From To ~ June 16, 2018

  • Saturday, June 16, 2018, Day #37
  • Santiago
  • 17.5 miles; total 498.5 miles
  • 1,529’ ascent and 1,822’ descent
  • 75% hard surface
  • Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
  • Weather: 60-65 degrees and blue skies with white clouds

From outskirts, to neighborhoods, to first glimpses of the Cathedral.

  • 1st towards Santiago
  • 2nd towards Santiago
  • 3rd Santiago

Remembering 2014 ~ June 15, 2018

  • Friday, June 15, 2018, Day #36
  • Salceda
  • 16.5 miles; total 481 miles
  • 1,844’ ascent and 2,103’ descent
  • 40% hard surface
  • Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
  • Weather: 60-65 degrees and overcast

How eerie it was to see a site I vividly remembered from June 22, 2014, four years ago. Though only a week later in June, the river offered welcomed relief from the heat and sun. With this year’s unseasonably cold and wet weather, no one gathered by the river.

  • 1st Ribadiso da Riba, JUNE 22, 2014
  • 2nd Ribadiso da Riba, JUNE 14, 2018
  • 3rd Salceda

Dreams ~ June 10, 2018

  • Sunday, June 10, 2018, Day #31
  • Lugo
  • Distance 19 miles; total 434.5 miles
  • 1,795’ ascent and 2,600’ descent
  • 50% hard surface
  • Time: 9 hours 45 minutes
  • Weather: 50-65 overcast NO RAIN

What do I dream? Long walks through sunny forests on pebble paths. Smelling roses. I’m living my dreams.

  • 1st towards Lugo
  • 2nd towards Lugo
  • 3rd towards Lugo

Nature’s Face ~ June 7, 2018

  • Thursday, June 7, 2018, Day #28
  • Grandas de Salime Distance
  • 13 miles; total 384 miles
  • 2,083’ ascent and 3,201’ descent
  • 20% hard surface
  • Time: 7 hours
  • Weather: 50-60 overcast and misty

Last year’s forest fire opened space for this year’s new face of nature.

  • 1st towards Grandas de Salime
  • 2nd towards Grandas de Salime
  • 3rd towards Grandas de Salime

Winning Combination ~ June 7, 2018

  • Thursday, June 7, 2018, Day #28
  • Grandas de Salime
  • Distance 13 miles; total 384 miles
  • 2,083’ ascent and 3,201’ descent
  • 20% hard surface
  • Time: 7 hours
  • Weather: 50-60 overcast and misty

Winning combination. I’m a morning person strolling through a country at it’s best, the morning.

  • 1st towards Grandas de Salime
  • 2nd towards Grandas de Salime
  • 3rd towards Grandas de Salime