https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/going-to-san-francisco-the-back-story monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603150060241-07EVS8DCQJZREY2LU7CZ/Theresa-Elliott-SanFrancisco.png AllYoga - Going to San Francisco - the Back Story https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/tequila-lessons monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603140646024-59FTKLEA1E1LXLPRYMCX/Theresa-Elliott-wrist-widget.png AllYoga - Tequila Lessons https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/treats-are-part-of-your-personal-mystery monthly 0.5 2021-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603485111384-UMQPERBFLYERX4VPESJ6/Theresa-Elliott-YourPersonalMystery.jpeg AllYoga - Treats are Part of Your Personal Mystery https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603681274143-5OXGCBQ4ZFTCHD8RED7C/Theresa-Elliott-Sox-n-sandals.jpg AllYoga - How I Spent My Summer Vacation Me and my Söx-n-Sañdàls™ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603680408542-DHQL3496EXV5LR43MWJ4/Theresa-Elliott-Sarria%2CSpain.jpg AllYoga - How I Spent My Summer Vacation How to think about a crowded camino? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/12months-later-mall-therapy-works monthly 0.5 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604013008645-Y83WR3MJ5A996XAX9A3J/Theresa-Elliott-12-Months-Later.png AllYoga - 12 Months Later, Mall Therapy Works https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/mr-wizard-and-the-fancy-leg monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603989327779-1YSCGDJXV6PSGZ8Z8411/Theresa-Elliott-StandingSideSplit-592x888.jpg AllYoga - Mr. Wizard and the Fancy Leg Really, why would anyone notice the standing leg? The author in Standing Side Split. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603989096885-6XFBGYUDV2YB3B7W1W6C/Theresa-Elliott-Ardha-v2-spirals.jpg AllYoga - Mr. Wizard and the Fancy Leg Left: the top, or fancy leg has taken over the pose, throwing the pose off its axis. Right: Mr Wizard, the stable leg, moves the head of the femur under the pelvis which lifts the fancy leg to its correct position, kind of like a Barber Pole. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/death-by-yoga-not-okay-and-the-sensation-continuum monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603990648092-7EBH6ZD5UNTU1QF2OM28/Theresa-Elliott-Squeeze-Martian.png AllYoga - Death by Yoga Not Okay, and the Sensation Continuum Ops, too far too fast! https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/how-to-spot-a-yoga-predator monthly 0.5 2020-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603992153951-2QM5B0TMFSQT39073D06/how-to-spot-a-yoga-predator-wp-592x394.jpg AllYoga - How to Spot a Yoga Predator https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/the-suspensory-salutation monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604148813958-N7ESM5SWLNVTJX4MVK0Z/Theresa-Elliott-Suspensory.png AllYoga - The Suspensory Salutation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604148861267-2S957F5RBGKX56PUOMJY/Theresa-Elliott-Suspensory-Intro.png AllYoga - The Suspensory Salutation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604148962622-OF8JY2V1IRM4ZEZCXBHB/Theresa-Elliott-Suspensory-Extended-Play.png AllYoga - The Suspensory Salutation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604149022038-1TAS7KR60P9I557DTUOZ/Theresa-Elliott-Suspensory-Essential.png AllYoga - The Suspensory Salutation https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/the-brutal-economics-of-being-a-yoga-teacher monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604026909131-F6XG91IBEZWJ2UHLCW16/Theresa-Elliott.jpg AllYoga - The Brutal Economics of Being a Yoga Teacher https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/after-27-years-teaching-yoga-i-got-a-job-at-the-mall monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603805765839-52FX3DKQF7ICDK3FZLTU/Theresa-Elliott-Seattle-Yoga-Teacher-Career-592x394-1.jpg AllYoga - After 27 Years Teaching Yoga, I Got a Job at the Mall https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/untitled-1994-never-before-seen-footage monthly 0.5 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604151926098-Y9UB00CYV18V97C2H4NY/Theresa-Elliott-Yogadance1.png AllYoga - Untitled, 1994, Never Before Seen Footage https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/in-an-anything-goes-world-whats-a-yoga-teacher-to-do monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604027586592-2AMILF79CWS5WK76DK3H/Theresa-Elliott-parsvakon-1.jpg AllYoga - In an “Anything Goes” World, What’s a Yoga Teacher to Do? What alignment brings to our practice, and how to find it. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/38-ways-to-say-buttocks monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604028369429-70MI3XZPLU8AJWBMI9N0/Theresa-Elliott-RumpWords.jpg AllYoga - 38 Ways to Say Buttocks https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/tone-in-the-tush monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604028999712-764HIELE5UFXBDJHQRQ9/Theresa-Elliott-George-Purvis.jpg AllYoga - Tone in the Tush The author, right, having fun with George Purvis who is sporting a pair of snazzy bloomers. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/wide-brain-and-poodles monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604026909131-F6XG91IBEZWJ2UHLCW16/Theresa-Elliott.jpg AllYoga - Wide Brain and Poodles https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allyoga/is-yoga-too-slow-and-boring-try-yoga-dance monthly 0.5 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1608321536203-KZQFFXEK86NLLCSYCXV7/Theresa-Elliott-Try-Yoga-Dance.jpg AllYoga - Is Yoga Too Slow and Boring? 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Part of the Hagia Sophia on the way to Topkapi Palace. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-breakfast-buffet-and-olives monthly 0.5 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890426390-6J9C0KV6XEDVFXONDC49/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet3.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives Six hot dishes, all for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890476230-CFNZA0G7PA5ZLVS93CVX/Theresa-Elliott-Instanbul-Breakfast-Buffet1.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives I have never seen such a unique and enticing display of honey comb. Mini ice cream cone-tops filled to the brim for quick access. Right? This is breakfast. I think tomorrow I carve for myself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890527208-OWFUBXYUMGYPC7SGQUDP/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet2.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives I’m sorry Italy. I’m sure this has to do with a character flaw in me, but this is the best coffee I have ever had, and it’s coming out of this little, podunk machine. At least it’s coffee in Turkey, not Starbucks coffee, that I am preferring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890599904-1F8QIRDW6GV671K2ENDN/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet4.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives Whatever these olives are in the lower left, and they are not Kalamata, I am eating them with breakfast, eating them with lunch, eating them with dinner, and eating them with dessert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890642837-RPJN2WQC1CYJXH0NQJJR/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet5.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives According to friend Elif Lee, lentil soup is my muse. Agreed. I’m about five bowls into it in the last three days. To the side cayenne pepper, lemon and savory croutons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890718918-1C0A5LZKN6APRJ25BGV8/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet6.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives Food without boarders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890748422-WWMFRLN6900NBF057HW7/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet7.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives I have no idea what the red mass is in this antipasti, and the plate is minus the black olive it came with because I lost my head and ate it before taking a picture. My best guess is a savory tomato and grain spread, retained in the shape of the hand and fingers that squeezed it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890790953-TIQN84TZ241PFTN6M8S9/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet8.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives “Aegean Salad” in a decorative olive bowl, no less. Some feta like cheese (turns out it’s Ezine) with extra olives because I asked for them, sliced dried figs and plum vinaigrette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603890843368-YAU1M4ABWEI6V9XMYDD0/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Breakfast-Buffet9.jpg All hikes - The Breakfast Buffet, and Olives What’s a trip to Turkey without Baklava, and wondering what that asshole Donald Trump is now doing south of here? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-hagia-sophia monthly 0.5 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603808776930-JAT0C82I7619YGEAIOUO/Theresa-Elliott-Hagia-Sophia.jpg All hikes - The Hagia Sophia The Hagia Sophia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603808862865-3WKKHYP1TOMHYQ81ANAE/Theresa-Elliott-Hagia-Sophia-Nave.jpg All hikes - The Hagia Sophia The very expansive Nave that literally glitters from the ubiquitous chandeliers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603808920115-N8C3W6PA2O52HKORPCRE/Theresa-Elliott-Hagia-Sophia-Macy%27s.jpg All hikes - The Hagia Sophia With the glittering chandeliers below, this reminds me so much of coming down the escalator to the main floor of Seattle’s downtown Macy’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603808981481-DV3O4F46F44FT76PD364/Theresa-Elliott-Basilica-Cistern.jpg All hikes - The Hagia Sophia The Basilica Cistern. An ancient underground water reservoir, forgotten for years, and then kinda like the Seattle Underground, remembered and turned into an attraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603809065697-95SQP12PLQBHAH0YIX7U/Theresa-Elliott-Lentil-Soup.jpg All hikes - The Hagia Sophia The lentil soup and pomegranate juice lunch that started the existential ball rolling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603809132643-Z816SV1COM06TFZ103BF/Theresa-Elliott-Blue+Mosque.jpg All hikes - The Hagia Sophia Just down the way sits the Blue Mosque, tomorrow’s adventure. I’m not sure what it is with city planners, and apparently it’s been going on for quite some time, but it’s like how we have all our arenas within a few blocks of each other. Couldn’t these things be spread out? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/its-sunday-in-istanbul monthly 0.5 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603807392523-KLAYEK5GAOT40YDMNL1R/Theresa-Elliott-Istanbul-Airport-Line.jpg All hikes - It’s Sunday in Istanbul What a line of 200+ bumped airline passengers looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603807665090-AF9R0BKO327NNK0V86AQ/Theresa-Elliott-Airport-Line+2.jpg All hikes - It’s Sunday in Istanbul What a line of 200+ bumped airline passengers looks like, part 2 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/cathedrals-and-other-man-made-wonders monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849531584-VEKJJL10NWJCFRD4R9Y1/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Goofy.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Celebratory Spritz and Negroni. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849570835-R6BT6JOAB087HUPNJZG8/Theresa-Elliott-No-Rain-No-Line.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders See that? That’s right. This is what you get when it rains. No line to get your tickets to get into the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849700981-4T93DQTAEIUVOJJWRFXO/Theresa-Elliott-Cathedral-Siena.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders How long has this been going on? Cathedral in Siena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849762707-2ZBF0I1QAJ45FXQGBIDW/Theresa-Elliott-Siena-Cathedral1.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders I’ll let you find the words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849823272-ELIJA0RHHHLNK4VFBK8A/Theresa-Elliott-Siena-Cathedral2.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders And here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849906885-3OTG9BTVZ3CRL8N6JKQD/Theresa-Elliott-Siena-Cathedral3.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders And here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604849970657-PV0VRQWQ4U0QZVL3I7I7/Theresa-Elliott-Window.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Bathroom window in our apartment looking out into a court yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850027837-EO20HL949I1BYCH7L6Q8/Theresa-Elliott-The-David-First-Sight.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Heart stopping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850058720-AJBQPUS0ZTU3XJUBS9IK/Theresa-Elliott-Backside-David.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders The famous back side. Even the 12 year old boy in me couldn’t make a dumb joke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850099371-C3NC4WDFN1DB1R5D24H8/Theresa-Elliott-Crop-David.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Sigh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850138569-9UP4Z25VVT5C3OE6598O/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Breakfast.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Outside the Duomo, waiting for our breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850663691-XMP3OC0QKQYNBDRSX7QJ/Theresa-Elliott-Eggs-and-Bacon.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Pretty sure a little tear slipped out of the corner of my eye when this was placed in front of me. Eggs pure and simple with bacon. Little balsamic reduction on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850252072-1Y1O1IGOQUPDHJYCL27E/Theresa-Elliott-Outside-Cathedral.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Duomo in Firenze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604850290947-ATS499MFJ3HDQB563205/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Tan-lines.jpg All hikes - Cathedrals and Other Man Made Wonders Sandy showing off his tan lines. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/drink-pee-walk monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604846652155-GT0RFGZ4WS09M1CPEO9D/Theresa-Elliott-It-Had-to-be-Done.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk It had to be done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604846708125-FWYVTQ1027L8F125WWRV/Theresa-Elliott-Done-with-Socks.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk It’s the end of the Camino purge. Stuff that is worn out and beyond redemption does not get to go back into the pack. All my socks got the boot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604846768461-3OVQI3IFGGUAYFWKTCPH/Theresa-Elliott-Morning-Silhouette.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Morning silhouette, showing the walls of Montireggino as we leave on our way to Siena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604846851490-LH21DWT54FMY3SCJPTFP/Theresa-Elliott-Monteriggioni-and-Parking-Lot.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Beautiful Monteriggioni and part of what keeps it that way. A large parking lot down the hill to the right, just outside of the historic center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604846985665-V8CTBE7IQOJ55YIZ47T6/Theresa-Elliott-Clouds-and-Ponies.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Ponies and clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604847018657-03KSVPL4JB43HCEIENYP/Theresa-Elliott-Wayward-Way-Marker.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Hilarious and necessary graffiti. The stone sign says 2km which we quickly knew was incorrect, as did the graffiti artist. The top reads “I think that’s a lie.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604847080187-DNYQPUBFQ6H0IX3ZD8RZ/Theresa-Elliott-Walls-of-Siena.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Walls of Siena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604847111327-63M4TVL99JITGJZZXMU9/Theresa-Elliott-Point-me-to-the-Pasta.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk This is the food Sandy pointed me to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604847356329-9K5FI7G9OQR8GUVEJKSF/Theresa-Elliott-Inside-the-Walls.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Inside the historic walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604847386475-TWO8Y5BX8IYT91TRDVRM/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Sandy Brown photographing the Piazza del Campo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604847470058-U3FEMMCY5LVKA6BVY6HT/Theresa-Elliott-Tower-in-Piazza-del-Campo.jpg All hikes - Drink, Pee, Walk Funny, the name of this towering center piece in the Piazza del Compo is the tower of eating, certainly a theme for this Camino. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/another-day-another-camino monthly 0.5 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844239165-P4UVES4P6REUK2G6SIZ0/Theresa-Elliott-Pasta-Candy.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino That’s pasta, not candy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844310310-HQJAVQB5S60S4O4CU8Q3/Theresa-Elliott-U-Village-Cemetary.