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  1. Lurch

    Solo walkers - what kinds of food do you buy at grocery stores?

    Fruit, fresh if available, in pouches or cans, if not. Canned fish, sausage, bottle of beer, some packaged sweets. Try for a communal meal at Albergue, pastry and coffee for desayuno hour or so after I start. Cup of instant coffee at wake-up. I refuse to buy coffee from a machine!
  2. Lurch

    The Way: how do you feel about THE movie?

    IIRC, the Ugly American was the one who got his hands dirty working with the people, not the arrogant Ambassador, per the book.
  3. Lurch

    Not everyone happy about pilgrim/tourist pressure.

    Last partial Camino in 2021, walked with some friends. We had walked 150 miles in 2018 with everything on our backs. This time, I was surprised to see them toting roller bags with ALL SORTS of stuff. I was still using my pack. I don’t think they ever had to wash their clothes on a17 day trip...
  4. Lurch

    Camino Wildlife (excluding escaped circus animals)

    I have heard that the grizzled bar tends towards more open spaces and can’t hide as well. Plus most bear attacks are over a kill. Rifle shots are the dinner bell for them. Blacks are different, if they approach you, they intend to eat you, not just beat you up.
  5. Lurch

    Drinking water @hotels

    For the truly concerned, take Halazone tablets with you. Tastes horrible but the water will have been purified. Just don’t do like one Marine did in my unit in the Nam. He was so thirsty he drank unpurified water then swallowed his Halazone tablet. They Medavaced him out an hour later! Not...
  6. Lurch

    Solo walkers - what kinds of food do you buy at grocery stores?

    Salami, or other dry sausage; sardines, or other canned seafood, my jalapeño salt and beer. What more can one ask for while walking. And a communal meal to finish the evening…glorious!
  7. Lurch

    Overtaking étiquette.

    Learned that in the Marines…just drop your voice a couple of octaves so those geezers can hear you! I can say that…I am 78 and deaf as a stump.
  8. Lurch

    Those BRIGHT motion activated lights, or how to pee in 5 seconds

    Well, WE know what a red light means…nudge nudge…I-used to work Vice.
  9. Lurch

    Last night I learned I snore...

    If someone is keeping me awake, IMO it is OK to touch, not grope, the individual. It has happened to me several times on the Camino. Afterwards, I turned on my side to sleep, without concern. To think that I would spend the night disturbing others is anathema to me.
  10. Lurch

    Mosquito with same size of a Pterodactylus! Don´t Kill it!

    Get over run by them about This time of year in Tucson. Can’t get rid of them fast enough, they are all over the place. Definitely not an endangered species here.
  11. Lurch

    Request for pics of menus on CF!

    O ly 1 week to go! Spanish food is not Mexican food. The Spanish think of papas bravas as spicy, in my estimation it is about as mild as fry sauce! Depending on where you start, paella will be common or pulpo. I try as often as possible to eat as a communal meal. Cheap eats but nice to meet...
  12. Lurch

    Solo walkers - what kinds of food do you buy at grocery stores?

    As I am from the U.S. southwest, I like my food a bit spicier than most. I carry jalapeño salt. On a rest break, I grind some into my hand and eat it for a quick pick-me-up.
  13. Lurch

    Did you use any bed bug prevention methods that required a purchase (ie. spray) ?

    Internet search reveals, RAID!, looks like same stuff I used. Has a tube attached to the sprayer. I used a general spray overall on my pack, sleeping bag and IKEA bag. Then used tube on the seams. This was a week before embarking on my flight, giving the items a chance to air out.
  14. Lurch

    Did you use any bed bug prevention methods that required a purchase (ie. spray) ?

    Trecile…it is in Tucson right now, I am 550 miles north, but I remember buying it in a grocery store. Maybe Utah is a “hotbed”(pun intended) of bedbug activity. I will do more research…
  15. Lurch

    Did you use any bed bug prevention methods that required a purchase (ie. spray) ?

    I purchased some spray made specifically for bed bugs, before leaving sprayed the surfaces of my sleeping bag and pack. Got two questionable bites on my lower arm, which may have wandered outside the bag, but no others.Probably four/five days between spraying and using my bag.
  16. Lurch

    Spider bites?

    Not sure about Spanish spiders. (BTW what are they called? ). Growing up in Arizona I have experience with spiders, snakes, scorpions and centipedes. Tarantula bites are painful, poison is weak, but their fangs are huge, take a look next time you see one! Snake bites are bad, if a rattlesnake...
  17. Lurch

    Poppies

    I have hiked portions of the Camino twice late September/early October, next go-around will be in April of next year, (postponed from this year because of a knee replacement). I am looking forward to seeing greenery instead of dead sunflowers! Yes, the meseta has its beauty, but plowed, brown...
  18. Lurch

    Do Spaniards srsly eat this much tuna?

    I have read that the older the fish the higher the number of toxins, which makes sense. Sardines have a lifespan much shorter than tuna, so less bad stuff. Surprisingly, Orange Roughy, a small fish lives longer than we do, and this is worse for you than other rock fishes.
  19. Lurch

    Do Spaniards srsly eat this much tuna?

    Sardines yes…tuna no.
  20. Lurch

    Strangest food & drink on the Camino

    Couldn’t remember the name for the bumps where the spines grow. Burn off as much of the spines as you can and then scrape the bumps off. Living in Tucson one learns these things, but still not a fan of sliced cactus.

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