Day 4- VIllamayor-Viana

30 km- 10.50 hours

TOday was one of the hardest!! We ran out of water and walked in the blazingggg sun for 2.5 hours without water!! We found a small hut made from stones that we, 4 of us all crawled into for some shade. Out of all of us we had no water!! It was pretty much like hell!! NO shade, and blazing heat...talk about sweating!!!ç

When we reached the town it was like a savior!! We actually have photos of us with our heads in the fountain and in the park almost dieing...yes, now we fil up at every fouhtain!!!!!!

Once we got in the town they ALbergues and Refufios were all sold out!! So we actually got a number from one of the places and had to rent an apartment for the night. It was 12 Euros a person a night...there were 4 of us...we picked up an Italian couple that we had been walking with. THat night we celebrated with a dinner in a restaurant...all the other times it´s been power bars and bread with cheese!! YUM!!

Day 3- Lorca-VIllamayor

20km and 6.75 hous. Today was a shorter walk...but the sun was HOT!!

On this part of the hike there is a fountain of wine!! All along the trail there are fountains of drinking water in the towns. BUt this one in particular has two fountains...one side has water...other wine!! FREE!! THere is also a webcam there...gotta find the URL...but it was about 3;45am for the USA so I didnt´call anyone to tell them to see us!! HAHAH!!

It´s interesting cause if you meet anyone along the trail and we stop in different towns you are pretty much garenteed that you won´t see them again...so people are hiking 10 km a day and other 45-50 km. We are averaging 30km.

Breakfast in the morning with everyone that stayed here.

THis town was really cute!! A really cute Italina woman ran this ALbugue. She did the Camino before. She believed in having women and men in different rooms. I really liked that. We have been in rooms with random people, guys too and you may never even say hi to them. This was nice cause it was a small room divided into 2. Guys and girls. with a kitchen that she cooked toast and had coffee for breakfast.

This is the girls side....just a horse shoe shape wood ledge with thin mattresses on top.

This is how you washed your clothes...no washing machines in the old villages and small towns!

Day 2

Today we conquered a huge hill! I couldn´t BELIEVE how sore I was today!! I could barely walk!! Not so sure how one is suppose to do this everyday for a month!! We hiked about 35 km for 12 hours we were on the trail!!Showers are very underrated!! They are amazing!!

Day 1

Flying stand by we picked to fly into Boston for the 4th of July and spend it with Mark and Alicia. THat was sooo fun! we went out to some old school bars and we so great to see them!

We arrived to Barcolna about 8:30am their time and hoped on bus to the train station to reach Pamplona. When we got there the train was full because of the RUnning of the Bulls starting the next day...so we had to pay about 80 Euro for an over night train with a sleeper...normally 60 Euros. it worked out really well cause we had all day untill 10;30om to cruise around Barcolna and also we then had a place to sleep!! Arriving in Pamplona at 5:30am we walked the streets...with everyone still up from the night beofre!! We were the ONLY sober people on the streets!!

After meeting some locals and having a few beers we decieded to set out to find out Refugio to get a bed. About 4 kilometers outside of town we found a church with fun people to sleep.

On the Trail

So this is the first time I have reached a computer to use!! I have 3 minutes!

First day in Pamplona I got my wallet stolen...but have some cash...we´ll see.

7 days on the trail...I HURTTTTT!! I have blisters and lots of muscle pain....but it´s soooo awesome! FIrst night we slept on a church floor and have met many BLAZING heat (we had to hide in a stone hut for coolness) and we had one day of rain!!

I return....the computer is about to close.

Going to Spain for a month!

Yesss...it's true!! I'm headed to Spain for a month with my friend Mary to do a 300 mile hike/pilgrimage through the northern part of the country. We start in St. Jean, France....cross over the French/Spainish border through the Perines mountains and into Spain....yes...we do meet up with the Bulls and the crazy tourist that run with them in Pampola!! YESSSS!!!

We will then hike for about 10-15 miles a day till we reach the West Coast of SPain and end in a town called Santiago...that will be a month...I come home July 30th-ish.

I'll be trying to get on the computer and keeping this updated...I have Skype too if you want to reach me...my Skype name is jp Exposure.

It'll then! I'm finishing all my packing....work tonight at the airlines and off on the first plane at 6:45am out of John Wayne!

If you are interested in what the HECK I"m doin....check out this website:

http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/

The Adventures in Hiking!

Over looking the mountains, the city of Santa Barbara, and the ocean is in the background! SOOO pretty!!



Yesterday was a SUPER FUN DAY!! =]



I went down to the beach and met up with John Baker, Mark Leonas, and Patrick Estes...P3!!! The guys were out for a surf session and I brought my waterhousing to take photos of them.

...but here are a few photos from the AMAZING hike Tom and I went on after the beach....it was soooo beautful..and hot!!....We were having so much fun hanging out at the top...chatting and telling stories....that we didn't know it was getting so dark!! We ended up having to walk back down the mountain in thick trees in PITCH dark!! Luckily we had the lil' light from my cell phone to light the way! HAHH!!