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The drive to bear creek campground #vanlife #vwva The drive to bear creek campground 
#vanlife #vwvanagon #vwvan #vwvanlife #okanagan #bearcreek #slowlane
Camping at bear creek, Saturday is the first annua Camping at bear creek, Saturday is the first annual summerland car show. My dad and I entered this will be fun!
amping with mills 🧡 amping with mills 🧡
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Millie recently 🧡 - I’ve been so impressed wi Millie recently 🧡 - I’ve been so impressed with her patience traveling, she does so well in the van and definitely knows it is her home 🚙
Low and slow for the climb up to our campsite for Low and slow for the climb up to our campsite for the night, just outside of valemount. #vanagon #vanlife
Reviving this account to strictly post pics of my Reviving this account to strictly post pics of my van, dog, and me. #vanlife
the past couple days have been crazy. we’ve slep the past couple days have been crazy. we’ve slept a very little amount and headed from spain to ireland to paris to halifax to ontario and now in vancouver. we rented a apartment last night and caught up in some sleep so we are in somewhat the right time zone now. we are now waiting for our flight to edmonton. i am so grateful i’ve got to experience this crazy trip. #caminodesantiago #caminovino #caminhoportugues
Dublin, Ireland for a quick layover! #ireland #dub Dublin, Ireland for a quick layover! #ireland #dublin #cantwaittogoback 🍀 #templebar
Last night in Santiago. Mom and her German friend. Last night in Santiago. Mom and her German friend.
#caminhoportugues #santiagodecompostela #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompostela
Last night in Santiago ❤️#caminhoportugues #ca Last night in Santiago ❤️#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompostela
Last night in Santiago #caminhoportugues #caminhod Last night in Santiago #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompostela
Muxia ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago Muxia ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminodesantiago #caminoportugues #muxia
Last night in Santiago de Compestela #caminhoportu Last night in Santiago de Compestela #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompostela
More Muxia ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesant More Muxia ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #muxia
the view from muxia ❤️ #caminodesantiago #cami the view from muxia ❤️ #caminodesantiago #caminhoportugues #caminovino #muxia
The bronze boot at the lighthouse, Kilometre 0, an The bronze boot at the lighthouse, Kilometre 0, and some goats. (Windy!)
#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #finisterre #theendoftheworld #goats
What’s in there today? #caminhoportugues #caminh What’s in there today?
#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #whatsinthere
The Finisterre lighthouse and sunset. Absolutely t The Finisterre lighthouse and sunset. Absolutely the most beautiful sunset we have ever seen. ☀️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #finisterre #theendoftheworld #sunset #lighthouse
Finisterre ❤️#caminhoportugues #caminhodesanti Finisterre ❤️#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #finisterre #endoftheworld
The oldest 3gen’er had a birthday today! #caminh The oldest 3gen’er had a birthday today! #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #santiagodecompostela #santiagodecompostela #birthday
went to church and didn’t see the botafumerio sw went to church and didn’t see the botafumerio swing 🙄🤷🏽‍♀️ #caminodesantiago #caminhoportugues #santiagospain #caminovino #botafumerio
We’ve received our compestela ❤️ #caminhopor We’ve received our compestela ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompostela #compestela
Terminado ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesanti Terminado ❤️ #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompostela
Don’t stop now! ALMOST THERE! #caminhoportugues Don’t stop now! ALMOST THERE! #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #santiagodecompestela
Nearing the end #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantia Nearing the end #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago
this cathedral is insane. #caminodesantiago #camin this cathedral is insane. #caminodesantiago #caminhoportugues #santiagospain
Sometimes we see cool things. And sometimes we se Sometimes we see cool things.  And sometimes we see weird things.
#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #padron
We make her climb things. #caminhoportugues #camin We make her climb things.
#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #climbit
On a boat! The ferry from Vilanova De Arousa to Pa On a boat! The ferry from Vilanova De Arousa to Padrón.
#caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #onaboat
fairy ride yesterday! #caminodesantiago fairy ride yesterday! #caminodesantiago
a good boy, the count down to santiago, and the en a good boy, the count down to santiago, and the end! #caminodesantiago #caminovino #375km
We found the pope #caminhoportugues #caminhodesant We found the pope #caminhoportugues #caminhodesantiago #caminoportugues #caminodesantiago #pope #padrón
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To Armenteira – August 25, 2018

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  • 25 Aug/
  • Shannon /
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We were up again at 5 this morning and walked through Pontevedra in the darkness. We left our packs at the front desk for pickup in preparation for our big hill climb.

It’s really neat walking through the cities so early. It’s very peaceful with the odd leftover drunk from the night before.

We followed a path leading out of the city to the junction of the main trail and the Spiritual Variant trail. We turned left and towards the Variant. We went through a couple smaller towns, past a monastery and stopped for tea and toast. Karis spied oranges growing in a roadside tree and with the help of a talker pilgrim, we got two. They smelled great but were definitely past their prime. They went into the next garbage.

We followed the trail down by the ocean and came upon a massive amount of tents! We thought at first that it was a tent city for homeless people and quickly realized that it was the leftovers from a music festival the night before. We passed many intoxicated people with makeup smeared across their faces. Some passed out, some still dancing and singing on the shores. One man paused his singing long enough to yell out, “Buen Camino!” to us.

The elevation began to change and the cobblestone roads curved and twisted upwards. Some sections were excessively steep. We rested often. Drank our water often. The homes along these roads are adorable and we often notice eyes peering from windows watching us.

I downloaded the soundtrack from, “the sound of music” last night. Passing by monasteries and being up in the hills – it seemed fitting. At one particularly good part of, “16 going on 17” that I was singing to Karis, I felt the music and decided to dance. Right as two MAMIL’s (middle aged me in Lycra) came around the corner on their bikes. I kept the moves going and gave them a sing-songy, “HOLA!!” as they giggles at my less than polished moves

At one point we reached an absolutely spectacular lookout. You could see cities and ocean and mountains all below. We took some pictures and I put Julie Andrews away and brought out the Beatles. We settled into our walking paces with Karis ahead, me in the middle and Mom behind. We stopped and met up for a nectarine and continued on.

Now we completely expected that the mountain we climbed today was going to be horrendous. Don’t get me wrong, it was hard but absolutely nothing like what we were expecting from the charts and drawings and warnings we viewed. There were again no tantrums.

We walked into Armenteira right at a monastery with a bar close by. Karis had been there about 15 minutes prior and was sitting and having a cold one of her own. (An orange juice!) mom and I each ordered a beer and were thrilled to find out that the bar was actually the drop off points for our packs. Not so thrilled however when we discovered that only one made it. 😡

After Mom made many phone calls sorting it out they were finally delivered. They weren’t impressed but it was their own mistake. We had prepaid for tomorrow but their pick up times now don’t work so that’s a loss of $15euro. Oh well, we’ve booked with another company that is being much more accommodating. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 that they make it without issue.

We had pre-packed spaghetti and sauce to make in our albergue tonight. Guess what? No stove. 🤦‍♀️ pots and pans – yes! Stove – no. Bizarre! We became inventive. We broke our pasta to fit nicely in the pot and poured boiling water on it 4 or 5 times. It worked and we added the sauce that we warmed in the microwave. Win win!

Now we are settling down in a noisy room full of talking people and creaky beds. I think it’s going to be a long night. Up at 5 again with an exciting goal at the end of our 25km – a hotel with a pool 🏊‍♀️ I’m gonna be layin’ by that!

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