Day 4 – 7/2 – Richmond to Blountsville, IN – 27 miles
When one thing goes wrong, it’s annoying. When two things go wrong, it’s infuriating. When three things go wrong, it’s a comedy. Today’s walk was thoroughly relaxing. I woke up rejuvenated, ate the cold spaghetti that was left over from last night–I really need to stretch out my stomach asap; I ate shockingly little for […]
Days 2 and 3 – 6/30 to 7/1 – Miami Whitewater to Oxford, OH to Richmond, IN – 59 miles
Note: For full access to everything from the walk, check out my Patreon and Instagram pages. When one day is pretty easy and the next one is far more demanding, it’s easy to fall into an analytical mode, working to derive judgments about what contributed to each outcome. After all, clarity on the differentiating factors just might–if one were […]
Day 1 – 6/29 – North Bend to Miami Whitewater, OH – 15 miles
Note: For full access to everything from the walk, check out my Patreon and Instagram pages. I knew exactly what this post was going to be about. The idea had crystallized in my mind in the days leading up to my departure. In resuming my walk, I decided not to start back in the center […]
The Road Ahead
It’s a transitional moment for me, as I’m departing my school of 13 years, and potentially leaving the teaching profession forever. I don’t want to get too maudlin about it; I could break my foot next week and suddenly need quality health care and something to do other than walking. Life plays funny tricks on […]
It’s Time: Resuming My Walk Across the USA
In 2019, I set out to walk across the USA on the American Discovery Trail. Well, really, I set out to walk across the USA one-and-a-half times. The ADT splits between Cincinnati, Ohio and Denver, Colorado, so my plan was to follow the southern route through Missouri and Kansas in the fall, then fly to […]
New Four-Part Camino Primitivo Series
Today, I completed a four-part series for the Camino Podcast on the Camino Primitivo, following on the heels of my recent re-walking of that route in advance of a forthcoming reprint of the Norte/Primitivo guidebook. The Camino Primitivo was the first of the Caminos de Santiago. Here’s how I introduce the route in the guidebook: […]
Updates to the Caminos del Norte & Primitivo
I’ve just completed a very substantial round of updates for the upcoming reprint of the Camino del Norte and Camino Primitivo guidebook for Cicerone. Before jumping into the weeds, a quick semantic note. Cicerone distinguishes between reprints and new editions as follows: a reprint is a new printing of the established book, complete with updated […]
Donativo-Based Albergues on the Norte & Primitivo
Building on my previous post, related to the formation of the Acogida Tradicional Jacobea, I wanted to compile a current list of all donativo-based accommodations on the Camino del Norte and Camino Primitivo. It’s pretty good! Camino del Norte Donativos Irún – Albergue de Peregrinos Jakobi (bed and breakfast) Pasajes de San Juan – Albergue […]
News: The Creation of the Acogida Tradicional Jacobea
In the wake of COVID and ongoing political and economic challenges, along with a cultural shift unfolding among many contemporary pilgrims, some of the donativo-based, traditionally-oriented albergues and other pilgrim-hosting spaces on the Caminos del Norte and Primitivo are banding together for support and promotion. The new organization is called Acogida Tradicional Jacobea (ATJ), or […]
Linking the Camino Aragonés and Pamplona
One of my big priorities this past summer was to walk the Camino Aragonés. I’d done this once before, but it was a rushed trip, crammed into a very small window, and it coincided with a very rainy few days in northern Spain. Any pilgrimage is better than no pilgrimage, but those conditions were far […]