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Backpacks and Training
Maureen’s new backpack. After trying on a number of different brands and sizes, Maureen found the Tempest series fit her the best. We ordered her a 30 litre bag and it has arrived. It looks just like...
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Testing Our Cool Weather Clothing
Trekking in the country heading south towards the Mondau Hills. Maureen stretching it out. Today was our third day in a row walking more distance with a walk of 14 kilometres. We both wore our...
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Capturing The Journey In Images
It has been a half a month since my last post here. We have done some walking, but not all that much. We have focused on other things that are more immediate such as work for Maureen and dealing with...
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Our Badges and Credentials Have Arrived
Canadian Company of Pilgrims – Credentials and Badges Well, we have registered our intentions with the national body for Canadians who have been or are intending on being pilgrims on the Camino. I...
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Hiking and Being Present
Crossing a boggy stretch of the Spruce River Highland Trail in Prince Albert National Park. For much of the summer, we have been busy going to different places and then hiking. In the last two weeks we...
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Cypress Provincial Park – Centre Block
Sharing the trail as it lets us walk side-by-side. We had spent a week at Cypress Hills in south-western Saskatchewan in order to do some wilderness hiking on longer trails, hillier trails without...
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Cypress Provincial Park – West Block
What started out as a hike soon became a pilgrimage. It wasn’t long into our hike in the West Block of Cypress Hills when we found ourselves walking through the National Park that houses a replica of...
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Prince Albert National Park – Surprises Along The Path
A spruce tree uprooted in the forest. Another round of camping in the wilderness, this time in the northern part of Saskatchewan. What a different experience than our time at Cypress Hills. I didn’t...
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Prince Albert National Park – It Isn’t Just About Hiking
A taste of a longer pilgrimage. One of hikes, our last hike, was to do half of the hike to Gray Owl’s cabin, a hike that is 40 km return trip. Since we weren’t packing a tent, sleeping bags or cooking...
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Another Round Of Boots
Another boot, hopefully it is the boot to meet my feet’s needs. We are again hiking in Saskatoon, extending our hiking trails to always cover more than twenty kilometres. I began our trip to Saskatoon...
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The Backpacker
The Backpacker – art by C. Victor Posing. We are in Mexico where we are staying warm during the long, cold, winter months. While here, we have been walking in order to maintain and perhaps improve our...
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Commitment to the Camino
Time out for a photo on one of our regular ten kilometre beach hikes on the Mayan Riviera. Well, our plane tickets are taken care of with our flying out of Saskatoon at noon on Sunday, August 23rd,...
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The Camino’s next stage begins today. I guess that I could say this every single day that I wake up. However, I am thinking of the new stage that begins as we leave Mexico and fly home to Canada. The...
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Walking in the Hills in Saskatchewan
Mule deer on prairie hills. It’s the middle of April and events have conspired to make our walking more sporadic than what one could honestly call training. However, rather than find the negative in...
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Hiking and Being Present
Crossing a boggy stretch of the Spruce River Highland Trail in Prince Albert National Park. For much of the summer, we have been busy going to different places and then hiking. In the last two weeks we...
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Cypress Provincial Park – Centre Block
Sharing the trail as it lets us walk side-by-side. We had spent a week at Cypress Hills in south-western Saskatchewan in order to do some wilderness hiking on longer trails, hillier trails without...
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Cypress Provincial Park – West Block
What started out as a hike soon became a pilgrimage. It wasn’t long into our hike in the West Block of Cypress Hills when we found ourselves walking through the National Park that houses a replica of...
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Prince Albert National Park – Surprises Along The Path
A spruce tree uprooted in the forest. Another round of camping in the wilderness, this time in the northern part of Saskatchewan. What a different experience than our time at Cypress Hills. I didn’t...
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Prince Albert National Park – It Isn’t Just About Hiking
A taste of a longer pilgrimage. One of hikes, our last hike, was to do half of the hike to Gray Owl’s cabin, a hike that is 40 km return trip. Since we weren’t packing a tent, sleeping bags or cooking...
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Popping Back Up On The Blog Site
Hiking the hills July 2015 In a month we leave for Paris and then on to Saint Jean Pied de Port in order to begin our Camino. We have been training walking basically every day on the prairies including...
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