Today I hiked about 14 miles to fondria. This day included one of the most difficult vertical hike day of the Camino with about 3000 feet of verticals over the course of the day. it went into beautiful mountainous farm and scenic views.

A longer day hiking about 18-19 miles to the Camino town of Vega de valcarce. Hiked this morning with a pilgrim who has hiked this Camino 9 times and plans within a few years to buy an oberge and host Camino hikers himself.

After a late start for my body trying to figure out what time zone I’m in, I headed out to the route and started my hike. A warm and sunny day in the 70’s with lots of other pilgrims out on the trail. I hiked a shorter distance than planned but met another hiker from…

It took more than 24 hours of flights and bus rides to get to the starting point on the Camino Santiago hike in Spain. Following up and adding to previous 120 miles of the Camino Santiago I hiked last fall, I will be hiking from here to Santiago in the next two weeks.

A birthday weekend for my daughter Molly was a gathering in McCloud California with friends and family. McCloud is Northern California near Mt Shasta.

Summer ends fast in the sierras and the hikers just stop coming thru as they don’t want to get stuck at 9-12,000 feet with early winter storms on the trails above Pinecrest. I’ve pulled the boats out and just a few cabin folks are left and closing up mostly themselves. I’ve been busy planning for…

A fun packed weekend was spent in the San Francisco Bay Area visiting family and friends.

A short hike to secret lake on the eastern side of the Sierras California.

I was able to paint with another local plein air painter Andrea at Strawberry, California in the Sierras. We drove to a nearby forest and captured the scene with our various plein air painting setups. During the summer I have painted several pictures more studio style at the cabin. Check out the Tree-House-Studio.com website to…

In September, a group of us hiked a longer 18 mile loop hike from Pinecrest to Waterhouse lake and back down the ridge on the opposite south ridge.