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Winding Down in Gijon
Winding Down in Gijon Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time – Bertrand Russel It’s interesting to be doing my standard Sunday night post from Gijon on the northern coast of Spain. I’ve gotten pretty far from my normal … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, anxiety, beach, happiness, relax, spain, stress, travel, vacation
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The Aquarium in Gijon
The Aquarium in Gijon My first full day in Gijon and I decided to head to the aquarium. It was a nice little aquarium in the format you see a lot of them in these days. It started with a … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, Aquarium, blog, penguins, photography, Shark, spain, travel
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Camino Primitivo – Day 2
Camino Primitivo – Day 2 A little more regular of a hiking day on day 2, up in the dark, got ready and out the door about 8:15. Misty morning, pretty but was burning off and knew it would be … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, Camino, happiness, hike, hiking, spain, travel, walking
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Camino de Primitivo – Day 1
Camino de Primitivo – Day 1 My first day on the Camino Primitivo. Started with breakfast in Oviedo and headed out about 9:30. A late start for me on a trail but I had a very short walk today, only … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, Camino, Camino de Primitivo, hike, hiking, revkane, spain, travel, walking
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Oviedo – Part 1
Oviedo – Part 1 Welcome to Oviedo! Look who was waiting for me. Apparently since he used Oviedo as a fill-in for his Barcelona film, they built him a statue. Beautiful train ride once the sun came up. Rolling through … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, blog, Camino, Church, happiness, hiking, photography, spain, travel
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Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world)
Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world) You can read my last post about most of my last day hike on the Great Glen Way for the straight story. What follows is a somewhat embellished, somewhat … Continue reading
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Tagged bizarro world, blog, great glen, happiness, hiking, scotland, walking
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Day 4 Great Glen Way – Invermorsten to Drumnodrochit
Day 4 Great Glen Way – Invermorsten to Drumnodrochit A peaceful and mellow day on the trail. Started with a massive thousand foot climb, one of two for the day. The first one does the altitude in an a little … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, happiness, hike, hiking, scotland, travel, Uk, walking
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Day 2 Great Glen Way – Garlochy to Laggan
Day 2 Great Glen Way – Garlochy to Laggan Short 10 mile day from Garlochy to Laggan. A cloudy and nice day spent along the shores of Loch Lochy. My favorite named loch because in American it would translate to … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, happiness, hike, hiking, scotland, travel, Uk
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Day 1 Great Glen Way – Fort William to Garlochy
Day 1 Great Glen Way – Fort William to Garlochy The day after a rest day is sometimes tough, it’s a mental thing. So when the day started out as cold, windy and rainy it was even tougher. I dawdled … Continue reading
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Zero (rest day) in Fort William, Scotland, UK
Zero (rest day) in Fort William, Scotland, UK So taking a zero day today between the West Highland and Great Glen Ways. I head out in the morning, a relatively flat 10 mile hike. So today I relaxed, ate, relaxed, … Continue reading
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