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino I call these type of crypts “U Village Style.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844345444-EPV1HHX13ZPROWU0URH3/Theresa-Elliott-Shadow-Cemetary.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Even though the sun cast the mausoleum in shadow, it made for a dramatic shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844378550-9EXBLH0DZTODUA86S1LX/Theresa-Elliott-Rows-in-Mausoleum.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Endless rows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844421168-TSDG74VWNU5BHTSJPVW4/Theresa-Elliott-Modern-Mausoleum.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Across the road is a modern mausoleum. Not as enticing as the old unless you’ve never been in one. I made a bee-line for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844471143-VT0UXM85SIHIFJHIR7W8/Theresa-Elliott-Looking-Back.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino View from the new to the old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844502007-D0QLP5L5VAH3BSMOIASP/Theresa-Elliott-Roman-Pines.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino I’m in love with what we call the “Roman pines” which are limbed up extensively. This farm house was also wonderful, and not far from the cemetery. Bonus points! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844558481-LR2UC995DXGDJKN81PP8/Theresa-Elliott-Took-the-Right-Way.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino We took an official, unofficial detour and found the town of Colle di Val d’Elsa. Earlier we weighed out the options between the two routes: 11km, up hill with services vs. 15km, flat, marginal services. To us the choice was easy. We ran into fellow Pelegríni for whom the choice wasn’t as clear. We did good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844589452-CLDC5ONRMAAUUQ6ZDOCR/Theresa-Elliott-Door-in-Door.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino One of those things that catches the corner of your eye as you go by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844624744-CCYZHLOJDD9GWJX7SHX5/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-My-Guy.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Panoramic shot. All I see in my guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844659053-205WL3V22EYQEUY305PU/Theresa-Elliott-Elevator-Going-Somewhere.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino That is an elevator, and as much as I wanted to take it, we had no idea where it ended up. And down-there-somewhere isn’t specific enough when you’re on a hill with countless switchback and you don’t speak the lingo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844690277-MM6XTAFRWACJ41FBPX19/Theresa-Elliott-Why-I-Don%27t-Bike.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Reason #70 not to mountain bike a Camino: you’d like to father children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844742151-CAEQGE3H6YY33I2ZWHXX/Theresa-Elliott-Six-Sided-Church.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino 6 sided church. Sadly we could not go in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844787267-T49MUAXR2J1XBWITG1Z4/Theresa-Elliott-Montireggioni.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Looking up to the walled city of Monteriggioni, our stop for the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604844829407-4UOTJ1A32H3D515ZDXYL/Theresa-Elliott-Montireggioni-Piazza.jpg All hikes - Another Day, Another Camino Inside the walls. Large piazza, cafes, hilarious waiter who slowly decided were were okay. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/land-of-the-agriturismo monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765615604-3SSX6BF9LQXMZT3RJOYN/Theresa-Elliott-Agriturismo.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Approaching an agriturismo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765703153-EDPT0O6L4SS8IOS9CFB9/Theresa-Elliott-The-Moment.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo The Moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765792724-OB3L41F6UJEE6GT5ZIIN/Theresa-Elliott-Previously-The-Moment.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Previously on “The Moment,” Sandy and the panini maker discuss panini. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765829556-O790OU3G7DAINFXXQMK0/Theresa-Elliott-Classic.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Classic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765868388-HND2RFO6EBENOTZV4FUG/Theresa-Elliott-No-Bikie.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Why I never, ever want to bike a camino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765917694-PKCVFDSS300B33F9TXDR/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Vista shot featuring our new pilgrim friends Pat and Joe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604765949068-XCEBYM2LJIIVLY2IPGNI/Theresa-Elliott-Pat-and-Joe-Group.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Group shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766044477-4MV9VUDXT9MPP9U58O7C/Theresa-Elliott-Church.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Beautiful church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766085215-7DTXZ96D57CWRIUX15QG/Theresa-Eliott-Alimentary1.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Beautiful alimentary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766145623-OZ416OBJOMIB9P1AVEWP/Theresa-Elliott-Alimentary2.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Another view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766170708-LV5352NZQHFTSBTNSROF/Theresa-Elliott-Best-Popcicle.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Winner of the best Popsicle Design Award. Yo can probably guess where I got it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766210990-JD9I8G5HZ13WZF0LKT4U/Theresa-Elliott-towering-Towers.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Towering towers, where the wealthy used to store their valuables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766240623-JDQC7VX6MD6JTBMZS5T4/Theresa-Elliott-Waiting-for-the-weather.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Watching the weather change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766300875-IGJUXSR4713OJZFNQIHL/Theresa-Elliott-Stormy-Weather.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo And change it did! Thunder and lightning storm outside our cool little hotel window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604766339843-NB6IDSF8UVKPKX0GWNWW/Theresa-Elliott-More-Cheese-please.jpg All hikes - Land of the Agriturismo Oh ya. Burrata Caprese with crispy garlic toast literally swimming in olive oil. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/this-sucks-and-i-signed-up-for-it monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760462170-2XTSL59E3CPR8CMY35TR/Theresa-Elliott-Beautiful-Morning.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Beautiful morning sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760508519-RDXLW7T8YPIL84OIII0I/Theresa-Elliott-First-Aid-Kit.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Like we needed a visual confirmation, I have never seen a first aid kit on a Camino route before. Didn’t bode well for this stretch and the band-aids aren’t nearly big enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760546275-SCK2PUX5J55CIWVF36U7/Theresa-Elliott-Who-Cares1.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Vast landscapes of endless beauty. But who the hell really cares when you are much further down the rung of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760605995-5DRP3SNCYLIZO0HOIWDE/Theresa-Elliott-Rusted-Bike.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Looks really cool, unless this bike is a harbinger of the ghost town you were hoping to get food, or even calories, at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760699341-HNIVKWSNRM8J8IO7IKNS/Theresa-Elliott-Who-Cares2.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Endless beauty only takes you so far . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760782977-XVJ7GGJXUDLQ8G8TG578/Theresa-Elliott-Dirt-Road.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? . . . doesn’t replace a Danish . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760869479-0FKHBAHIH2DNO32ZNODX/Theresa-Elliott-Who-Cares4.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? . . . or an orange juice . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760903881-WPOD2D2FRPOAPBM9T0EJ/Theresa-Elliott-Who-Cares3.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? . . . or even frickin’ focaccia! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604760937166-4ZTT9KYBOX68F8PWDUNB/Theresa-Elliott-Rocky-Road-Tree.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Bark on a pine tree. Looks like a Rocky Road Bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604761014696-LLCXMZYJBINAXSVHE2SK/Theresa-Elliott-B%26B-Gambassi-Terme.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Our B&B for the night, building on the far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604761089805-0QT3W7H7AZ386CF019UD/Theresa-Elliott-Dinner-Gambassi-Terme.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Delicious food. Chicken Liver Pate Bruschetta, Tomato Bruschetta, Capreise Tomato salad with Buffalo Mozzarella that was durn close to Burata, omg. Negroni. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604761138347-0AI966YFXWE46M13NLIG/Theresa-Elliott-Salad.jpg All hikes - This Sucks, and I Knowingly Signed Up For It? Fruity, cheesy salad. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/popsicles monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758406505-OHZ939FP9HPXV9NK2HI5/Theresa-Elliott-New-Pose.jpg All hikes - Popsicles Working on a new pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758476906-NU4BHEWDWL8KNRSG5G5T/Theresa-Elliott-Vendor-Food.jpg All hikes - Popsicles Food from a street vender. My skewer was turkey and pork. Sandy’s had chicken, bread and turkey. But the bomb was the fried polenta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758543462-BB9R7SA3BLXWVWSI3ESO/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Frickin%27-Cafe-Royal.jpg All hikes - Popsicles First frozen infusion. No popsicles here, just a 1,000 calorie Italian version of Starbuck Frappuccinos. Sandy dubbed them “Cafe Frickin’Royals!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758620709-2V4MTU1O7VO4V3XCL8II/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Brain-Freeze.jpg All hikes - Popsicles 2nd frozen infusion where Sandy achieves brain freeze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758667029-5B1BFJZP7TA7G1JO0ZZ7/Theresa-Elliott-Tall-Thing1.jpg All hikes - Popsicles See that tall thing way off yonder? That’s where we’re going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758755963-ZRTKSJASO0NJL03NZHDN/Theresa-Elliott-Tall-Thing-Getting-There.jpg All hikes - Popsicles Getting there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758797845-IWVBD9L2S59TU3Y8J0QC/Theresa-Elliott-At-the-top.jpg All hikes - Popsicles Up at the top, past that tall thing way off yonder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604758876762-ZG6D16HPDA5TAVQ6ENCC/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Balcony-Dinner.jpg All hikes - Popsicles There we are, sitting on our own private little balcony having dinner, and you can just make out the tall thing above my head! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604759258562-CXSQY5PF6XB34ZCD4VI3/Theresa-Elliott-Fig-Appetizer.jpg All hikes - Popsicles Appetizer of fig and hard crunchy circle things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604759298373-8IFCCCG0BE7HXFDGONWO/Theresa-Elliott-Burrata-Ravioli.jpg All hikes - Popsicles So this was killer. Burrata Ravioli with cherry tomatoes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604759333854-VVZ8VEK2M614BR4JUE6O/Theresa-Elliott-Beef-Carpaccio.jpg All hikes - Popsicles And I decided it was necessary to have carpaccio of Black Angus. Sadly I was too full from the outrageous pasta and had a hard time eating this. Sooooo, had it for breakfast the next day. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-cemetery-post monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604638627937-ED8V6LHPMJS05N7Z6FLK/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary1.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604638832850-9Q91WHY6TUHDYWP873D9/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary2.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604638853829-J4CKTZLP0QO2RRFN3U0X/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary3.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604638875593-KPXV7SD3RMR3AU23NAFU/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary4.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604638922337-YO5RGWE2V4YDMZLYNXAN/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary5.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604638977425-ZDG23COGKZL827R7AD9J/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary6.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604639016000-I7FDOQKIL9BZFVULAUQ5/Theresa-Elliott-Heat-Rash.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post Thats a heat rash. It does not hurt and does not itch. Just looks bad, hurts my vanity and gives a different message than my Looney Tunes shorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604639066663-29XOUHR96QDIVLL2B56F/Theresa-Elliott-Golfers.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post And that’s Golfer’s Vasculitis, which, like the heat rash doesn’t hurt or itch. It just isn’t fashion forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604639111904-07525FK6YWZZPTY3XPS4/Theresa-Elliott-Tombstone-Way-Marker.jpg All hikes - The Cemetery Post This is actually a way marker, not a tombstone. These two foot high Via Francigena markers started appearing once we were in Tuscany. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/aosta-rest-and-all-you-can-birthday-2 monthly 0.5 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604636641537-IJJUO89FGQ9TT54D41WB/Theresa-Elliott-It%27s-A-Frickin%27-Poney.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 Look what Sandy Brown gave me, a frickin’ pony! No, it’s not a donkey. It’s my birthday and I can call it what I want to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604636768192-UJL5NNCF4M5990VSD5S7/Theresa-Elliott-Laundromat.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 Now that’s what I’m talking about! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604636843600-A59ZOJK616FFS1NT1C6H/Theresa-Elliott-Lodge-Bedroom.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 Our room for the night. Old Italian ski lodge setting with a balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604636886606-WD60JT2W7HG4N6V5WGTF/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Bathrobe.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 And a pool, where sandy does his Marilyn Monroe imitation in his bathrobe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604636961753-6BY8E2OSAYBWG5HIYBHF/Theresa-Elliott-Balcony2.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 View from one of the many wonderful places to hang out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604637025103-W8PQQETRN4VTHY7SY615/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Yarden.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 Sandy sitting in the amazing yard garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604637134090-E8WAY348708KRDAO4M33/Theresa-Elliott-Aosta-Steak-Tartare.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 The bomb. Steak tartare like I’ve never had. I’m a connoisseur of this uncooked dish and this comes in at #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604637305682-I62AGIU8GOUND0B1X4GY/Theresa-Elliott-Yarden-Wow.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 Lawn yarden lights on wow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604637377584-GPS1CXY1ED9L06T6R0MD/Theresa-Elliott-Cognac-and-chocolate.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 Cognac with nibbles of nuts and chocolate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604637470634-0RAK2T2OHF4EHUPATK7C/Theresa-Elliott-Thighs-at-the-pool.jpg All hikes - Aosta: Rest and All You Can Birthday # 2 The next morning, my my version of feet up at the pool. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-direrence-between-food-and-calories monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604634931111-3B3DYFYOV577YQMFRS2G/Theresa-Elliott-Worse-than-it-looks.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories As bad as it looks, if not more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604634997801-ZV4Y3U90CMY0A333WOD7/Theresa-Elliott-Downhill-too-much.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Snowshed in the back ground and rock path adorned with flowers, topped with a garnish of Sandy Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635071342-LR6B9E8ETL77TR1BGZVA/Theresa-Elliott-maybe-bridge.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Hmmm, not to sure. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635120679-X1MAIS1KVN3OTUT541Q1/Theresa-Elliott-Ya%2Cno.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Oh hell no. Totally sure but too late. We crossed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635188870-SSVVHQDNY6XUNEM7UWIS/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-proving-a-point.