Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

Four hours of hiking with two steep segments on each end. The only issue was taking no break, trying to outwalk a threatening looking rain storm.

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C checked out a crop of some sort of root vegetables and met a spider guarding the crops from marauding peregrinos (pilgrims).

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Walked through a ghost town of new golf course condos that never sold, out in the middle of nowhere.

Still dry, we arrived at our Pension Casa Victoria to be told they were completo (full) and we were booked at the alburgue. Uh oh. After a few tense minutes we arrived here:

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You just never know what you are going to get. Two lovely women provided a home cooked meal to 14 hungry, tired pilgrims from seven countries. Between dinner and dessert I ran out to get this picture as the sky was clearing;

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It's been difficult for me without a camera, but the iPhone is doing a fine job.

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3 responses to “Camino de Santiago – Day 12 – Najera to Ciruena”

  1. Lynda Grant Avatar
    Lynda Grant

    The spider would make a great painting!

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  2. Karen, sil Avatar
    Karen, sil

    The spider reminds me of one I saw at the cabin,years ago, amid the clothes on the clothes hook behind the bedroom door. Boy, did I jump, though it wasn’t nearly as big as this one.

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  3. Jane Avatar
    Jane

    I love that photo of you and Chuck. Had to do a double take. Too funny! And YES that spider would make a great painting.

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