It's been a while since I checked on this blog...imagine my unpleasant surprise when I discovered that there has recently been a snafu within Blogger and the images on this site have gone "poof."...
Hard to believe it's been a year. HERE'S MY LAST BLOG ENTRY REGARDING POST-CAMINO REFLECTIONS. From here on out, PLEASE JOIN US ON OUR MAIN SITE . Ultreia, peregrinas!
We've been back from Spain for eight months. The Camino continues to influence me...I expect it always will. Visit our main website to read about my personal POST-CAMINO LOWS, HIGHS, AND CHAN...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/12/life-post-camino-eight-months-later.html
Our next fundraiser will be for Feeding America. We plan on hiking the John Muir Trail during the summer of 2014. Join us as we plan, prepare, and then post our progress -- GIRLS ON THE WAY -...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/10/john-muir-trail-2014.html
Our Camino is over. Kind of. Though we are no longer in Spain, we walk on. In mind, body, and spirit, we walk on. ULTREIA . Thank you for following and supporting our journey. Our ad...
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Walkin' It Off' s Jennifer Miller. Jenn's an adventurous and inspirational "gypsy mom" who travels the world with her four homeschooled kids...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/05/alex-and-sages-videos-and-walkin-it-off.html
THANK YOU. You folks are responsible for our success. Yes, the girls and I did the hiking, but we would have done that anyway, with or without a noble cause to spur us onward. One can't h...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/05/over-10000-raised-for-global-fund-for.html
Our Gear List Page (see the above tab) now includes my Post-Camino review. HERE'S THE DIRECT LINK. GREAT NEWS -- WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR $5000 FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN AND WE...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/05/post-camino-gear-review.html
May 2, 2013 Now that our journey is over, I realize the enormity of El Camino. While my daughters and I were hiking across Spain, we lived in the moment, taking each kilometer as it came. Now t...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/05/ten-truths-of-el-camino-de-santiago.html
Distance: 16 kilometers (10 miles) with around 150 meters (500-ish feet) of elevation gain. We're here, at the end of the world. It's been a long and rewarding journey. The route from Cee to ...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-forty-six-cee-to-fisterra-april-27.html
Distance: 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with around 200 meters (650-ish feet) of elevation gain. Morning, while the girls sleep - Two more days of hiking. I'm ready to be done now, though for m...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-forty-five-maronas-to-cee-april-26.html
Distance: 19 kilometers (11.8 miles) with 180(?) meters (600-ish feet) of elevation gain. Have to say that I wasn't a big fan of Abergue Lua. Yes, the folks who run it are kind and the cost per...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-forty-four-negreira-to-maronassanta.html
Distance: 21 kilometers (13.04 miles) with perhaps 250 meters (800 feet) of elevation gain. I'm guessing on that elevation gain, since I didn't buy the Brierley guide for the path to Finisterre...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-forty-three-santiago-to-negreira.html
Seagulls. Haven't seen them since we left the States. Now here they are, in Santiago. The ocean beckons. For me, Finisterre is the true end of the Camino. The Way was a pagan route before it be...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/sjpp-to-santiago-misc-comments-and.html
First, a few scenes from Santiago, today and yesterday (April 21 and 22, 2013). This post is a continuation of our report from our arrival in Santiago yesterday, April 21; more photos can be foun...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/the-camino-frances-from-sjpp-to.html
Distance: 21.1 kilometers (13.1 miles) with 120 meters (about 400 feet) of elevation gain. We have reached Santiago! I've a lot to write, but the girls, Hugh, and I are going to take the nigh...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-forty-rua-to-santiago-april-21-2013.html
Distance: 31.6 kilometers (19.62 miles) with about 200 meters (600 feet) of elevation gain Morning, while the girls sleep... Two more days of hiking and we reach Santiago. Ten-year-old Alex a...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-nine-melide-to-rua-april-20.html
Distance: 19.87 miles (32 kilometers) with about 600 feet (200 meters) of elevation gain. We sit here in Melide, waiting for Terry Gross from NPR to call. Hugh has his cellphone at the ready an...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-twenty-eight-gonzar-to-melide-april.html
Distance: 30.2 kilometers (18.75 miles) with 500 meters (about 1600 ft) elevation gain. Typing in the morning, before anyone else is awake... It's funny...there are so many people starting th...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-seven-sarria-to-gonzar-april.html
Distance: 27.7 kilometers (17.2 miles) with 280 meters (about 900 feet) of elevation gain. Lots of sun today. We were told Galicia had lots of fog, wind, and rain...so far, it's been nothing bu...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-six-fonfria-to-sarria-april.html
Distance: 20.4 kilometers (12.68 miles) with 805 meters (2641 feet) of elevation gain. Woke up this morning to Hugh saying, "Trish, Boston's been hit by a terrorist attack." The girls and I imm...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-five-herrerias-to-fonfria.html
Distance: 22 kilometers (13.66 miles) with about 400 meters (1300 feet or so) of elevation gain. We set out excited at the prospect of climbing a hill and getting some great morning views. Then...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-four-villafranca-del-bierzo.html
Distance: 7.9 kilometers with about 100 meters elevation gain (4.9 miles with perhaps 350 feet of elevation gain). We opted for a short day today since we all still felt like burnt toast from y...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-three-cacabelos-to.html
Distance: 28.7 kilometers with perhaps 75 meters of elevation gain (17.8 miles with around 250 ft of elevation gain). I had ten hours of unbroken and blissful sleep last night. The sheets at th...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-two-regio-de-ambros-to.html
Distance: 20.8 kilometers (12.92 miles) with 600 meters (around 1900 feet) elevation gain. Keith and Claire are amazing hospitaleros. They went out of their way to make sure everyone was warm, ...
https://www.girlsontheway.com/2013/04/day-thirty-one-rabanal-del-camino-to.html