Oofta. What a glorious, treacherous, beautiful, glumdiddly* day! *Not formerly a real word, but it encompassed my feelings. Welcome to the English language, glumdiddly! We awoke early, knowing we had 27 km and 430 m of elevation gain to conquer. Every night thus far we've filled our canteens at the albergue (pilgrim hostel) we've stayed…

NOTE: Day by day commentary is a bit dull, even for me. I plan some more (hopefully) insightful posts in addition to the day by day; keep your eyes peeled for a different title style if you're a skim-reader! Another very tiring, very fulfilling day, in which Jess discovered that (1) her mood is directly…

I ate wild Spanish blackberries today. It was a good day. It was also a hard day. We covered 600m of net elevation, and it was hot, but it was beautiful. I thrilled over seeing windmills in the distance, then passing them by the end of the 20 km day. Much of the hike was…