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Sandy proving a point. First it is not uncommon to walk on narrow roads, but for safety, you walk towards traffic so you can see what’s coming. But even less intuitive, do not get out of the way. Make the cars move around you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635253454-506NZ2178V9ZDQN78R8H/Theresa-Elliott-800-calories-of-lasagna.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Ya baby, that’s what 800 calories of lasagna looks like! Come to mama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635350377-G7N44YJEAF6VAD0IG9RQ/Theresa-Elliott-Aosta.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Outskirts of Aosta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635408606-S26ASN603K6RDBOYZRGC/Theresa-Elliott-Jambon-Day.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Seriously. I love this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635449780-JBF97PGTVK45W9HH2DE3/Theresa-Elliott-Aosta-silhouettes..jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Charming light silhouettes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604635494589-CVAN84676XGC4KBJJBV1/Theresa-Elliott-Fit-Bit-Summary.jpg All hikes - The Difference Between Food and Calories Fitbit sums up the day. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-stairway monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599410443-1AKAM9K25SK04LGMWKV1/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Climbing-the-stairway.jpg All hikes - The Stairway Climbing the stone stairway through the pass. Photo by Sandy Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599626618-S10H7C1Z4BQM9CQAWB99/Theresa-Elliott-St-Bernard-Pass-Climb1.jpg All hikes - The Stairway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599643941-1MUDF8ONXCZ6IFGND7MI/Theresa-Elliott-St-Bernard-Pass-Climb2.jpg All hikes - The Stairway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599684358-AQ41K7NK8YTB0O15H202/Theresa-Elliott-St-Bernard-Pass-River.jpg All hikes - The Stairway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599727516-EU5DDTX2240RPYZ1J0RB/Theresa-Elliott-St-Bernard-Pass-Stairway.jpg All hikes - The Stairway Close up of the stairway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599864175-A2KGUC4XJG3YAAV5A0IA/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Don%27t-Step-Back.jpg All hikes - The Stairway Sandy reads a placard regarding Napoleon marching his troops through this path, and I just hope he doesn’t step back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599791585-15R40E75SARXLTBIKQHH/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Almost-to-the-pass.jpg All hikes - The Stairway You can just make out the building at the top which is the end of the hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604599980520-RX61GW3AANT0BPTEFE9P/Theresa-Elliott-Lake-St-Bernard.jpg All hikes - The Stairway At the top, Lake St. Bernard. This photo was taken on the Swiss side, looking over to the Itallian side. Heads up; the food is better over there. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/is-bi-pedal-best monthly 0.5 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597311894-845WFNJEV3REQMNDA8DT/Theresa-Elliott-Full-Quadruped.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? A steep slope begs the question. Is bi-pedal best? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597358767-8IMLT4UPXOHCT0WM26QP/Theresa-Elliott-Squeeze-Toy.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? Squeeze Martian toy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597395956-O66C2VS9D16JXQPEP5SB/Theresa-Elliott-Deer.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? ‘Allo? A little surprise for everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597427099-S2UPX7P71JLFPL94E1VY/Theresa-Elliott-Old-Fashioned-Rumbas.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? Olden days lawn Rumbas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597465898-E578PSA8ZPTEBSAEZF05/Theresa-Elliott-nearing-pass.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? One day away from the Great St-Bernard pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597549570-SD9FSREFL18F9CJI5J9Z/Theresa-Elliott-Ski-Lift.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? Ski lift and the beginnings of the walk underneath it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597587965-VYRRP72G4FIYIZ6Q2RIQ/Theresa-Elliott-Still-Standing.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? Check out this foundation. My dad Harry would say what this building needs is a good fire. I’d say it needs a good shove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597627465-VVGKAQ5DAHNWGM8HPSBH/Theresa-Elliott-Close-up-foundation.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? Close up of the foundation. How is this building still standing? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604597656932-XBXHFJBFH1GVFLL621EP/Theresa-Elliott-St-Bernard-Kitch.jpg All hikes - Is Bi-Pedal Best? St-Bernard kitsch at a small convenience store. It must sell well. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/were-hiking-now monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604595852826-QGRSYN71OYKILB9XRJ4R/Theresa-Elliott-Up-Do-for-Goats.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Up-do for short hair. It goes by many names. The Pebbles, the quail, the unicorn, and when Madison was a child, she had two and they were her fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604595920022-NIO1APMBTSQ3IOHULT7A/Theresa-Elliott-Market.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now We walked through a remarkable market on our way out of Martigney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604595967907-HC679AELF5CT7DAT1LKL/Theresa-Elliott-photos-Lie1.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Why photos are not always the truth #1. Looks pretty swell, ya? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604595996601-O5YWRK5QC4MYQVVHGG73/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Why photos are not always the truth #2. Without cropping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596074907-L6AF7MXQ4SXSR0UMY8VZ/Theresa-Elliott-Stairs-into-tunnel.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Interesting stairway placement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596112468-5AFURUGVJ29BFCAU7GXU/Theresa-Elliott-Stairs2.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Think about this staircase . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596181127-WZ8OOH6CL5466BHY7GKC/Theresa-Elliott-Camino-Bouldering2.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Bouldering on moss. This really would have been easier with well equipped hands. But check out the way sign! They were remarkably well represent and easy to see (gold diamonds) in this pile of rocks. No ambiguity here if you were on the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596234750-OROG5660WGVCA3JZRTNI/Theresa-Elliott-Camino-Bouldering1.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now More bouldering on moss. Sandy navigates with the GPX tracks to double check. Can you see the way marker? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596265315-97HA88ZFJ5C74Z6C7N8L/Theresa-Elliott-You-Can%27t-Be-Serious.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now O.M.G. You can’t be serious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596300462-51ACICAVM1ZQDWMZ3J23/Theresa-Elliott-JK.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now JK! There was a left turn 10 feet up off this insane hill, with a much more forgiving path running along the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596333640-8WXHHAZ83AQHC4JMXXSS/Theresa-Elliott-Sweet.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596379632-CJMY56TU94CE6QKMBLLN/Theresa-Elliott-Pharacie.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Pharmacy in Orsières. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596443900-1NECVBNQVPE2093DV2RF/Theresa-Elliott-Orsieres-Buildings.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Street in Orsières. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596527222-72R3BJ68VZ7B050YIUC1/Theresa-Elliott-How-Many-Rumbas%3F.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now I wonder how many lawn Rumba’s are tending this hill? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596565615-5P3YY585G2PS0N19QJC7/Theresa-Elliott-Napolean-Trail.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Lots of woods today, including this route that is a close approximation of the path Napoleon took to invade Italy in the early 1800’s, hence the name that can be seen to the left on the yellow placard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604596600455-KGUG41JXGCFXVGTSJDQE/Theresa-elliott-Kindrid-Orange-Spirits.jpg All hikes - We’re Hiking Now Kindred spirits of the Orange Traffic Cone. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-fine-art-of-blisters monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547431634-L4X8UG4469G47JP4VJDF/Theresa-Elliott-Traffic-Cone.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters Got a chance to wear my new coat. Do I look like a traffic cone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547485745-H96L6J7HKVRU90XN18VS/Theresa-Elliott-yes.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters Yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547528022-5UR6U9YFZEO5NUTAU7AC/Theresa-Elliott-More-Yes.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters And more yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547569302-16WVO0C3FGA9UZ8QOC6K/Theresa-Elliott-Morning-Clouds.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters The morning started with breaking low clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547602692-WIHT0JKXQEW7WAQUNP59/Theresa-Elliott-Because-its-Weird.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters Because it’s weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547626521-WN73PFPEWM6FZMEY1G8U/Theresa-Elliott-Because-its-Beautiful.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters Because it’s beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547670873-Q0F2OI57CRLIEC4JPI8P/Theresa-Elliott-Pushmepullyou.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters And suddenly we were being watched. Intently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547710245-XQXRS85USNJ9OT0WV76O/Theresa-Elliott-Rains-Rocks-Here.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters Sandy told me it rains rocks here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547776258-J9M50E9MFK136TSXUKXK/Theresa-Elliott-Even-more-yes.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters Even more yessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547817419-WRSN3111UF3L0IMJOUTM/Theresa-Elliott-Result-of-yessing.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters And the result of yessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604547855987-K924ZN2QFZZT4NMPQM0E/Theresa-Elliott-Grandma%27s-recipe.jpg All hikes - The Fine Art of Blisters This fabulous salad sandwich was an Italian grandmother’s recipe. Crusty garlic bread, cherry tomatoes, tuna, balsamic reduction, buffalo mozzarella. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/st-maurice-all-you-can-eat-and-beer-day-1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546195105-21PJ48260GWFUT4YFGHD/Theresa-Elliott-M%26M%27s.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Peanut M&M-o-Rama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546252369-LSPIVKUTXAGGODRD35H3/Theresa-Elliott-Pastry-Shot.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Gratuitous pastry shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546285822-SQRZNUFI5ZBW1HJF596Y/Theresa-Elliott-Abby-Doors.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Probably the most beautiful doors I have ever seen, Abbaye de Saint-Maurice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546349519-U5BAG92TZLXO8JRG6O8J/Theresa-Elliott-Stainglass.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Exquisite stain glass of death and mayhem. Such an interesting juxtaposition between concept and execution, no pun intended. Seriously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546392478-Y4QC89D6B4WZPG2NLCOM/Theresa-Elliott-Candles-for-pops.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Candle for my dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546424695-6D2VWMWGFJIC13OH98IB/Theresa-Elliott-Abby-Dig.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Archeological dig of the crypt outside the walls of the Abbey, with clever all-weather roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604546464580-J4DW2ZCAAM4SZ3U2TRE6/Theresa-Elliott-Fat-in-a-box.jpg All hikes - St-Maurice: All You Can Eat and Beer Day # 1 Fat in a box. Swiss version of Chicken McNuggets. Sandy got the healthy version with a salad. I got the version with mayo. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-three-sufferings-of-pilgrimage monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604544592292-L0CRNYTSV89PM87NHL1Z/Theresa-Elliott-leaving-Aigle.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage Leaving Aigle. How beautiful is this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604544698159-Q88ESRQ6J2PRF63513E5/Theresa-Elliott-Umbrella-for-rain.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage Someone got the crazy good idea to use umbrellas for rain instead of waterproof jackets that turn into saunas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604544748297-ZYGWUTY7N6NJCUBGP94E/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Umbrella-as-shade.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage Someone else got the even crazier idea to use the umbrellas for shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604544883059-8Y0F9BFAWL7616RFN50E/Theresa-Elliott-Why-you-climb.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage An example of why you send someone up a steep hill; for a spectacular view. In the middle of this photo is a low point and passage way between the mountains to our destination, St-Maurice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604544800475-9CEM4HKVY1LLTISNB9F7/Theresa-Elliott-Valley-and-umbrella.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage Coming down into the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604545004693-UILPQ2ARLQDPEY5BZSFL/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Hillside.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage I left Sandy in this photo because it helps give a feel for how steep a hill the vineyards are. And because I like him https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604545083425-KTX3AKVKTKJP5R1791YX/Theresa-Elliott-Camino-Monday-Lunch-Special.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage This is a Monday Lunch Special. We couldn’t find anyone open after our great luck with breakfast, but a sweet restaurateur was willing to serve us drinks and threw in some potato chips. Score! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604545141058-SIIPKUUXK90NKPKHKZFM/Theresa-Elliott-Bat-Mobile-Rumba.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage This, dear reader, is a Bat-mobile Rumba for the lawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604545236358-0QUA1MPE36NAY1PCMSEC/Theresa-Elliott-St-Maurice.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage St-Maurice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604545295249-8XG103JBXZO0W5GXEAXO/Theresa-Elliott-St-Maurice-not-Levenworth.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage This isn’t Leavenworth in Washington. It’s the real thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604545344611-7BLGY3O63MIC0LKDA3KQ/Theresa-Elliott-Fit-Bit-Graph.jpg All hikes - The Three Sufferings of Pilgrimage Heart rate to prove the 18% grade through Dante’s Inferno. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/mono-human monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604502422324-MMDJUZW6T3RL8KYJHXG2/Theresa-Elliott-Looney-Tunes-Shorts.jpg All hikes - Mono Human I dunno. Maybe the socks take this look over the top? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604502585408-RM9CXEMBRE7FLVLJ53QU/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Tell-Us-Apart%3F.jpg All hikes - Mono Human Can you tell us apart? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604502810248-F38ZKQR6PM6IK9DEMCM3/Theresa-Elliott-Statue-Varucca-Salt-Moment.jpg All hikes - Mono Human My Varuca Salt moment. I really want this for my back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604503017763-LLIX2EUXX7EJX5FLPRMT/Theresa-Elliott-Vevey-House1.jpg All hikes - Mono Human Amazing houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604503060048-0MJK5TR6Q0GWTYJ370LJ/Theresa-Elliott-Bucolic.jpg All hikes - Mono Human I so want to call this bucolic, despite the oddness of the word. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604503093543-BPTFP3VA0TCTWXWH8FS0/Theresa-Elliott-Aigle.jpg All hikes - Mono Human Romanesque Church near our final destination. We stayed in a small room in what must have been support staff rooms, aka, servants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604503129882-VXX7EDOLP19O1XA81BJH/Theresa-Elliott-Some-Kind-o-Bacon.jpg All hikes - Mono Human This has become my favorite salad. Some kind of hog with some kind of chèvre or egg with crisp lettuce, tomatoes and creamy balsamic vinaigrette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604503195438-QGFYSOIPW7DXS5MNKH7I/Theresa-Elliott-Cheve.jpg All hikes - Mono Human That is more than a half inch of chèvre on crostini that showed up on a different fab salad. