Camino Real Misioneros de las Californias

• On a mission: Hiker gains ample aches and insights along 800-mile trek on California’s El Camino Real (http://goo.gl/hlPHm1): An article by Maggie Espinosa published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on January 3, 2015. A wonderful article in which she describes her personal journey of discovery in completing the ECRT. Maggie is a personal friend and we shared hundreds of miles of conversation and friendship along the El Camino Real.
• Walking El Camino Real de California (http://goo.gl/KGqNpf): An open Facebook group for mission hikers with general information on the missions and the El Camino Real.
• Walk California's El Camino Real (http://goo.gl/AJfmk1): A website by Stephanie Dodaro with useful background, route suggestions, and resources for hiking the El Camino Real. Stephanie is one of the early hikers completing the ECRT.
• Edie’s Mission Walk (http://goo.gl/iO5WrX): A Facebook page chronicling one women’s celebration of life. Having survived six years with late-stage cancer, she decided to celebrate her victory by walking the 850 mile El Camino Real. A very touching story.
• Notes from the road (http://goo.gl/w8C1YG): One man’s experience hiking the El Camino Real in 53 days with many interesting photos.
• California Mission Walkers (http://goo.gl/G5kf8j): A Facebook group for people hiking the California missions. It is a closed group which means you need permission to join the group. It is a great forum for those seeking advice on routes and planning. You can contact the group leaders by email: californiamissionwalkers@gmail.com.
• MissionWalk.org: This web site is still in its infancy. We hope someday this will become the single source place to go for information on hiking the El Camino Real. However, as of this writing, the web site is still under construction and does not have much in the way of information. Check back periodically as the content grows
• My photo album on this web site for some of my favorite photos from pilgrimage along the El Camino Real: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/camino-photos/users/ca_pilgrim.12693/albums

CA_Pilgrim said:

I've actually hiked the entire 850 mile El Camino Real. I recently published a Kindle guidebook on the subject. Originally I planned to hike the Camino Frances in 2012 and started hiking sections of the El Camino Real as training hikes for the Camino de Santiago. Family life and work got in the way of flying to Spain and taking 6 weeks off from life. So I did the next best thing, I continued hiking the entire El Camino Real in sections using the train to get me up and down the coast to and from my start and stop locations. It's a unique experience to see all 21 California Missions by foot. You see a LOT of California at it's very best.

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