Category: Norte

Rock and Roll ~ May 11, 2018

• Friday, May 11, 2018, Day #1

• Getaria

• Distance 15 1/2 miles

• 2,038’ ascent and 1,868 descent; 60% hard surface

• Time: 7 hours 45 minutes

• Weather: 68 degrees; clear blue sky

A 3-mile pedestrian walk is cantilevered over the Atlantic. The ocean literally crashed under your feet.

Police at every intersection cued something amidst…a bike race.  If only I had spandex shorts to run them down.

1st towards Getaria

2nd towards Getaria

3rd Zarautz

Ghosts ~ May 9-10, 2018

• Thursday, May 9-10, 2018

• Eve Of Camino Norte

• Philadelphia to San Sebastián

• Distance 3,659 miles

• Weather: mid-50’s ; showers and cloudy

These images have haunted my mind for two years. They are my ghosts.

1st Old Town San Sebastián

2nd Plaza Gipuzkoa Old Town, San Sebastián

3rd Plaza Gipuzkoa Beach, San Sebastián

4th Playa de La Concha, San Sebastián

Lightness ~ May 9, 2018

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Wednesday, May 9, 2018

• 2nd Day Before Camino Norte

• Distance 256 miles

• Weather: 72 degrees

A feeling of lightness. My world has been reduced to a 15-pounds/7-kilograms. Pressures self-imposed or circumstantial dissipate.

1st Home in Charlottesville

2nd Charlottersville Airport

3rd Charlottesville Airport