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/splat-goes-the-pilgrim monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501108637-5TVPUH024TM4150J3G2K/Theresa-Elliott-Lake-Geneva.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim Looking out from Lausanne to Lake Geneva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501227702-8MBSEVMEHO6HFO5NIKTT/Theresa-Elliott-Hillside-Trail-Sandy.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim View of the steep hillside and the paved trail that runs high above the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501282501-CDM35NT90WGSVHNLM8WP/Theresa-Elliott-Two-Cool-Trees.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim Two cool trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501341569-JD6CEP8N9EOJSI27K9VO/Theresa-Elliott-Scene-of-the-Crime.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim Splat goes the pilgrim. Guess where I fell? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501381248-KXZYU6ORBGHTE2QV86OJ/Theresa-Elliott-Quite-The-View.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim Seems a shame to give a car a view like that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501429573-31KKPCSBJNLX3ENBR6FX/Theresa-Elliott-Lausanne-House.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim Sample architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604501471997-80KO0C121HF5NDC014AD/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Steep-Path.jpg All hikes - Splat Goes the Pilgrim One of the few rocky spots on the way. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/paris-to-lausanne-post-2-of-2 monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604500281480-BF659HIZLCAMQER4A80F/Theresa-Elliott-The-Look.jpg All hikes - Paris to Lausanne: Post # 2 of 2 The look that says it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604500333443-2464CLXHOA25RADXALNL/Theresa-Ellliott-Train-Car.jpg All hikes - Paris to Lausanne: Post # 2 of 2 Cool dining car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604500385157-NAF7FE8M4ZTD82AX9AEW/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Author-Mode.jpg All hikes - Paris to Lausanne: Post # 2 of 2 Sandy In guide book author mode. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/paris-to-lausanne-post-1-of-2 monthly 0.5 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604499841208-Y8VB4TG2EP3PK6HVA47W/Theresa-Elliott-My-Closet.jpg All hikes - Paris to Lausanne: Post # 1 of 2 My closet, sigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604499882500-SD2JCIIXJ4NLO8JX6Q22/Theresa-Elliott-Refined-Carbs-Yes-Please.jpg All hikes - Paris to Lausanne: Post # 1 of 2 So which fabulous refined carbohydrate would you like to have today? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604499913699-RHWJXWFVZPYVDN0GIFE1/Theresa-Elliott-Vat-O-Bacon.jpg All hikes - Paris to Lausanne: Post # 1 of 2 Never mind all the yogurts, that’s a pot full of bacon. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/happy-anniversary monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604499309870-8K3ABYZR0L9FDU8Q7QHB/Theresa-Elliott-Dinner-and-a-movie.jpg All hikes - Happy Anniversary Dinner and a movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604499379695-WM2N9MBN7NZGNO8U03OF/Theresa-Elliott-Shoe-Box-Hotel.jpg All hikes - Happy Anniversary Love these things. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/postscript-madrid-to-seattle monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603141143861-QM2I2WC1LDQTE9MRAL90/Theresa-Elliott-Madrid-Airport.png All hikes - Postscript - Madrid to Seattle https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/fisterra-to-muxia-and-thats-it monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603683380690-SDFEYWDHCRYYDFX96CL0/Theresa-Elliott-Muxia.jpg All hikes - Fisterra to Muxia, and that’s it. Where the angels brought the Virgin Mary to help St James. It is a magnificent spot and I think they chose wisely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603683534595-3WXVBLCJMM92FID74L34/Theresa-Elliott-Muxia-Tan-lines.jpg All hikes - Fisterra to Muxia, and that’s it. The tan lines left from my splint. I’m still surprised no one asked me where I got the cool Pelegríno bracelet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603683556659-7U40O6ODK1J97A1RCOR7/Theresa-Elliott-Muxia-Wind-Turbine.jpg All hikes - Fisterra to Muxia, and that’s it. Fab photo by Sandy Brown. I’m so infatuated by the wind turbines. I went to get a close up shot but he got the perspective shot. I’m that little black figure in the center of the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603683577149-9FM5JR75967KMABZJOPH/Theresa-Elliott-Muxia-Clothes.jpg All hikes - Fisterra to Muxia, and that’s it. I started throwing away clothing a few days ago. Nothing deep and meaningful about it. They just stank and no amount of washing will bring them back to life. The boots have to go too. Nothing left of the tread. Once upon a time people burned their stuff where we had dinner tonight at the light house. Now, understandably, It’s frowned upon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603683717388-FCMPALCF48F7I94YS4SZ/Theresa-Elliott-Fisterra-Sunset.jpg All hikes - Fisterra to Muxia, and that’s it. It’s the end again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603683631371-188J9O2HMEXRKN3TT3XY/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Fisterra-Sunset.jpg All hikes - Fisterra to Muxia, and that’s it. And we had a ball. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-end-of-the-world monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604413213555-EIZQO7WXM2MG219FWWL1/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Found-It.jpg All hikes - The End of the World With Sandy on the long anticipated beach in Finisterra, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607871365987-L7XEQ8ZQ4NQVBBPC6GQS/Theresa-Elliott-Holding-Hands.jpg All hikes - The End of the World Our first view of the Atlantic was shared with this lovely trio of friends who held hands as they walked through this passage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607871442052-YW87JEXEUBDVOD3F6GN8/Theresa-Elliott-Bonus-Cemetary.jpg All hikes - The End of the World Wow, bonus cemetery in Cee, the last little town before Finesterra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607871555658-A3YM2W1W2PAOSFJLX51M/Theresa-Elliott-Camino-Friends.jpg All hikes - The End of the World Ran into a wonderful husband-wife team whom we had shared several meals with along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607871742189-AHZS625TKDFJQ1EVBLE8/Theresa-Elliott-Stop-for-ice-cream.jpg All hikes - The End of the World After 550miles, we stopped and had an ice cream to savor the final moments before stepping onto the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607871649195-K4F4PF9YW0L87CYGQHV7/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Shoes-Off.jpg All hikes - The End of the World At last. Sandy takes off his shoes for our walk in the sand. We are in Fisterra, but not yet the end of the walk nor The End of The World, which hosts, among other things, a lighhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604456267814-RR46VP8GO9CXC0WBK34B/Theresa-Elliott-Fisterra-Marker.jpg All hikes - The End of the World There it is. The 0.00 marker on our way to the lighthouse. And, it is undefiled a by exuberant pilgrim sharpies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604412509162-4HW9XYVEKX1LCALUIZQB/Theresa-Elliott-Fisterra-Lighthouse.jpg All hikes - The End of the World The lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604412304708-UB1M14JUU9AK9JOXKSBT/Theresa-Elliott-Fisterra-Couple-onrocks.jpg All hikes - The End of the World I thought about getting this couple’s email so I could give them this photo. But then I thought, they’ll probably sell it. So I decided to post it on Facebook where it can get swiped and used for a greeting card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604412578013-KF28JU9J0UPGUAU2LLBE/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Fisterra-Wine.jpg All hikes - The End of the World They have alcohol at The End of the World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604412636379-K5S65D9NGVWNK7SXIQ2J/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Fisterra3.jpg All hikes - The End of the World Waiting for the sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604412687708-XOQ11RP2VY2G6DP5E8S6/Theresa-Elliott-Fisterra-Crow-on-rocks.jpg All hikes - The End of the World So is everyone else. This is the absolute, most western spot in Spain https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/acknowledgement monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604414182630-W2WS8D2VG83QNMGV9CDX/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Mist.jpg All hikes - Acknowledgement Sandy Brown walking in the mist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604414260751-AN5O8D2E450RP29DOYJN/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Big-Sammie.jpg All hikes - Acknowledgement That’s a big sammie, Sandy. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/its-a-wonderful-day-for-a-bidet monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415151674-FSSTAXCUXGU5RQPGIU9H/Theresa-Elliott-I-Love-a-bidet.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! So good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415202815-1KMFXKMPKX8XV3Z11H85/Theresa-Elliott-Negreira.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! Leaving Negreira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415267443-ICLXASSOT8RAQ45X46T5/Theresa-Elliott-Marker-to-Fistera.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! About that. If this is the marker leaving town and we only have two days to go . . . ouch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415321164-NI1WRMXU16G1C4HXTE0B/Theresa-Elliott-Cemetary.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! They have the best road side cemeteries here. The drizzle adds a certain je ne sais quoi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415395089-C0SBI6LP1MCIJ0VW97KE/Theresa-Elliott-Costal-flowers.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! Coastal flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415534850-6E51MW9FH4VD074EI41E/Theresa-Elliott-Nuns-walking.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! A group of nuns, including the Mother Superior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415574425-KED4VNXLAMZXN7BJWNID/Theresa-Elliott-Cool-to-be-dead.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! The Spanish make it look so cool to be dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415618820-79D0P84CTSWYDK2J9VIC/Theresa-Elliott-Also-cool.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! Am I right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604415653870-J9N3XQY9IFRTZY5240BW/Theresa-Elliott-Olveiroa.jpg All hikes - It’s a Wonderful Day for a Bidet! It was a 35km day and this welcome sign announced our stopping point. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-cargathong monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417555579-6ET3EYJECG5WQ5VXH876/Theresa-Elliott-Placemat-Map.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ Another handy placemat map. We started in the lower right hand corner in Santiago, and made it to Negreira. We will continue to head west to the coast and Fisterra for the next two days. Then head north to Muxia for our final walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417632072-LLNZEXRXXMYV5DEMGI5Q/Theresa-Elliott-Fisterra-Marker.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ Off to Fisterra! Only 89.5km to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417662935-GM90JTZTTKYIXR15UCAR/Theresa-Elliott-The-Compound.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ The Compound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417697776-4QJST4C7VHQ4AV1YAGGL/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Distance.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ Good bye to Santiago, you wild thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417737155-583CRPB9UAZYA1PB6LLM/Theresa-Elliott-Palm.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ The coastal countryside is immediately different than the lead up to Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417773821-K5Z55AS6ICS14O9MFALQ/Theresa-Elliott-Tortillia.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ Standard pilgrim fare. Tortilla with bread, or, carbs and carbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417852145-U8EWZN5NDBMH3SHGUVAF/Theresa-Elliott-Zara.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ My ace-in-the-hole daughter Mal Elliott Dizon located the cute jumper I kept seeing. She found it on-line and sent me the link to the store, Stradivarius, which is like a Spanish Zara. Oh wait, Zara is Spanish and they were a block apart in Santiago. I even found the jumper in my size. Alas, it just didn’t work. So I bought a different one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604417905237-T95ZJ0CNM9LQAK1QLVWF/Theresa-Elliott-Tan-Lines.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ Just above the hem of these shorts lie unslightly tan lines. Prime candidates for the Čårgåthöng! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607527848439-6LLUOXF5S5M2M9CJ7LL1/Theresa-Elliott-Finding-Our-Room.jpg All hikes - The Čårgåthöng™ Wondering around trying to find our hotel. Not pretty, but it had a surprise. See next post. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/rest-and-all-you-can-eat-beer-and-cry-day-4 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454392166-C2750JQEVD10X5PM2JR2/Theresa-Elliott-Thangria.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Where’s Sandy’s Thangria? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454489610-ZPB16DJ6O2LZTY7XOBGX/Theresa-Elliott-Outside-Santiago.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Just outside Santiago in matching outfits. Flannel Seahawks gear coming next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454582750-G79839QEFS9GRH1KP5GO/Theresa-Elliott-Monte-de-Gozo.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Monte de Gozo, a huge monument on a hillside outside Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454688360-M3UDA8ZYIX23GOADHT3A/Theresa-Elliott-Streets-Santiago.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Walking in to the old town towards the cathedral which can be seen over the tops of the lower buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454921819-5CIKA7MB5HYOP7IVYOLX/Theresa-Elliott-Fitbit-40%2Bkm.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 That’s what 40+km looks like on FitBit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454768166-K9676KQ17CXBBH6SU1I1/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Shrimp.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Wow did I work hard for this meal. After getting the shells off there just wasn’t that much left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454809454-7BIGCZJOX0ZOICZE7TZM/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Orujo.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Orujo. It really helped us get to the land of silly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604454963497-U9QUOKH32YY07QZ9DZ91/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Pilgrim-office.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 The next morning at the pilgrim office. After a near record breaking day of pilgrim’s yesterday, this morning’s line was only 5 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604455033664-P7WVDYELV8F9GVGUP5TU/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Priest.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Overwhelmed but not enough to forget about snapping a photo as the priest works on my credential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604455103013-ZH8CRX0ATT6N9PDP16WG/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Cathedral-Gates.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Gates on the cathedral. This place is just jaw dropping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604455148367-GFC8HC35HHG3MTA2844B/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Photo-of-photos.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 No photos were allowed of the recent renovations, but no one said you couldn’t take photos of the photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604455191129-2WGJTSQ6UCMHRAQEU216/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Botafumeiro.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 There it is , the botafumeiro in all its glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604455267060-GDAA81IIAXIMD1NKVQHJ/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Incense.