June 12th. 2019

Shirley and I made the commitment to each other and ourselves to walk The Camino de Santiago across Spain. We started our journey with four beautiful days in San Sebastian Spain ( the Beach) which is in The Basque region of Spain. San Sebastian also has the Jacque Costeau musuem which was really fun. Then we took a train to Bayonnee France when we started walking seriously, and after a couple of days crossed the border back into Spain and the Basque region. It was in Basque Country that we spent our first two weeks. We crossed the Pyrenees and down into the Baztan valley where we walked for days. The Basque country is beyond beautiful. Super green, huge sheep, cattle and horse ranches. So many rivers, waterfalls, streams and of course some mud! We pretty much walked by ourselves across the Basque region with a few other "Pilgrims' once in a while. The language in Basque country isn't not quite Spanish so it was difficult to converse, but we did manage to have some of our best meals there! We got to the second set of Pyrenee's mountains but had to turn back and trek back about 11 kilometers because there was no place to buy food or water at the base of the mountain and it would of been very dangerous without the proper supplies. The upside of it; we got to walk back through part of the Baztan Valley and enjoy some more amazing Basque cuisine! It was serious trekking and very hard at times, I was and am amazed at Shirley's stamina and determination each morning and throughout each day, truly the best trekking partner. After we got back, we then hopped on a bus for a long trip to Pamplona Spain to begin the next part of our Camino. So this gallery starts in San Sebastian and ends iright before Pamplona...to be continued! Remember my motto: "Stay Stoled and Stay Forever Young." Da Lieb