This morning we woke up a little more easily, but our friends from yesterday were basically all out the door a few minutes ahead of us. We quickly packed up our stuff and tried to beat the rest of the pilgrims out the door. I tried to be a little more joyful to be around…
This morning we woke up feeling a bit sore, but more optimistic about the camino than the previous night. Very few people were up when we decided to grab a yogurt and head on our way to Getaria. Out the door we met up with a Portuguese man, Luis, who had introduced himself to us…
Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 2, San Sebastian to Getaria
Off to a slow start on this blog, but we are getting the hang of it! In order to catch up on the last week of things since we’ve been abroad, I’ve made the executive decision to fast forward through London and Paris with a few short paragraphs and then get right to the Camino.…
Continue reading ➞ Camino del Norte: Day 1, Irun to San Sebastian
Adventures of Scooter and Hales 