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Lighting the incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604455321177-P3IYOLDTMTZQYVEWFOM6/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Best-Seat.jpg All hikes - Santiago de Compostela: Rest and All You Can Eat, Beer and Cry Day, # 4 Hahahaha. Holy cow. Best seat in the house! https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/countdown monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604457832224-DLXDTO83WL3U1HEJBW96/Theresa-Elliott-Itinary.jpg All hikes - Countdown Itinerary listing the small towns and km between them on our last day walking 40kms to Santiago de Compostela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607526162906-8BALETIAJINVJJ53QD6L/Theresa-Elliott-Usual-Breakfast.jpg All hikes - Countdown This morning’s usual breakfast, minus the usual second coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607095637243-8EV7Z5W3WO6KKWKMGGAF/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-One-For-The-Road-Selfie.jpg All hikes - Countdown A selfie for the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607095667591-SGU3WY2EKBDIMEU3017K/Theresa-Elliott-Forrest-Dawn.jpg All hikes - Countdown Pre-dawn as we set out through the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604458103257-MR5EJIJGKIAOMW8SY3LG/Theresa-Elliott-10km+down.jpg All hikes - Countdown 8:50am, first 10km down. 30 to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604458284565-5PUOM6XCXV2E7YOIG1FP/Theresa-Elliott-20km-down.jpg All hikes - Countdown 11:15am. 20km down, half way. Time for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604458377899-KYWK5A6WCC8L4YQGKOV6/Theresa-Elliott-Last+12K.jpg All hikes - Countdown 1:45pm. Last 12k. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604458497558-YHH6RF9QW1LN65684372/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-First-Sighting.jpg All hikes - Countdown 3:30pm. First sighting of Santiago. 4.7km left to the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604458807903-XITJ1X3G0OOT3RN4G6S5/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Santiago-de-Compostela.jpg All hikes - Countdown 4:45pm. Fini! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604458837334-2519LFQSRW2BED0CPIDL/Theresa-Elliott-Santiago-Cathedral.jpg All hikes - Countdown The Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/sarria monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604459964814-QVRFZNP75EPQY1YIA11E/Theresa-Elliott-Sarria%2CSpain.jpg All hikes - Sarria https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/cebreiro-cheese monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604460961097-ZFME780L0J6BMOG14WJV/Theresa-Elliott-Cebreiro-Cheese-Parfait.jpg All hikes - Cebreiro Cheese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604460987033-68XYAK1LL8Q059O51Y59/Theresa-Elliott-Balsamic.jpg All hikes - Cebreiro Cheese Don’t forget the balsamic vinegar! https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/100km-left-to-santiago monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604461501082-EJKQB7GZLU4Q1S3AGXQC/Theresa-Elliott-100km-left.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1604461513847-19TUH9MB9FVGS6FITD2L/Theresa-Elliott-99km-left.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607179980472-UXQ8ABLF3UDPYMX1O0GM/Theresa-Elliott-100km-left.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela The 100km way marker, and the official beginning of the end of the Camino de Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607180044179-4NTE3ZD7P758ZQLFQZQL/Theresa-Elliott-99km-left.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela The next way marker, the mostly ignored and less celebrated 99,930 marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607180165900-YRPBTPKUAPKEV12BGZV7/Theresa-Elliott-Arrow-graffiti.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela Arrow way marker, stressing I Do it With Love! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607185576112-RD8SV3Z0BTFLPMD0FLHM/Theresa-Elliott-Street-Art.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela Street Art, for comparison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607180223178-RJIL064RAO0X9368ZCMT/Theresa-Elliott-Stillness-Now-Graffiti.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela So not helpful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607180469676-0Y06IB9EDZJH6Z2MCF1T/Theresa-Elliott-Helpful-graffiti.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela Okay, good to know there is an unofficial latrine off to the side of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607180539210-O2TBFC1TDOUQG0SQK1N5/Theresa-Elliott-Helpful-graffiti2.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela The owners of the restaurant this graffiti is aimed at may disagree with how helpful or not it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607180619048-WCW74NW775TTKF3FVVJL/Theresa-Elliott-Be-the-change-graffiti.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela The change I want to see in the world involves less preachy graffiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607182168579-EMLYW1QLJH1SI3O0J820/Theresa-Elliott-Pot-graffiti.jpg All hikes - 100km Left to Santiago de Compostela Okay, really? What did the pot do to you? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-wall monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105446381-XEML1L4UUNF5G7JAKVFG/Theresa-Elliott-Comfort-food.jpg All hikes - The Wall Favorite comfort food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605104965524-7SXJSDUZIHI7U0Y4MBUB/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Fog-Bank.jpg All hikes - The Wall There’s something so magical about the top of a fog bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105022996-L1RV1KK4GORP0QY3PLLK/Theresa-Elliott-Hills-Fog.jpg All hikes - The Wall Kinda wondrous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105057123-YZRUFL5LDLT7H1A23LJA/Theresa-Elliott-Pied+Piper.jpg All hikes - The Wall Looks like the Pied Piper, but is the wind blown pilgrim statue with a marauding hoard of teenagers eating 2nd breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607524795183-YUMXCBO0NUHHB3E8RKH3/Theresa-Elliott-Map-of-Detour.jpg All hikes - The Wall Handy restaurant map shows our detour. Solid red line is the human way, dotted line is the detour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105119229-JCL3AQY1M39WAYTFCUBG/Theresa-Elliott-Cows-Perspective.jpg All hikes - The Wall A shepherdess and her cows, and a forced perspective shot. She’s not that small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105202318-LPCXY6E0I2SYVXMSL5D5/Theresa-Elliott-Yellow-Crypt.jpg All hikes - The Wall Today was the day of small cemeteries to the side of the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105266571-RDUZ5CRS64442Y4TG0WP/Theresa-Elliott-Small-Cemetary.jpg All hikes - The Wall Another small cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105334622-9FYKT6B6MYZKZI5V36JN/Theresa-Elliott-Sugar-for-coffee.jpg All hikes - The Wall I so admire the Spanish for their liberal distribution of sugar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105390387-W8WKIKASQTZYX60BEXQD/Theresa-Elliott-Shadow-Camino-Motif.jpg All hikes - The Wall This fence motif and the shadows it cast showed up many times today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605105505446-YIOOTJPL8WQIUBPJKFJW/Theresa-Elliott-Monestary.jpg All hikes - The Wall This is what the three hour detour was all about. A monastery in a secluded valley. I have to admit, it was magnificent. Too bad we couldn’t get in. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/a-day-to-air-and-brain-out monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106105250-PQMR6V7SRPUFETESOPLB/Theresa-Elliott-Cebreiro-Cheese-Dinner.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out Cebreiro Cheese dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106567043-WMZ0FNM7F4BVH0V1X5K3/Theresa-Elliott-Vapor-Trails.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out First time I’ve seen vapor trails in weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106609241-0CAF5OULJR5YVDCMOIIZ/Theresa-Elliott-German-Shepherd.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out This guy adopted me for about 5 km. There are tag-a-long dogs that know the trail and find humans to accompany. I don’t know if it’s a sense of duty, companionship, or food, although I never fed him. He liked whoever was in front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106651589-KYRQRQ7IIS10YDCRZ2D3/Theresa-Elliott-Kitten.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out Kittens everywhere. This little beauty seemed unperturbed by me and my iPhone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106692768-OFOPRZ6ZTXNCNB268XJC/Theresa-Elliott-German-Shepherd-New-Friends.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out My pal traded me in for the next front runners, these young men from Korea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106731496-Z23H89UZF0XOIEGDBREK/Theresa-Elliott-Butterfly.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out My foot landed and there was a beautiful butterfly. Never moved. And of course there’s the current fashion statement, done right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106778266-Q2E3VDTUQHWFIHAEKIQQ/Theresa-Elliott-Horse1.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out Around the corner came four horses. Sandy takes the first wave. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605106839548-KSWKPNZ1THP7BDXMHP55/Theresa-Elliott-Bolting-Horse.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out . . . and then this guy makes a beeline for me! I didn’t feel threatened, but it was clear his apparent desire for a little affection was going to knock me off the path. This is right before I put out my hand to let pony know, I’m just a little bit smaller than you dude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607524014192-XYMZKPXNDQFECOTSSWMP/Theresa-Elliott-Way-Marker-Galcia.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out The impressive way marker that announces our arrival into the region of Galacia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607524069117-Y5CIIYZLP22QC7BKTA96/Theesa-Elliott-Sleeping-Porch.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out We stayed at the municipal hostel in Pedrafita do Cebreiro, with the bunk beds end to end. The sleeping poarch easily held 50. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607524184704-694ABRV7G0DCC2PJSXPP/Theresa-Elliott-Pilgrim-Boots.jpg All hikes - A Day to Air and Brain Out Boots sitting on racks outside the sleeping area, a common requirement to help keep the dirt down. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-bierzo-region-and-weird-things monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605107999139-5BLPQ888VU2V65B0BCG2/Theresa-Elliott-Bierzo-Wine-Country.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things Beautiful wine country. See below for the weird things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605107816024-KC0H9KGRDBVOJZD3IRYI/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Browb-Gathering-Gloom.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things This photo, more than any other, made me wish I had a better camera than my iPhone. Sandy suggested buying me one, but I didn’t want the extra weight and the extra stuff. He is standing in the middle of the road with the gathering gloom behind. White hat set off by the sun while he gets a “wild life” shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605107889929-9A9CP9I6H05GG269JMK6/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Gathering-Gloom-2.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things The photo Sandy was taking of me while I was taking a photo of him. Note the stark difference in weather between the two photos taken at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605108099817-V0DGERJMOPYW43KP2FQ6/Theresa-Elliott-Weird-Things.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things Because everyone needs one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605108199834-RGO1Z74GJ4IPP2YWU339/Theresa-Elliott-Weird-things-And-weather.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things And they are especially lovely in the green foliage with thunder in the background from another approaching storm that tailed us for miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605108383792-4U0WEXC0OS8QLIOLE2M6/Theresa-Elliott-Makers-of-the-weird-things.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things There you go. Now you know as much about the creation of these amazing objects as I do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605108477382-VM81R7TPRY6EQMPPCWIB/Theresa-Elliott-Know-Them-By-Their-Calves.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things You start to recognize people by their calves. I’d know these two from behind anywhere. The guy on the left is always wearing gators. And the guy on the right is always sunburned an’ hairy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605201825130-9A0RGANATGY2U0ZLWJWZ/Theresa-Elliott-Who-Wore-It-Better.jpg All hikes - The Bierzo Region and Weird Things Wow is she slow. I already did it! https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/my-least-favorite-nasty-down-hill-climb monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605202916054-OM98HP0LQQ6NUXJJZ67A/Theresa-Elliott-Biker-Beware.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605202972023-BKPRR9JLHEPEG841TXOU/Theresa-Elliott-Fog.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb We started in fog that slowly lifted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203025817-ZRAYBL5EN54PWCE8Z6IM/Theresa-Elliott-Works-for+me-clouds.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Works for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203059093-SM9HYS51QDY25P1JD9B0/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-In-the-rolling-clouds.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Really working for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203093523-QZ2B8P0FYFRTKO9O6AB7/Theresa-Elliott-Shangra-La.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Pretty sure we located the lost city of Shangra La, just to the left of center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203125567-6N8XTMJ6O9OV2BXP3TWR/Theresa-Elliott-Eugene%3F.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Wow, how did we end up in Eugene, Toto? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203168753-IWEYJE11D43NSLIWXGR9/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Bouncing-Fog.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Bouncing around fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606772633842-2KSD3JIC7U54KFIWASC0/Theresa-Elliott-Biker-Beware.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Some guy went blasting past us on a bike right before this trench appeared. This gully is at least four feet deep. We didn’t hear a crash or find him balled up on the side of the path, but sometime soon, in a nearby town, an unusual soprano will audition for the local choir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606773010372-JUWUOOHFAQDU8LID0IGZ/Theresa-Elliott-trail-Molinaseca.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Just ugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203201638-840TG9LXSEG3X4YUCO5S/Theresa-Elliott-West-World-Spain.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Felt I was on a set from West World here in Reign de Ambros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605203241498-NU5GDBQWT03T26DMURKQ/Theresa-Elliott-Parked-Front-Loader.jpg All hikes - My Least Favorite, Nasty Down Hill Climb Where else can you double park your tractor and leave it running while you pop into the bar? Ponferrada, Spain. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/everyone-walks monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204638304-S4EN9VEYW4MXB3LNA1LD/Theresa-Elliott-Cowboy-Bar-Camino-de-Santiago.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks The Cowboy Station. Every Camino needs one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204690484-Z214JZXIPXB0G6KGQIR5/Theresa-Elliott-Walking-in-Cassocks.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks Two priests from Barcelona, dressed in the traditional cassock, taking turns reciting the rosary at a very fast clip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605219050323-QN7DXS205JW2ZH3XB2XT/Theresa-Elliott-Two-Pilgrims-and-a-donkey.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks These men were walking and praying for cancer survivors. They have a Facebook page, and twice a day they, and their friends on Facebook all pray together. Gustav, the man on the left, is in the middle of his 6th Camino; 4 he did with his wife who then died of cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204728235-7KG89M7ERFUMJCCBR59F/Theresa-Elliott-Kids-on-Camino.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks Lots of kids today, meaning, the 20-30’s crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204779990-Z0WB52NIN64RJZC97RJQ/Theresa-Elliott-into-the-Front.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks Going into the front, crossing fingers the path would turn left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204819943-74I496TH1PDRIVYOR1BU/Theresa-Elliott-Crossing-Fingers.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks Still crossing fingers . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204855425-MQPNNUZ8CZOB3SAYRLCM/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - Everyone Walks Blech. What’s that phrase? Dream on? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204891092-B8BYB422QU5N53EMESIS/Theresa-Elliott-Thunder-and-Sun.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks But it’s awesome. So beautiful with the bright sun behind us, thunder booming. I dunno. Maybe I felt very alive wondering if I might soon be dead? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605204982843-E9SGTZGIF6ZE35DJOYK6/Theresa-Elliott-The-Other-Side.jpg All hikes - Everyone Walks Somehow we, meaning the storm and us, missed each other. We made it over the mountain pass and into the semi-clear without encounter rain or lightning bolts. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/elder-spanish-masculinity monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605206000372-PB75R3T994UV1SL38JJA/Theresa-Elliott-Elder-Spanish-Masculinity.