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Camino in France – Are We the Only Ones Here?
Day 43 – Saint Palais to Larceveau We checked in to our reserved Larceveau hotel room Sunday afternoon. As our host showed us to our room, we began to feel that maybe, just maybe we were the only overnight guests. We had prepaid dinner and breakfast, and because the restaurant would be closed at 6:00…
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Camino in France – Hang On…It’s A Roller Coaster
Day 40 – Maslacq to Narvarrenx Hang on to your hat…it’s a roller coaster. At least that’s what today’s walk felt like. These weren’t the longest or highest climbs of the trek, but definitely steep and relentless throughout the day. In spite of our huffing and puffing, we had a pretty good day. Day 41…
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Camino in France – Cat Tales and Cathedrals
Day 30 – Lectoure to La Romieu Off to an early start, we soon realized we were going the wrong way. Our mistake…blindly following our fellow pink-shirted French trekker rather than checking our GPS. Back on track, we set our sights on our next stop – La Romieu. The day of walking wasn’t long or…
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Saving Minnie
If you’ve followed our adventures, you may remember that we left Minnie in a storage yard in Virginia last June. At the time, we thought we might sell our Ashland home and move east, but when our sale fell through and the housing market followed down the hole, we decided to stay put. At least…
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Patrick’s Point Escape
With our trailer following behind us, we were making good time as we headed down California’s North Coast. And then, just a hop, skip and a jump from our destination, we came upon a traffic jam, causing Reg to hit the brakes. Twenty minutes later we were on our way and saw no visible signs…
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Cold Spring Tavern
Standing in front of Cold Spring Tavern, it’s easy to imagine the dust flying as a team of horses pull a creaky stagecoach ‘round the bend. Back in 1865 the California tavern was established as a stop for the stagecoach providing mail delivery and passenger service along the route between Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez. It was…
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Wishing You Happy Travels in 2020
“He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery
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South West Coast Path: How Was It?
Sue and I packed British sun and optimism when we began our trek in Minehead on the South West Coast Path on September 8. More than three weeks and 200 miles later, fierce winds and horizontal rain could not keep us from our finish at Land’s End. Back home in Ashland, Oregon, still packing jet…
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