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   Dotorimuk

   @Dotorimuk

   10:57 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 30, 2022

   Fantastic!

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   kedavis

   @kedavis

   11:05 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 30, 2022

   Hoping this gets to the Main Feed so I can send a link to my brother who lives in that area.

3. Member
   Ekosj

   @Ekosj

   5:19 AM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   What a great hike.   Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures.

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   Randy Weivoda

   @RandyWeivoda

   5:27 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   Nice post, Al.  Love those photos.

5. Contributor
   Susan Quinn

   @SusanQuinn

   5:37 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   Just gorgeous. Gives me a chance to experience the great outdoors through your eyes.

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   Dave of Barsham

   @LesserSonofBarsham

   5:37 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   My wife and I got a really awesome opportunity to take our oldest to meet some of my wife’s family in Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago last month. I’ve done some backpacking in the Smokies and my wife loves that kind of thing but this was something way outside our experience. We started just across the border in Portugal and walked 77 miles in 4.5 days to Santiago. While my wife and I aren’t Catholic, we are Christians and the pilgrimage was pretty special. We hope to do the northern route sometime at a bit slower pace :).

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   We really got to see a part of the country that I don’t think we would have otherwise, even still I’m glad all the blisters on my feet are gone.

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   Randy Weivoda

   @RandyWeivoda

   5:43 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   Dave of Barsham (View Comment):

   My wife and I got a really awesome opportunity to take our oldest to meet some of my wife’s family in Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago last month. I’ve done some backpacking in the Smokies and my wife loves that kind of thing but this was something way outside our experience. We started just across the border in Portugal and walked 77 miles in 4.5 days to Santiago. While my wife and I aren’t Catholic, we are Christians and the pilgrimage was pretty special. We hope to do the northern route sometime at a bit slower pace :).

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   We really got to see a part of the country that I don’t think we would have otherwise, even still I’m glad all the blisters on my feet are gone.

   Nice photos, Dave.  By default, the Ricochet software chooses Medium for the photo size when you create a comment.  You could select Large and we would get to see these larger.

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   Dave of Barsham

   @LesserSonofBarsham

   5:45 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   I gotta say we got played though, not a single waterfall in that whole trek. Those are beautiful!

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   The Reticulator

   @TheReticulator

   6:34 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

   Very nice! Thank you. 

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    Dotorimuk

    @Dotorimuk

    6:35 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

    Dave of Barsham (View Comment):

    My wife and I got a really awesome opportunity to take our oldest to meet some of my wife’s family in Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago last month. I’ve done some backpacking in the Smokies and my wife loves that kind of thing but this was something way outside our experience. We started just across the border in Portugal and walked 77 miles in 4.5 days to Santiago. While my wife and I aren’t Catholic, we are Christians and the pilgrimage was pretty special. We hope to do the northern route sometime at a bit slower pace :).

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    We really got to see a part of the country that I don’t think we would have otherwise, even still I’m glad all the blisters on my feet are gone.

    The Camino is an amazing experience. We didn’t get to walk as far as you did, so I’m a bit jealous!

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    Al French

    @AlFrench

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    6:39 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

    Dave of Barsham (View Comment):
    My wife and I got a really awesome opportunity to take our oldest to meet some of my wife’s family in Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago last month. I’ve done some backpacking in the Smokies and my wife loves that kind of thing but this was something way outside our experience. We started just across the border in Portugal and walked 77 miles in 4.5 days to Santiago. While my wife and I aren’t Catholic, we are Christians and the pilgrimage was pretty special. We hope to do the northern route sometime at a bit slower pace :).

    I usually hike with my brother, but he is now in Spain hiking the camino. He started in Somport on the French border. This is his fifth. He did the Portuguese one in 2019.

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    Dave of Barsham

    @LesserSonofBarsham

    6:44 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

    Al French (View Comment):

     

    The French one is LONG! I’ll put him on my prayer list. There were some days I just listened to books or music to keep my mind off my feet but I haven’t had that much time to talk to God without distraction in a long time. Next chance you get to text him, tell him “Buen Camino” for me.

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    Dave of Barsham

    @LesserSonofBarsham

    6:48 PM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2022

    Randy Weivoda (View Comment):

    Dave of Barsham (View Comment):

    My wife and I got a really awesome opportunity to take our oldest to meet some of my wife’s family in Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago last month. I’ve done some backpacking in the Smokies and my wife loves that kind of thing but this was something way outside our experience. We started just across the border in Portugal and walked 77 miles in 4.5 days to Santiago. While my wife and I aren’t Catholic, we are Christians and the pilgrimage was pretty special. We hope to do the northern route sometime at a bit slower pace :).

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    We really got to see a part of the country that I don’t think we would have otherwise, even still I’m glad all the blisters on my feet are gone.

    Nice photos, Dave. By default, the Ricochet software chooses Medium for the photo size when you create a comment. You could select Large and we would get to see these larger.

    Sorry about that, when I uploaded several at once it kinda freaked on me. I’ll edit that.