Portland Oregon was actually named after Portland Maine. Two buisness men were trying to decide what to name the new town on the Willamette river. One was from Portland Maine and the other was from Boston Massachusetts. They flipped a coin and...
I did. I hope they don’t close it, it we’ll find out that morning.
I like jungleboy’s tip about walking some of it the afternoon we get there. It will be a short but challenging 10k to get there from combarro, so I might have enough energy in...
I can confirm, it was definitely too muddy. Unfortunately there was a number of people that didn’t get that advice, me included. Shoes got soaked and covered in mud, slipped in the mud a few times, and would probably ended up on my backside at...
If you’re walking the Camino Portugues right now I’d recommend you avoid the complementario route into Pontevedra. While it is quiet and green and follows the river, it’s also a muddy mess. I slipped several times on the route and would have...
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