{"id":42364,"date":"2019-07-23T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=42364"},"modified":"2019-07-24T06:22:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T11:22:55","slug":"our-next-big-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=42364","title":{"rendered":"Our Next Big Trip – El Camino de Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been following us here on the blog for a while, then you already know that we are serious bicyclists.\u00a0 You also know that Mike likes to take on a challenging trip each year.\u00a0 You can read about some of those past adventures here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\u00a0 Well, we have a big challenge ahead of us this year, and it does not involve bicycles.\u00a0 It involves our feet.\u00a0 Yes, our plane tickets have been purchased, and our hotels are reserved for our challenge:\u00a0 El Camino de Santiago which translates to mean the way to St. James.\u00a0 El Camino de Santiago is a hike across Spain.<\/p>\n

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Mike will start in France at the foot of the Pyrenees in late August and walk to Santiago, Spain, a total of 500 (ish) miles.\u00a0 It will take him six weeks.\u00a0 I am meeting him in Leone, Spain in mid-September and will walk 200 miles with him to Santiago.\u00a0 When we first decided to do this trip, I was all in for the entire trek.\u00a0 But the more I thought about it, I didn’t want to be away that long.\u00a0 So, I am doing a modified version.<\/p>\n

For many, El Camino de Santiago is a religious pilgrimage.\u00a0 Around 300,000 people walk the trail each year.\u00a0 Many (most) carry everything they need for the trip in a pack on their backs and stay in hostels.\u00a0 Part of the plan is that you are supposed to suffer some. That’s not us.\u00a0 We aren’t planning to suffer any more than we need to.\u00a0 Hopefully, our suffering will be limited to tired feet and legs.\u00a0 We will be staying in hotels and eating in restaurants.\u00a0 We are using Camino Ways<\/a> to plan our trip.<\/p>\n

The way we are preparing for this trip is by walking. Right now I am recovering from some surgery I had last week, but when I get my strength back and the green light from my doctor, I plan to do about six miles a day.\u00a0 Up until now, I have been doing my exercise class three mornings a week, wallking three mornings a week, and cycling. \u00a0 Our longest day on the trip will be 20 miles. \u00a0 I have been on the search for a comfy pair of hiking boots and am becoming convinced that there is no such thing.\u00a0 I have been keeping Zappos busy and have four more pairs waiting in a box for me to try.<\/p>\n

This is not our first big hike.\u00a0 We hiked the Inca Trail from Macchu Picchu a few years ago and have done three hiking trips in hilly England.\u00a0 This, however, will be the longest and most challenging.<\/p>\n

To read more about the El Camino de Santiago, this is what Wikipedia says.<\/a><\/p>\n

I will probably write another post or two about getting ready and what we are taking, but meanwhile, we will be walking.\u00a0 If you have done the trek and have any tips, please share.<\/p>\n

Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have been following us here on the blog for a while, then you already know that we are serious bicyclists.\u00a0 You also know that Mike likes to take on a challenging trip each year.\u00a0 You can read about some of those past adventures here, here and here.\u00a0 Well, we have a big challenge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42364"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42364"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42373,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42364\/revisions\/42373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}