Tag: Hiking

Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port.

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Today we arrived at Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port, located in the Pyrenees’ foothills. We spent a few hours walking around this medieval town. We visited the pilgrims’ office, where we got our pilgrim’s credential and shell and good information for our first day walking in the Pyrenees. We saw a lot of pilgrims arriving this afternoon, tomorrow we are going to be one of them.

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Alviso Marina County Park

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It has been raining for the past two days, and today we had to hike. I chose Alviso because it looked like an easy hike. It had a flat 9-mile trail. It was a great decision to go today because it was overcast and there weren’t any trees. Well, after three miles on wet gravel,  which was an easy walk, we got to a muddy trail. For the next six miles, we walked on the worst terrain. I didn’t know how heavy my boots and hiking poles could be when the mud accumulated on them; it was almost impossible to walk in some areas. At the end, it took us four hours to walk 9 miles. When we finished, we were dirty, tired, and hungry.

I’m afraid that on El Camino, we will have some days with this kind of terrain due to the rain in spring.

I’m glad we did it because now we know what to expect and how long it could take us to walk in mud with some extra weight on our shoes and hiking poles.