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Camino Enlightenment And Quotes
The other day, someone asked if I had reached some spiritual enlightenment on the Camino. I immediately replied no, that I'm kind of...
Tim
Oct 33 min read
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Camino Day 13 Padrón to Santiago de Compostela
On the Final Day of walking, I had already decided that I was going to walk most of it alone. The night before, my travel companions ...
Tim
Sep 268 min read
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Camino Day 12, Caldas de Reis to Padrón
By now all the days have been running together, the blisters on my toes are at an all time high. A day or two before I got a new blister...
Tim
Sep 243 min read
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Camino Day 11, Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis
Day 11, Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis This ended up as a 15.08 mile day. Another scorcher of a day and OMG did I mention this part of...
Tim
Sep 232 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 10 Arcade to Pontevedra
Today was a short day, only about 9 miles. Which considering our second day was 17.1 miles this was a piece of cake. As we left Arcade,...
Tim
Sep 222 min read
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Camino Day 9 Vigo to Arcade
Today was about 15 miles or so, it started out raining as we left Vigo en route to Arcade. And of course it was uphill for a good bit of...
Tim
Sep 223 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 8 Biaona to Vigo
Not a lot to say about this leg of the trip except it was uphill like the whole way. It was so bad that we came up with the motto for the...
Tim
Sep 211 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 7 Oia to Biaona
It's Saturday, and we're leaving Oia headed for Biaona. It's about 11 miles on foot to get there. By now I've walked around 93 miles,...
Tim
Sep 182 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 6 A Guarda to Oia
One of the things you should strive to do each night while on the Camino is get some sleep. I tried to be asleep no later than 11:00PM...
Tim
Sep 177 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 5 Vila Praia de Âncora to A Guarda
The day started off with a 7:30AM breakfast, which consisted of a breakfast bar with pretty much everything a growing "boy" could want....
Tim
Sep 175 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 4 Vila do Castelo to Vila Praia de Âncora
Today was a 12.7 mile day. We left Vila do Castelo for Vila Praia de Âncora. Âncora would be the last city in Portugal and the next day...
Tim
Sep 145 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 3 Esposende to Vila do Castelo
Day 3 I woke up again at 5:30 AM, and I was an absolute wreck. The 17 mile hike the day before I was sure did me in. Today I was headed...
Tim
Sep 125 min read
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Camino Portuguese Day 2 Vila do Conde to Esposende
This was a 17.1 mile day, way more than I expected. To make matters worse we had sustained 20 plus mph head wind with up to 40 mph...
Tim
Sep 113 min read
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Camino Portuguese Hiking Day 1 Matosinhos to Vila do Conde
Howdy there, This was a long damn day. My day started around 5:30AM, which isn't so bad since I am used to getting up that early...
Tim
Sep 83 min read
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Day 2, continued and it's raining
As I mentioned previously I was tooling around the airport, trying to find where I needed to be to for the Bolt/Uber pickup spot. The...
Tim
Sep 65 min read
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Day 2'ish, The Madrid Layover & Porto Portugal The Arrival
Me Tim Day 2'ish Technically it's Day 2, because it's now September 3rd. I haven't slept at all until last night. (Day 2) As a matter of...
Tim
Sep 47 min read
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And I'm Off...sort of
And, I'm off to parts unknown. By unknown, I mean unknown to me. But first, let me say I'm a hot mess at the moment. I just could not go...
Tim
Sep 33 min read
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What's in my Camino Portuguese Day Pack?
Right now, you're probably wondering... "Why the <BLEEP> did I ever click this damn link"!?! Honestly I'm really wondering the same...
Tim
Aug 302 min read
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An Unplanned Hiking Blog
It's not me, not really. It's a "Tooned" me. I had zero intention of doing this. This, as in a blog I mean. I've tried it before but I've...
Tim
Aug 82 min read
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