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605206947242-0809CMNZM79B9X8HC4Z7/Theresa-Elliott-Drinking-Beer-Outside.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Across from the bar where the ESM where playing their board games. Yes. I drank my beer outside. With Sandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207059410-U9M7L6N45ABW0XEGE5TY/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Space-Needle-Watertower.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Sandy Brown feels at home with the Space Needle-esc flying saucer in the back ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207113263-I8KBTATQL3GWRA84DSKW/Theresa-Elliott-Friends-from-Spokane.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Terrific new Camino buddies. Andy and Patrick are a father daughter team from Spokane, Washington. Smart, funny people. And that’s what I looked like when I walked into the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207185248-7UBMGR9ZW0XGCKEWUR7J/Theresa-Elliott-Rock-Way-Marker.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity This is a “way” marker. Usually they are yellow signs, often spray painted on rocks or sidewalks, but sometimes you see them done out of stone. This particular rock way marker was rather beautiful, and many of the rocks had messages of encouragement or were remembrances of lost loved ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207231566-1NZ50ZBFBZM4DDP8YPE4/Theresa-Elliott-Scamparound1.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity This guy was too cool, and having ridden two wheels across cobble stone and paid dearly for it, my hat was off to him as he slowly bobbled across this long bridge on his Scamparound. Villar de Mazarife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207322301-8TJPRH5WA4GUTQRNUYYH/Theresa-Elliott-Scamparound2.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity This is the bridge. Nothing to sneeze at in a Scamparound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207346206-G1KLN69TX7CNHMBOHS0Y/Theresa-Elliott-Scamparound3.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Still going strong later in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207411742-EIEJXHAWQO2EREWMV998/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Craziest pedestrian over pass I have ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207443747-30IV5MF2DI5QVT4AJ3UD/Theresa-Elliott-Astorga-Door-Cathedral.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Wow. Those Spaniards just don’t stop. Doors to the Astorga Cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207513614-Q2071730ZTS3J1JZPF5T/Theresa-Elliott-Astorga-Cathedral-Inside.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Again, more stunning beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605207539200-L11XOOW2U9NW52XZ9UV9/Theresa-Elliott-Astora-Cathedral.jpg All hikes - Elder Spanish Masculinity Cool shot. Has a little Adams family vibe to it. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-burbs monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605286140887-1HILO63D2FQY71VFJP0L/Theresa-Elliott-Outskirts.jpg All hikes - The Burbs The burbs. Lots of it. Just not as charming as the old city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605286208799-GJ4K05Q39D87M3ATB45S/Theresa-Elliott-Chicken-Weathervane.jpg All hikes - The Burbs Yup, that’s a chicken up there, all right. Still in the city, Basilica San Isidoro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605286337849-40RP0GTVDIW4UYVIPWD0/Theresa-Elliott-Archways.jpg All hikes - The Burbs Arches inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605286280812-5FUR067GTWQXOOIKOBXY/Theresa-Elliott-Statues.jpg All hikes - The Burbs Headed out of town. One of these statues is not a classic knock-off. Can you guess which one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605286358982-ZCTRM0WMC8EESTDU5Z52/Theresa-Elliott-Vending-Machine-Adults.jpg All hikes - The Burbs I have a post I’ve been waiting to do called The Vending Machines of the Camino. But this one needs to be here. It’s almost impossible to see, but this machine had an eclectic assortment of products, including a number of prominently displayed “adult toys.” Pretty sure, even on Aurora, haven’t seen this amenity. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/what-century-am-i-in monthly 0.5 2021-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605228625220-9CFAO9LZDRUQBO2309NH/Theresa-Elliott-Falling-Through-Time.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279542951-KNI52OFYU5LA9XGOOL3W/Theresa-Elliott-Leon-Cathedral-Angle.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? Three rooms captured by tilting the camera at an angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279628803-RCE3NAF3UUOX54ZHWJ9S/Theresa-Elliott-Leo%CC%81n-Cathedral-Level.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279666554-OC90E6WTXV6L5JQ9JKWO/Theresa-Elliott-Leo%CC%81n-Cathedral-Center.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279696663-VYYT1K96QYWQF8701RXQ/Theresa-Elliott-Leo%CC%81n-Cathedral-Botafumeiro.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? Botafumeiro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279768705-0NIWIBG1R4GQ6W7L9ZT9/Theresa-Elliott-Leo%CC%81n-Cathedral-Gate.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279740622-SLHUHPB27SZKK7EW1VQ1/Theresa-Elliott-Leo%CC%81n-Cathedral-Side.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279794714-BYVPL958U9GZJBNWTMQV/Theresa-Elliott-Top-of-Gate.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605279817731-2R9C9YMVNAP4ATYS9ULM/Theresa-Elliott-Leo%CC%81n-Cathedral-Sarcophagus.jpg All hikes - What Century Am I In? Sarcophagus of a bishop. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/rest-and-all-you-can-beer-day-in-leon monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605227820986-4NA1IMON6UJ1F34UKB0Q/Theresa-Elliott-Leon1.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 The bustling city of León, Spain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605227895482-F5AWAGEGIUZCGC6B83G7/Theresa-Elliott-Gaudy-Statue-Couple.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 Lovely moment with a couple and statue of Gaudy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605227940190-X04P3QNMNL7YSH2JWM6W/Theresa-Elliott-Gaudy-Statue-Front.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 Front of the statue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605227987525-7LUYOLBLNGAB2HEH9BW4/Theresa-Elliott-Jumper1.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 I saw this jumper on three different girls. I want it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605228018773-ELQ64BCK7MYVXY3LGZ9S/Theresa-Elliott-Jumper2.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 2nd girl literally jumping in the cute jumper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605285798325-0URCW4UT1ER4CPE9XM92/Theresa-Elliott-Alley-of-Scrutiny.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 Scooting down the alley of scrutiny. Cafes filled with tables line both side of this street near the El Romantico District. All that saves you is the other 100 people you are walking with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605285840481-OA1MP7VQQNLYYHCMOX58/Theresa-Elliott-Cafe-Culture.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 This is Sunday night, people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605228094271-VQTZLCXL23EC70IGJWXZ/Theresa-Elliott-Spain-Sugar.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 One of the things I deeply appreciate about the Spanish, besides their very clean streets, is the size of their sugar packets. It takes me 4 packets of Starbucks sugar to achieve my desired result, and only 1 in Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605285948534-A4AW1A9RSQ8AFV7Z39LJ/Theresa-Elliott-Cool-Building.jpg All hikes - León: Rest and All You Can Beer Day, # 3 Side street looking towards Cafe Culture. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/biking-the-meseta-day-3 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605226370547-AWA6KUSA6SI209DTGM9E/Theresa-Elliott-The-Choice-That-Isn%27t.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 The choice that isn’t. Official gravel path to the left, trouble free road to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605226486604-Z2B4UGIX9JBHEBOG0EEO/Theresa-elliott-City-Gates-Sahagu%CC%81n.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 Leaving Sahagún, going through the city gate which is adorned with storks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605226655990-VGN1XX3ST7P5JUJWGIA0/Theresa-Elliott-Rubble.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 Pretty good photo of what turns My Little Pony into a Bucking Bronco. This was the terrain for much of day 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605226565924-3DHBND7VT7LM7NZEL78A/Theresa-Elliott-Not-to-Bike.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 Penelope the Cruise (my bike name) and I scope out the end of the day terrain. We decide not and I walked while pushing her along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605226739749-TWLGCH33DQD9L7KHO66X/Theresa-Elliott-Trail-of-Death-Leon-Looms.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 And then there was this. Has death written all over it. 10% gravel and rutted grade. Leon beckons on the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605226848151-Y8UYSYGEQTHZ4BGH5M5A/Theresa-Elliott-Done-Biking.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 So done biking. I have come to love and appreciate beer. I suspect when I get home I will go back to my old ways, but I cannot deny that after hours of walking or biking, nothing beats a beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605228306671-N91KOPZ9R7KSO5WYN1IK/Theresa-Elliott-Map-Burgos-Leon.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 3 We traveled 180+km from Burgos to Leon in the last 3 days. We are now well past half way, and approximately 380km from Santiago. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-rain-in-spain monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605225147584-ESGZV4SW458OBQ9YVVHL/Theresa-Elliott-Renovated-convent.jpg All hikes - Sahagún, and the Rain in(side) Spain The huge staircase to the sleeping quarters in the old convent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605225206741-6LKA2NYYU6HYJQO9WG43/Theresa-Elliott-Partitions-Sleeping-Pods.jpg All hikes - Sahagún, and the Rain in(side) Spain Before the monsoon came crashing though and a look at how the space was partitioned into sleeping pods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605225348240-DS6Y9AYPRWLHFA30JNM7/Theresa-Elliott-Clearly-Trouble.jpg All hikes - Sahagún, and the Rain in(side) Spain The first indication there might be an issue. Rain coming though an open window, and how do you get up there to close it? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/biking-the-meseta-day-2 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218685443-JNSRLLZQOU3OVZSO8OMO/Theresa-Elliott-Row-of-Trees.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 Nothing like a row of trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218736477-N1LU33KYIKNN7ILUTN30/Theresa-Elliott-Its-going-to-be-okay.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 It’s going to be okay, it’s going to be okay . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218797445-Z6X4E8MBN8PJKUKCPTVV/Theresa-elliott-Half-circle-bridge.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 It was okay. Small, cool, half circle bridges not meant for bikes. But still cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218847761-B8GXQ603PRU7TRNJKXPC/Theresa-Elliott-Half-Circles-Church.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 Beautiful angle of a church in the morning light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218885255-D5YK7N4235DIQBEYZSY2/Theresa-Elliott-Another-church.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 Different church, more beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218922542-1Y7REEB7ENFDPDHTHHLD/Theresa-Elliott-Water-Slide-Entrance%3F.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 Kinda thinking this is the entrance to the water slide? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605218956739-90JZPXQLB0Q48QEB4OWM/Theresa-Elliott-What-Pavement-looks-like.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 This is pavement, and it’s an awesome, reliable surface to bike on, as can be seen by my on-bike photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605219135848-PQJIWM5C78T1L2CG5B9B/Theresa-Elliott-Scotch-Broom.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 The scotch broom was on full bloom and quite fragrant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605219172513-TBNRT9Q7OJ98P15KGQC5/Theresa-Elliott-Two-Pilgrims.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 2 Two pilgrims with their sleeping rolls visible on their backpacks. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/lighting-in-churches monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605217475035-JOUMT2AO99MUNOY8MT2T/Theresa-Elliott-Churh-no-light.jpg All hikes - Lighting in Churches What you see when you walk in. It’s dreary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605217429057-2AGI54BLKP08BVWPLPK9/Theresa-Elliott-Churh-no-light.jpg All hikes - Lighting in Churches - What it really looks like. To see it, you have to get very close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605217535036-VG2N8EKIWABL7HZC7ON4/Theresa-Elliott-Church-iPhone-correction.jpg All hikes - Lighting in Churches What iPhone does automagically. I’d say it’s significant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605217573474-VAF6EBEB86H9IOH3QULI/Theresa-Elliott-Church-Church-lights.jpg All hikes - Lighting in Churches What it looks like when you drop one euro into a little box that turns the lights on. Makes it all pretty and sparkly. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-plains-of-spain monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605214828549-6BT1HJRLCRKA78E3T78U/Theresa-Elliott-Plains-of-Spain.jpg All hikes - The Plains of Spain The plains of Spain, also known as the Meseta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605214914583-FAHKL8GZRTYJ4DW44HHV/Theresa-Elliott-Plains-Some-More.jpg All hikes - The Plains of Spain Beautiful open fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605214949184-NB939TUJMCUVCX90XEQ1/Theresa-Elliott-Plains-Some-More.jpg All hikes - The Plains of Spain And some more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605214986829-1ZYCTYGJNTEOKCT5L13M/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - The Plains of Spain And some more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605215015690-0C696V9U4XXVHW9PZ9H1/Theresa-Elliott-Plains-Some-More.jpg All hikes - The Plains of Spain And some more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605215042222-1BHO6BZ23RAN3YVG807G/Theresa-Elliott-Plains-Some-More.jpg All hikes - The Plains of Spain And some more. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/biking-the-meseta-day-1 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605215906377-0I6EP4BWQ3BMI4LHDRGB/Theresa-Elliott-Biking-the-Meseta-Frank-Monique.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Favorite bike photo by new friends Frank and Monique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216155358-EG5E98FGQXRTVFZ1RGU4/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Getting-Ready.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Getting ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216189082-NJ38U04YFFV8Z100PZ4Q/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Fixing-Flat-Tire.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Sandy helps a woman with a flat tire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216229809-A2Q972M2NF647EQMH3OU/Theresa-Elliott-Rocks-and-grade.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Beautiful scene into the valley, aka, the Meseta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216294627-DXQD15SCCL2WRZ0I3Z90/Theresa-Elliott-Get-off-and-walk.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Ya, get off the bike. Serious rockerage and grade under those tires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216352277-0O2SGTI2OMGX0BKEH9UK/Theresa-Elliott-Tubines-Clouds.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Wind mills every where. The most I’ve seen in a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216421724-9N8OAOJFWNH7K8EFVUVZ/Theresa-Elliott-Just-a-Nice-Shot.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Just a nice shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216523570-T532E8EZH2A0BB7S8I05/Theresa-Elliott-Hands-Free.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 Kinda think I hit a sweet spot here and took this photo while hands-free biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216616328-Y28QCADPYIB57SWAFS2O/Theresa-Elliott-Here-it-comes.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 And there you have your 12% grade up hill in the distance. Translation: get off the bike and push. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216714264-5AUFKBFWRJJ3SAJS40PV/Theresa-Elliott-12%25-Grade.