Camino de Santiago de Compostela - The Way of St. James

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Camino de Santiago de Compostela - The Way of St. James

Oh, WOW! The commitment is made… we’ve purchased our plane tickets. We depart Las Vegas on April 15th and arrive in Lisbon on the 16th. We’ve ordered and received our guide books and we’re currently plotting our walking course. Because I intend to be a tourist as well as a pilgrim, I also picked up a couple of country guides at the thrift store to determine the best places to explore and primo places to take our laydays en route.

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Blue View - Close Encounter with a Rattlesnake

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Blue View - Close Encounter with a Rattlesnake

While hiking in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, we had quite the adrenaline rush when we almost stepped on an angry western diamondback rattler blocking the narrow path. With a granite wall on one side and a sheer drop-off on the other, there was no easy way around him…

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Blue View – Differences in the Countries We Visited

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Blue View – Differences in the Countries We Visited

As we spent those four months traveling slowly through Italy, Switzerland, France and England, we observed that while the four countries were alike in many respects, they also differed in many more. Here are some of the differences we observed...

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