I made it!!!

Camino de Santiago Days 16/17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25/26/27/28/29 Calzadilla de Los Hermanillos to Santiago de Compostella - 227.35 miles


Day 16 - Calzadilla de Los Hermanillos to Leon 26.7 miles
Day 17 - Leon to Villarreal de Mazarife 13.75 miles
Day 18 - Mazarife to Astorga 19.4 miles
Day 19 - Astorga to Foncebadon 16.9 miles
Day 20 - Foncebadon to Ponferrada 17.5 miles
Day 21 - Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bierzo 14.5 miles
Day 22 - Villafranca to La Faba 15.5 miles
Day 23 - La Faba to Triacastela 16.4 miles
Day 24 - Triacastela to Barbadelo 17.75 miles
Day 25 - Barbadelo to Hospital de la Cruz 18.4 miles
Day 26 - Hospital to Milide 17.4 miles
Day 27 - Milide to Salceda 15.75 miles
Day 28 - Salceda to Monte Gozo 14.5 miles
Day 29 - Monte Gozo to Santiago de Compostella 2.9 miles

Total from St Jean Pied de Port - 493.4 miles walked

I arrived at the Cathedral of Saint James in Santiago de Compostella at 6:12 AM yesterday morning, July 23. I walked the final 3 miles into the city completely alone as I had planned. I just wanted the time alone to reflect on the journey. It has been an amazing experience. I have met many wonderful people and seen many amazing things. I am truly blessed to have been able to participate in this incredible journey. It is difficult to describe the feeling of reaching a destination after walking almost 500 miles over 29 days and 3 mountain ranges. Not to mention the 20 lbs pack. I'm just not gifted enough to put it into words. I hope the photographs I have taken will be able to do it justice. I am proud of the images I have taken and look forward to sharing them. A gallery exhibition of the images is scheduled for the USM campus during the spring semester.

I wish I could have written and shared more about the journey and my experience along the way but the days were long and exhausting. I hope you all enjoyed following what little progress I was able to post. It was encouraging to know that you were following along. Thank you.

It has been a fun year. I guess the only question now is "What's next?" I read this story before I left to come to Spain about a man who kayaked from Europe to Miami. That sounds fun.