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 - And the sign to prove it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216778010-Q0M7AZRF4IR30B2IDEJ3/Theresa-Elliott-Knew-this-was-coming.jpg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 The other side of the 12% grade, and the beginning of the 18% grade down. Translation: get off the bike and use the breaks while going down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605216824247-O1JGSQXMEKQQE4XNVXKZ/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - Biking the Meseta, day 1 And the sign to prove it. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/beautiful-burgos monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606767749998-F3VGEQXHTBA0JZ03LS3L/Theresa-Elliott-City-of-Burgos.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Looking over the city of Burgos, my favorite wind turbines in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768020077-QP36XD90LOHLBZT6WSDT/Theresa-Elliott-Graffiti.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Walking into the city from the day before. Graffiti is prevalent in Spain, usually well done, and sometimes beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606767907560-VAFOFK5I2UQBX38JBBMT/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Backside.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos The enormity of this cathedral combined with the surrounding narrow streets makes it impossible to get a single shot of it. However, the backside does offer nice views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768818583-N3SPTNXQC4YN5WDZW4RJ/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Front.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Looking down a side street to the front of the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768129765-5APTUHFDNDG11V5O7O8N/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Ceiling.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Each of the major cathedrals in Spain has a strength or “thing.” In Burgos, it is the spectacular ceilings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768199711-21LMS7D6CH30JKEWW7QA/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Ceiling2.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Ceiling with botafumeiro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768370261-61P489XAFTQDONP2WJQ2/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Ceiling4.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768396861-TTH6MCU5MCDHQTR8DDAW/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Ceiling5.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768444487-S0EA82WR1556RHC0RFPM/Theresa-Elliott-Burgos-Cathedral-Retablo.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Retablo with the “Where’s Waldo” of botafumeiros in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768583389-VG9OMAT9C45Y0QJC8AXI/Theresa-Elliott-Important-Dead-People.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Important dead people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768612254-0LOL47PAXZ3T2ZEQBPD4/Theresa-Elliott-Important-Dead-Hands.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Detail of the hands being dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768671418-DZCM1AS7UVHVO13PHQ48/Theresa-Elliott-Chalaces.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Chalices used over the centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768720160-ILDJ6W4D9H360454M22B/Theresa-Elliott-Dress.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos I loved this dress and was trying to get a photo of it. I wound up loving the photo itself of this lovely young women prancing down the street in her blue polka dotted frock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606768764893-352GFY17YS1JBYB3M1NW/Theresa-Elliott-Clean-Streets.jpg All hikes - Beautiful Burgos Spain is one of the cleanest countries I have seen, and here’s why. Every town has one of these babies and they are constantly at it. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/burgos-rest-and-all-you-can-eat-day monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606769471215-LSVWR8U4ASJNR0VU1IAS/Theresa-Elliott-Restuarant-Map.jpg All hikes - Burgos: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606769695142-V13XLG4ZL4YXX94JDQZ3/image-asset.jpeg All hikes - Burgos: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 2 The meseta beckons. Tomorrow’s trek starts here. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/credentials monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606764841006-IQ2PHSLWJM164GOFR2D2/Theresa-Elliott-Credential-Camino-de-Santiago.jpg All hikes - Credentials My credential so far. Some 56 slots and approximately 22 filed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606764908817-2T5L22L4R4MTJIXDRWYF/Theresa-Elliott-Cover-Credential.jpg All hikes - Credentials Cover or front of the credential which is folded like an accordion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606764967372-6NOWZF54P1CFJVONJJUF/Theresa-Elliott-Favorite-Stamp.jpg All hikes - Credentials My favorite stamp from this camino so far. I’ve never seen one like it, from the cantina I wrote about in The Beauty of Spain, July 4th. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/accomodations monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606760217329-A5NJKTOXM5NGV0AJYZL5/Theresa-Elliott-Cathedral-Burgos.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Starting with today’s punchline. The view out our hotel window in Burgos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606760824878-OX7I586E88T9XFKW372I/Theresa-Elliott-Municipal-Alburge-Age%CC%81s.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Where we started the day. I slept above an Italian Men’s Biking Club last night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606760893324-19BHBEOXW6UXKK8AUKWS/Theresa-Elliott-Introvert-heaven2.jpg All hikes - Accommodations I beat the hordes. There was some misinformation around opening time of the cafe which I did nothing to correct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606761791554-ODRLDOZTQE7I44YWGHFS/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Comparing-height-leg-length.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Sandy and I comparing height and leg length in trying to solve a FitBit conundrum. We walk the same distances, yet Sandy’s totals were consistently 10-15% more than mine. After a bit of sleuthing we realized that although he is taller and leg length slightly longer, I have a longer stride. Chalk one up to hamstring range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606762806522-LAV8BLESLPICNLTBZJVZ/Theresa-Elliott-Lovely-Fields.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Lovely fields, poppies in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606762857515-RMOV0F1Y6A4OI1VTTEX4/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Frank-Monique.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Camino friends Frank and Monique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606762922962-ARU8Q916LL22T9TIORL0/Theresa-Elliott-Walking-to-hotel-Burgos.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Walking into Burgos and to our hotel, the magnificent cathedral making a point of it’s existence in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606763146018-Y8SJUG73MPZ9UKGY8G4M/Theresa-Elliott-Hotel-Burgos.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Our hotel, Hotel Meson le Cid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606763190702-K0MIPBNZF6BYBBT7Q0BE/Theresa-Elliott-Bed-Burgos.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Hmmm, sleeping porch, private bed, sleeping porch, private bed . . . ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606763420258-SY0Z444ECCCNCA5BSA5C/Theresa-Elliott-Cathedral-Burgos-Night.jpg All hikes - Accommodations Bonus points. They light up the cathedral at night. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/what-is-a-pilgrimage monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606666286685-FAMHPYE8DXRCQX4XQUZE/Theresa-Elliott-What-is-a-camino%3F.jpg All hikes - What is a Pilgrimage? Sandy Brown walking the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606666609673-1RX2MQ4Y641SJ7YOE3AV/Theresa-Elliott-My-calves.jpg All hikes - What is a Pilgrimage? What my calves feel like after today, a total animal. Metal sculpture outside Navarrete, Rioja. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606666835065-GKUVYS75SY421M2B3QBK/Theresa-Elliott-Running-with-the-can.jpg All hikes - What is a Pilgrimage? Running of the Bulls: American Pilgrims edition. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/to-pole-or-not-to-pole monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606659563027-7ZPSLSP56VNQW94YNLQY/Theresa-Elliott-No-Poles.jpg All hikes - To Pole or Not to Pole? Ambi-polar? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606659912567-HZOU4LM35N6LGG6CTCQO/Theresa-Elliott-Paint-By-Numbers.jpg All hikes - To Pole or Not to Pole? Looks like the old Paint by Numbers we did as kids. Note: All my photos are with an iPhone, and I rarely alter them. I might change the exposure, but that’s about it. This photo has not been altered at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606660040479-9IWH646S1738SGFRT7VY/Theresa-Elliott-Side-by-Side-Fitbit.png All hikes - To Pole or Not to Pole? Love the summations of Fitbit. Here’s a side by side comparison in steps and in miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606660168851-UER0NPEQG5MIIQVKZI7N/Theresa-Elliott-Storm-Clouds-Flags.jpg All hikes - To Pole or Not to Pole? The storm that missed us during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606660293089-0FWNSXG4S5EIQSBYQ00K/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Dinner-and-a-storm.jpg All hikes - To Pole or Not to Pole? Strolling into town for dinner and a storm. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-left-arm monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606457687912-EC797CIAT2ENYR15HU9S/Theresa-Elliott-So%CC%88x-Su%CC%84n-Bl%C3%B8ck-C%CC%A7uff%E2%84%A2.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606573238436-1JMX9ENJ77L1NR32HB6T/Sandy-Brown-Family-Camino-de-Santiago.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm We bumped into this charming family of four, seen in the customary camino view, repeatedly. They were walking the entire camino staying in municipal hostels each night. Photo by Sandy Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606574225892-G3IL1CVMLE37B4NWNOLZ/Theresa-Elliott-Building-Na%CC%81jera-Rioja.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm Building in Nájera, region of Rioja. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606573719526-1K3H6JYHDQZJ5OE4UQ4S/Theresa-Elliott-Not-Much-Longer.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm Not much longer now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606573863567-LGR1GS5TJKRXCQ0OJDF0/Theresa-Elliott-Sling-Shot.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm The gravity defying feeling of being sling-shotted forward when you take your 18 pound back pack off after 20km. Takes a few steps to reorient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606574359656-DRFL793W1HF73XOJX4L1/Theresa-Elliott-Field-Ciruen%CC%83a.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm Seems almost blasphemous to call this typical, but typical, wide open, beautiful expanses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606573921208-AEGZAD3WYXGTADT8YQYC/Theresa-Elliott-Heavy-Weather.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm It was a great day to get in early. This is the second big storm we have been indoors for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606574686594-A2VB3LFG6ZQLT1B3M4KE/Theresa-Elliott-Parador-Santo-Domingo-de-la-Calzada.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm It was an even better day to have a reservation in at one of Sandy’s favorite hotels, The Parador, instead of in an albergue, which just don’t have swell lobbies and bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606574898164-L5O24UDNUY4WSMD5AR8S/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Parador-Santo-Domingo-de-la-Calzada.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm Sandy working on his book. You could say we were under-dressed, but you get used to that. Sort of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606574951582-TM7FOBW9ZE8P63XSJZ3O/Theresa-Elliott-Parador-Santo-Domingo-de-la-Calzada2.jpg All hikes - The Left Arm Terrific lobby and bar to listen to the buckets of water hammering the building. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/ya-cruising monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/navarrete monthly 0.5 2021-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606314777865-VJIKJKVUZHBL0F8OSHXZ/Theresa-Elliott-Church-of-the-Assumption-Navarrete.jpg All hikes - Navarrete Church of the Assumption, Navarrete, Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606315666325-IVM0CY73OGGWAWT8TNKT/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Church-Estella.jpg All hikes - Navarrete Standing in front of the retablo in Estella, Spain. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/fashion-forward monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606438763503-CUFM7VZDTVYE0YTE2E7B/Theresa-Elliott-so%CC%88x-n-san%CC%83da%CC%80ls%E2%84%A2+fashion+forward.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward It’s the blue stripe that really pulls it all together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456185227-3BY6BKRB4YZP59YJ2N1D/Theresa-Elliott-Beautiful-Morning.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Early morning sun makes fun shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456227467-K5VJNNRAKHPHNRBHU7Y8/Theresa-Elliott-Beautiful-morning2.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward The views of Sansol with the clouds, sun and fields were breathtaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456270315-YRST78EP1OXHI65VVXGJ/Theresa-Elliott-Wind-Turbines-I-Hear-Zeppelin.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward I just have a thing for windmills, and these looked especially mythical in the distance. I hear Zeppelin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606455887591-92YKVVIMX3DFK5W7XVRY/Theresa-Elliott-Low-Temp.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Today was such a luxury. I was cold half the day and I did nothing to change it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456354831-C9OSHB2YIW3E5L9M3MWO/Theresa-Elliott-Church-Doors.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Massive doors at the church in Viana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456407175-P7LK75JQD022XT23RWU4/Theresa-Elliott-My-View-Lunch.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward My view at lunch right across the street. For you foodies, the Spanish classic of frites, fried eggs and jambon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606656918158-QGUQ66FH4TK0FP2LX535/Theresa-Elliott-Church-Inside-Viana-Spain.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Inside those doors. The church in Viana, Navarre, Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606656956688-D94KFRT3ONYPR69BRE2S/Theresa-Elliott-Retablo-Viana.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Close up of the retablo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456455286-HM2JYQOYO9PTM0CFG7PD/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-at-Work.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Sandy Brown workin’ away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606456506709-TF25E6TKJW8IKIG2CBZV/Theresa-Elliott-Beautiful-Stairway.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Ya, it’s cool, but not after 20 miles of walking. The stairs leading up to our apartment in Logroño, in the region of Rioja. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606657538859-EWGSPOD6DVKL11NI00H9/Theresa-Elliott-Apartment-Logron%CC%83o.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Looking out onto the city from our room for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606457963086-J4IN0L1ETVEPS3L6OKAY/Theresa-Elliott-Mural-Logron%CC%83o.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Mural on the side of a building in Logroño. The pilgrim stamps featured on the torso of this man is a tacit acknowledgement of the influence and importance of the Camino de Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606657867072-XWNFX0GYRONB6OBEV6S1/Theresa-Elliott-Drive-Through-Logron%CC%83o.jpg All hikes - Fashion Forward Drive-throughs, Logroño style. Streets lined with restaurants with open windows for ordering food. Fabulous. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-beauty-of-spain monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606436695443-YQOHSMANWBRM9B0SDVQ6/Theresa-Elliott-Road-Villamayor+de+Monjardi%CC%81n.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain The dirt path winds through freshly cut fields and beautiful skies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437399662-XYCDEJGDYQHTYXM8N4HY/Theresa-Elliott-Cliffs-Ayegui.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain What I call the Spanish Cliffs of Dover. Just as white, just as massive as the English, they were a constant all morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437476356-IRTMH62C6FUFB8YDEPRR/Theesa-Elliott-Igu%CC%81zquiza%2C+Navarre.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain Although not about the road, this is a good view of what the path is like. Igúzquiza, in the region of Navarre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437573495-N1IBVUFP9LXYG881HWDJ/Theresa-Elliott-Trees-Luquin.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain Very cool rows of trees, beautiful skies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437628222-3Y66BEB58EJW1TJMMVRK/Theresa-Elliott-Rain-In-Spain.