With my new novel Lost in the Fog soon-to-be published, in September of 2019 I embarked on a four month trip to France, Spain, Portugal, and the Caribbean. The main reason for the journey was to hike the Camino de Santiago, a 550 mile pilgrimage. With this blog, I am excerpting from the journal I kept. As David Lynch once said "getting lost is beautiful".
October 28, 2019 (Monday) – 9:35 pm Hotel Milan – Negreira, Spain Today’s Walk: Santiago to Negriera After nearly 500 miles backpacking since September 12th, J’Nell and I are not finished yet. We’re going to amble another 55 to the coast in Fisterra, where it was once thought to be the end of the world…
October 24th (Thursday) – 6 pmA Concha Café, LavacollaToday’s Walk: Salceda to Lavacolla Like the walk into Sarria, J’Nell and I get rained on from the moment we step out the door this morning until we reach our hostel in Lavacolla. But thankfully it is mostly light precipitation and not much wind until the end,…
October 22nd (Tuesday) – 10:31 pmHotel-Restaurante Xaneiro, MelideToday’s Walk: Os Valos to Melide J’Nell and I wake to sunrise outside the large picture window in our room. The orange and gray sky turns yellow with fog drifting through the valley, and the trees in the meadow are silhouetted in the dawn light. From our excellent…
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