Welcome to Caminobleu!

On the roadside along the Via Francigena nel Sud, April 2019, photo by Torill Lyngby from Trondheim, Norway

Welcome to travel along with Kent and Linnea, on pilgrim routes and other journeys, at home and abroad. I will also be reflecting on everyday life, and eventually also share family history and stories.

We Ran Away to Sea

May 12, 2023 It was a big day today. We got the book loaded onto IngramSpark and ordered the first paperback copy that should arrive in about a week. Publication date is set for June 27, but that could change. A PDF of the book has also been loaded onto NetGalley, so we are hoping…

Day Nine on the Camino Mozárabe, Almería to Mérida, 30 March 2023

Where are the other days? Some are on Facebook. Most nights I’ve been too tired to write. I’ll try to catch up soon., although writing on an iPhone 13 mini is not all that easy. Another beautiful day on the Camino Mozárabe. On this Thursday 30 March we climbed to the highest point on this…

Off We Go!

Sierra Nevada near Granada, Spain painting by John Singer Sargent We leave for Spain today to walk our first Camino since 2019. It’s been hard getting ready this time. We feel so much older, and technology seems to thwart us at every turn. We’re walking the less-traveled Camino Mozárabe from Alméria to Granada, Córdoba, and…

Remembering Zachary

A life cut short Zachary, the bright, sweet blue-eyed blond child who was my daughter’s best friend when they were both three years old, died suddenly last Thursday at the age of thirty-nine. He left a wife and much-loved young daughter and outlived an infant son. During his golden childhood, we were all charmed by…

Christmas Greetings 2022

It has been a busy week with the grandchildren here, and our house filled with more activity than we are used to. So, apologies to those of you to whom we didn’t get around to sending personal messages this year.