Proving Foresight May Be Vain
Bodies are weird and unpredictable. On our second day of walking, I started to have jaw and neck discomfort. At first, I attributed it to allergy-related sinus pressure. As we…
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A Life You Love Beside You
Rod and I seem to be walking two different caminos. Mine is pleasantly challenging and filled with firsts and discovery, while Rod’s is painful and exhausting. So, how did I…
Stronger at the Broken Places
Rod’s knee is hurt. That means I’m pulling the cart all the time, and at least every other day is a slack day of 0-5 miles to allow for recovery.…
A Bit of Rain
Yesterday, we walked 15 miles from Lake Crescent to the site of the former dam on the Elwha River. Interestingly, it seems a local buzz might be developing around us.…
Highs and Lows
The past two days were an odd split: 5 miles and 18 miles. Yesterday, we chose to walk a short, easy day and rough camp one more night in the…
Big Ideas
There’s this thing we do when planning a Camino: we say we’ll get off the trail to get to an accommodation, then backtrack to exactly where we got off the…
A Life Well Lived
36. While we usually talk about miles here at the Department of Wander, today I am referring to years. Yesterday was my 36th birthday. How did I celebrate? I rose…
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