September Planning

 A week to go before I leave for the Camino!  I have been making a possible schedule and packing list.  I'm also starting this blog...  I don't know who'll be reading it, so please make a comment for me so I know.

Here's the schedule.  There is almost no chance that I'll be exactly on this schedule.  Part of the Camino pilgrim experience is going without knowing exactly where you'll end up that day.  I have quite a bit of flexibility so if I need recovery days, it shouldn't be any problem.  I might want to walk slower too. 

	Days Walking	Destination	Notes	Target Lodging	Reserve ?	Km	Miles
Wed, Sep 14		Leave SMF (~18 hrs)				1	0.6
Thu, Sep 15		Arrive in Toulouse in afternoon	Juliette will pick me up at the airport
Fri, Sep 16		Day in Toulouse	Stay at Juliette's
Sat, Sep 17	1	St-Jean-Pied-de-Port	Travel to SJPdP (by bus?). Try to arrive by Noon to get the good Albergue near the pilgrim office. Peek into the Municipal.	Au Chant du Coq (priv.) 0674.310.283	YES
Sun, Sep 18	2	Roncesvalles	Breakfast in Orrison	Colegiata (Conv.) 948.760.000	no	25	16
Mon, Sep 19	3	Larrasoana	Lunch in Zubiri but hike on to Larrasoana. Dinner at San Nicolas (reserve)	San Nicolas (Priv.) 619 55 92 25 https://alberguesannicolas.com/	YES	27	17
Tue, Sep 20	4	Pamplona	Eat at Cafe Iruna (Hemingway hangout)	Casa Paderborn (Assoc.) 948 39 54 23 https://jakobusfreunde-paderborn.com/unser-verein-2/casa-paderborn/	no	15	9
Wed, Sep 21	5	Puente La Reina		Padres la Reina (Conv.) 948 340 050	?	25	15
Thu, Sep 22	6	Estella		Hospital Peregrinos (Assoc.) 948 550 200	?	22	14
Fri, Sep 23	7	Sansol (6.8 km past Los Arcos)		Sansol (Priv.) 948 648 473	YES	28	18
Sat, Sep 24	8	Logorno		De Peregrino de Logrono (Assoc.) 941 248 686	?	21	13
Sun, Sep 25	9	Najera		Puerta de Najera (Priv.) 941 362 317		29	18
Mon, Sep 26	10	Santo Domingo		No advice (possibly nice hotel?)		21	13
Tue, Sep 27	11	Belorado		Quatro Cantones (Priv.) 947 580 591 https://www.cuatrocantones.com/	YES	22	14
Wed, Sep 28	12	Ages (3.6 km past San Juan de Ortega)	Eat dinner at cafe El Alquimista in Ages	Fages 947 561 329		28	17
Thu, Sep 29	13	Burgos	Archaeological sites in Ataprerca 2.5 km outside of Ages. After Orbaneja, watch for the path to the left after crossing Hwy AP-1 before the airport, if you miss it turn left and walk along the chain fence until you connect with the path that crosses the river.	?		23	14
Fri, Sep 30	14	Burgos	Layover Day? Mueso de la Evolucion Human in Burgos	?			0
Sat, Oct 1	15	Hontanas (4.8 km past Hornillos del Camino)	Dinner on same side of church (in Albergue?)	Juan de Yepes (Priv.) 638 938 546		32	20
Sun, Oct 2	16	Castrojeriz				10	6
Mon, Oct 3	17	Fromista				25	15
Tue, Oct 4	18	Carrion de los Condes	Clyde at Hotel Real Monasterio San Zoilo 979 880 050			19	12
Wed, Oct 5	19	Terradillos de los Templarios				27	17
Thu, Oct 6	20	Bercianos OR Calzadilla De Los Hermanillos	Two paths: Real Camino Frances (23.5 km) OR Via Romana (26.7 km)			27	17
Fri, Oct 7	21	Mansella				27	17
Sat, Oct 8	22	Leon				18	11
Sun, Oct 9	23	Leon					0
Mon, Oct 10	24	Villadangos del Paramo OR Villar de Mazarife	Mark recommended Casa de Jesus in Villar de Mazarife (artwork on the walls)	Casa de Jesus (priv.) 987 390 697		22	14
Tue, Oct 11	25	Astorga				31	19
Wed, Oct 12	26	Foncebadon (5.3 km past Rabanal del Camino)	Pizza place- L’isola Che Non C’e (Neverland) down the street from Domus Dei. The albergue also serves a communal dinner. Get there early; pizza for lunch then do dinner later at the albergue. Albergue Parroquial Domis Dei - 11th century converted church.	Domus Dei (Par.) donativo old small church peregrinosflue@terra.com		26	16
Thu, Oct 13	27	Molinaseca				20	13
Fri, Oct 14	28	Villafranca del Bierso		Ave Fenix (assoc.) 987 540 229		31	19
Sat, Oct 15	29	O’Cebreiro				29	18
Sun, Oct 16	30	Samos (9.8 km past Triacastela)		Monasterio de Samos (Conv.) donativo 982 546 046		31	19
Mon, Oct 17	31	Sarria OR 8.2 km more to Alb Molino de Marzan	2 to 3 hours out of Samos we found a very nice cafe, Casa Savaldi. Maybe a late breakfast or early lunch. Small cafe in forest. Between Samos and Portomarin is a beautiful private albergue in an old converted mill. They also have dinner available which is good because it’s remote. Molina de Manzan.	Molina de Manzan (priv) 679 438 077		23	14
Tue, Oct 18	32	Portomarin	Eat at Osterio El Italiano. It’s fairly close to the municipal albergue.	Portomarin (Xunta) 660 396 816		16	10
Wed, Oct 19	33	Palas de Rei				25	15
Thu, Oct 20	34	Ribadiso	Old pilgrim’s hospital next to river. If it works out I recommend staying at the albergue in Ribadiso. I believe it’s the only one there. Converted pilgrims hospital. Beautiful setting by the River and there is good food at a nearby microbrewery.	Ribadiso (Xunta) 660 396 823		26	16
Fri, Oct 21	35	Pedrouzo Arca				24	15
Sat, Oct 22	36	Santiago				20	12
Sun, Oct 23	37
Mon, Oct 24	38	Finisterre?	By bus?
Tue, Oct 25	39
Wed, Oct 26	40
Thu, Oct 27	41
Fri, Oct 28		Travel to Madrid, Night in Madrid
Sat, Oct 29		Fly to SMF (20+ hrs)				793.1	492.8

I'm testing how pictures look in this blog.  Here's a picture from my training hike up the Cold Canyon ridge yesterday looking down on Lake Berryessa.  I went up and down about 1000 ft. twice with a full pack, but it's only half of what I'll have to do the first day on the Camino.  It was a bit warm. I was the second to the last car to leave the parking lot at noon.