Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this travel chronicle. When I was in my last 70 kilometers, four days to Santiago, my body and mind were so exhausted from the whole trip already. I was cranky at times. I ...

One day, while searching for a destination for a day trip from Beziers, France, I discovered the Abbaye de Sainte-Marie de Fontchaude. It was not far away and was in a small hamlet surrounded by ...

Just over a year ago, I took the last few steps of a 500-mile journey across northern Spain, and they felt wonderful! From April 9 through May 10, I walked “the Camino” from St. Jean Pied-de-Port in ...

EL ACEBO, Spain — About three hours into the day’s hike, having just cleared the highest mountain point of the Camino de Santiago, I looked down into the valleys pockmarked with yellow and purple ...

I hike a lot — here are the essentials I always have on me (Photos via Kayla Kuefler, Amazon, Icebreaker, Sephora, Keen & Etsy). To say that I hike a lot feels like an understatement. This summer, I ...

I clawed up the steep mountainside near León, Spain, digging my fingernails into clay to steady my body, pitched forward under my pack. Like 186,198 other pilgrims walking the French Way that year, I ...

Read Part 1 of this three-part travel chronicle here. I’d like to continue sharing my El Camino experience in this three-part series of my column. While it was certainly a trip of ultimate highs, I ...