Day 55 – 8/26 – Gering, NE to Torrington, WY – 37 miles
After the pseudo-metropolis of Gering/Scottsbluff, the world thins out. I’m bidding farewell to Nebraska this morning, deviated from my long-time companion, the Platte River, for most of this final stretch. Bustling Scottsbluff gives way to the pleasant town of Mitchell, which yields to modest Morrill, which in turn relinquishes the floor to the tiny bordertown […]
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 […]
A Rookie Mistake on the GR653 in Barran
Calling it a rookie mistake would be an insult to rookies everywhere. In my defense, meager as it is, I hadn’t made things easy on myself. Here is the hourly log of the events leading to the “mistake.” Thursday, 4pm – After the last meeting of the year ran long, I finally bolted downhill to […]