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain The telling signs of a rain storm, common in the afternoons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437710807-C02MFQBJ3JBV3DFIFHVC/Theresa-Elliott-Pilrgim-Baguette.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain Prepared pilgrim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437790459-30JVHV8QAGB9KNWHI72A/Theresa-Elliott-I%27ll-Pass.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain Oh yeah, I’ve seen this before. Nothing doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437857367-CUWU3J1I2LIJIUK4LKHA/Theresa-Elliott-Best-Camino-Sign.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain My favorite Camino sign, cigarette and all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606437941098-XHOFP5WEI2AR5VR9AWZK/Theresa-Elliott-Catina-Villamayor+de+Monjardi%CC%81n%2C.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain This is what you call an oasis, out in the middle of nowhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606438002600-T4PMFQI6CIBRXBYC59Z5/Theresa-Elliott-Cantina-Owners-Villamayor+de+Monjardi%CC%81n%2C.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain Cantina, aka, oasis. It’s hard to convey how wonderful it is to turn a corner and see one of these food trucks. And as happy as we were to see them, they were just as happy to see us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606438064669-MGW4938LERXPN44KHQOZ/Theresa-Elliott-Pilgrimas-Catina-Villamayor+de+Monjardi%CC%81n%2C.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain Pilgrims wait for their provisions from this well stocked cantina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606438168596-T0OC4U4DOC91Y8I7W08T/Theresa-Elliott-Map-Spain.jpg All hikes - The Beauty of Spain The Camino at a glance. Follow the yellow squares on this handy restaurant place mat to see where we are and how much more we have to go. We started at Saint Jean Pied du Port (1st far right yellow square), and the white square with the blue cross is the restaurant where we are now, Los Arcos, Navarre. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/estella-rest-and-all-you-can-eat-day-no-1 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413829762-RKYP6JS4T7NIBW121J4Y/Theresa-Elliott-This-Cafe-or-the-one-down-the-sreet%3F.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Awk! Is this the same cafe we were at two days ago? I stopped walking when I came around a corner and saw this cafe located off a large plaza in Estella, looking very much like a cafe located just off a large plaza in Pamplona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606412756688-0GI5B7ONLL11JSGFVOH9/Theresa-Elliott-First-Coffee.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 First coffee and juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606412805401-8KPZU6IFJMWT6S03HFCC/Theresa-Elliott-First-Breakfast.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 First breakfast: fresh croissant, hard boiled egg and yogurt while Facebooking. 2nd coffee lurking somewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606412877572-RR04D3P9DVK55RGM7UGM/Theresa-Elliott-Blunch.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 First lunch or second breakfast, perhaps blunch, your choice: chorizo and baguette, iced tea, and no filter will make that chorizo look like anything other than what it looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606412949612-4SXYKUV5VYC3W54WNV7X/Theresa-Elliott-First-Tortilia.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Sandy first lunch or second breakfast, definitely first tortillia: potato tortilla and baguette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413011665-VN2I5JFNG73WZUXQTBW6/Theresa-Elliott-Butter-Delivery-Vehicle.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Addendum to first or second whatever: butter delivery vehicle. More baguette, more montiquellia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413099994-GMMPVRTRXQUQ4LJBBI3T/Theresa-Elliott-Second-Lunch.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Lunch, again or first: potato frits and fried eggs with a marigold colored yolk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413179232-2QQW1FOQJ5U2FSSX960E/Theresa-Elliott-Chocolates-Yes.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Afternoon chocolates, and yes. I ate them all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413219758-VK1PF2FUM7ESB386OQI2/Theresa-Elliott-Salted-Peanuts.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Dinner appetizer: warm salted nuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413258663-O1HQTC8RRUFE0LRYGRSJ/Theresa-Elliott-Salad-Mc-Nuggets.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Sandy’s McNugget salad, precursor to dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413335649-AJ6J15RY70P1AZVMD0FN/Theresa-Elliott-Salad-with-all-the-fixing%27s.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Theresa’s Main: I know, it’s a salad but it had many of my favorite things like a slab of grilled goat cheese and Jamón serrano, the Spanish version of prosciutto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413458408-88RMCSD27U3W6U709QI7/Theresa-Elliott-Dinner-Salmon.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Sandy’s Main: Salmon In cream of spinach sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606413506971-CR69N0D4TI8E1NOG2I7L/Theresa-Elliott-Cheesecake-no-cake.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Dessert: cheesecake, no cake, just a lightly sweetened soft cheese with berry compote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606318927698-GC1151HR5BFYHL1A8P47/Theresa-Elliott-Recovered.jpg All hikes - Estella: Rest and All You Can Eat Day, # 1 Next Day leg report. So far, looks good! Except for those things down at the bottom that come into contact with the floor. But they have to stay. In a Facebook only phenomena, where people don’t actually read what you write, I had to add the following. Addendum: This was an update on the whole heat rash, Sun allergy, Golfer’s vasculitis episode, and how it was almost completely gone, as seen by this photo. But I thank you one and all for approval of my outfit. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/skin monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606228575402-WD4EFX2EKPS3YVH3ZC6W/Theresa-Elliott-Heat-Rash.jpg All hikes - Skin Sorry I know you can’t unsee this, but I figure it’s part of a public service announcement and therefore necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606228639553-I63FBX7Z4JD29DKR5QC3/Theresa-Elliott-Golfer%E2%80%99s+Vasculitis.jpg All hikes - Skin Blarg. I know this culprit — Golfer’s Vasculitis. Have gotten it twice on the Via di Francesco. Sorta thought since I was in a different country I might avoid it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606228664805-5KYLBGEAOMSKC3NYZY7M/Theresa-Elliott-Legs-Up-Wall.jpg All hikes - Skin Seriously, same legs less than 24 hours later. Legs up the wall helps with blood flow and for me works like gang busters. Note the compeed around my big toes, a preventative measure for blisters, and my pedicure still looks good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606228689855-FTOPKND82FUR4XC9Y8SV/Theresa-Elliott-My-Team.jpg All hikes - Skin My team. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-deal-with-water monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606226354452-GRV5HHIQC0O1SH4ZR1JO/Theresa-Elliott-Water-ina-cup.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Water in a cup. Not very useful when hiking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606226685815-LU2RF7K4VMYEQYM23RJE/Theresa-Elliott-Gnome-ing-it.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Gnome-ing it: jumping in front of Sandy Brown’s lens right as he shoots, imitating the Travelocity Gnome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606226788943-JHRWX85XJZ4WAXAWK0L2/Theresa-Elliott-Bridge-Downside-Up.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Puente la Reina in Río Arga. The water was so still, and this is an optical illusion. See photo below for clarification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606226916543-U4J927WBGB3CFA4AAOFH/Theresa-Elliott-Bridge-Right-side-up.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Puente la Reina, right side up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606226977511-3S62DCWICZEM83K8C6BI/Theresa-Elliott-Crushing-It.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Crushing it. The shell is the symbol of the Cammino de Santiago, and it is suppored to point the way to Santiago de Compostela. Soooo, which way is this pointing? Ya, whoever made and posted signs couldn’t agree, or remember, either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606227161986-KXBE8XFB5L57XISHD05J/Theresa-Elliott-Food-Peas-Eggs.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water We stayed in a hotel tonight, but the star was the hotel food. Peas with ham and poached egg. House Rose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606227205788-45WZYM15U1DFMKQHRT43/Theresa-Elliott-Food-Main.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Pork tenderloin with potato frites and mild Roquefort sauce, and I must say, the pork was perfectly cooked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606227271638-STF5QHA9MKSPI9CPTXS4/Theresa-Elliott-Food-First-Dessert.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water First dessert. Lemon sorbet served alla Mr Misty style, aka more on the liquid side and enjoyed with a straw. Very refreshing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606227303002-9UGRBEIV01TQFDNFU26Q/Theresa-Elliott-Food-Desssert.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Second dessert. Yeowzers. Ice cream “cake”. Layered ice cream with thin sheets of chocolate, drizzled in caramel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606227348046-N63Y87H2ZL6SC6PW48P6/Theresa-Elliott-Food-Dessert-Side.jpg All hikes - The Deal With Water Profile of that crazy ice cream cake. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/sox-n-sandals monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605588968785-ATTFE3GY3CFUKAWH7AGZ/Theresa-Elliott-so%CC%88x-n-san%CC%83da%CC%80ls%E2%84%A2.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606054675260-JOQZXZHAS0ZI5OKIR3ZB/Theresa-Elliott-This-Starbucks-or-down-the-street.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Having one of those Starbucks moments: am I at this Starbucks or the one down the street? Was this today, or yesterday? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606057939307-P0M2RYQU9XHYCXK8EOKO/Theresa-Elliott-Share-the-road-bikes.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ You get to share the road with bikes and people on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606058008117-7D4J0QMVPYMA3JZ0H9N9/Theresa-Elliott-Camino-Trail.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Classic shot and an interesting camino ascetic. People’s backs are routinely photographed, because of course that is what you see much of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606058684758-ST4BNTNHURDG9XI65Z0Y/Theresa-Elliott-Pit-stop.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Little cafes in small towns line the Camino de Santiago, part of the infrastructure that makes this pilgrimage so user friendly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606058822935-85J12593D53W4ODLHIEU/Theresa-Elliott-Ridge-Wind-Turbines.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Wind turbines make the ridge where we climb the high point of the day and see the famous monument there, Alto del Perdon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606059108278-MUL1WXUAI6SQIU14BLMX/Theresa-Elliott-Cizur-Monument-to-pilgrims.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Alto del Perdon, and last of the mountainous ridges of the Pyrenees. Pamplona can be seen i the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606059216221-1OVN6AC6K4EG9VJMNF37/Theresa-Elliott-Cizur-detail.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Close up, cool wind turbines in the back ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606059272659-KUMAHMUW1A82GAY5MQ5F/Theresa-Elliott-Prespective-Wind-Turbine.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Perspective on the size of the wind turbines. A couple with their child stands at the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606057258739-UO91H72UCUEAT7WWJ3KN/Theresa-Elliott-love-is-a-blister.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ Sandy Brown helps me with blister prevention and repair in the blistering heat. Notice the shale path behind. Navigating uneven surfaces is a common reason for blisters, and sitting on them to deal with them no fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606055928172-GGZY0XAR5EOJLGAZMUDA/Theresa-Elliott-Storks.jpg All hikes - Söx-n-Sañdàls™ The view outside our window. See the stork? They are ubiquitous in Spain. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/pamplona monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605972013327-KR5HMW4V2BQW5T57CZFT/Theresa-Elliott-Pamplona1.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Mesmerizing rows of streets spoke into the center of the old quarter, very similar yet unique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605972080512-XJ819Y9HL9L7626X8PJ2/Theresa-Elliott-Pamplona2.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Another spoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605972780159-Y0UA9X9EPW4RU4AG0AUN/Theresa-Elliott-Pamplona-Man-with-child.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Man carries a child. Families are everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605972832937-OOME70CTLCQEW62FL3J8/Theresa-Elliott-+Pamplona-Guernica-street-art.jpg All hikes - Pamplona “Guernica” street art at the end of this spoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605972890385-C3R0XYBBYVD741JVZ61I/Theresa-Elliott-Pamplona-Street-Art.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Street art on a garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605973040555-SUYGIDMN1EQ5NN6KFSVB/Theresa-Elliott-Beer-station.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Beer store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605973098862-W512A9XEPTX15XRFYFFC/Theresa-Elliott-Start-Running-Bulls.jpg All hikes - Pamplona We are missing the run of the bulls by a week. Here is the famous start point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605973342026-8GCMHNXVNY4BT9G520MQ/Theresa-Elliott-Big-ass-cafe.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Big ass outdoor cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605973384008-L357CJJGFG40LXHKE2PM/Theresa-Elliott-Pamplona-children-playing.jpg All hikes - Pamplona Children playing outside a bar. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/wrist-accoutrements monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605587984701-PWX9X9M5WWZGDIA1YPLB/Theresa-Elliott-Camino-Accoutrements.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Camino styling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605970127156-EEFH3O0QZZQR32SJM0GP/Theresa-Elliott-Bread-Newspaper-Delivery.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Charming deliver of newspaper and the day’s baguette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605969618617-UGOBYWU5BN9IHXRVC9JK/Theresa-Elliott-Freshly-Mowed-Fields.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Beautiful mowed fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605969683909-3ZTS0B2AGMC60IEYV1CM/Theresa-Elliott-Tortillia.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Days consist of at least two breakfasts. 1st, coffee, orange juice and pastry/toast served in the alburge. 2nd, found along the way at a cafe, something more substantial and often in the form of tortilla, the ubiquitous Spanish staple of quiche with eggs and potato or bacon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605969560683-206F5F2UU40IFT136JY7/Theresa-elliott-Walking-along-highway.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements It’s common to talk along highways or major arterials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605969924587-R2UGG3YHRQKJTRF2H4BO/Theresa-Elliott-Doors-Villava.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements I’m constantly intrigued by the color of buildings and the doors into them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605969997972-W6ENN2MP6W339UKVB0UJ/Theresa-Elliott-Bridge-outside-Pamplona.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Bridge on the outskirts of Pamplona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605714389275-BYJ2NZM7IEWS11NS4OT2/Theresa-Elliott-Where%27s-Waldo-Pamplona-Wall.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements The ancient walls surrounding Pamplona are a stunning edifice to man’s fear. Not saying it wasn’t justified. To give a perspective as to how high the city wall is, I walked out and am standing in front of it. Can you find me? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605968093493-9KSIXQTAPI3MEZDS1W9S/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Pamplona-Wall.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Side view, taken by Sandy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605970448635-ZIEFGRJ9KL7IPX6ROWTK/Theresa-Elliott-Feet-in-pod.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Totally tubular alburge, and one of my favorites. Individual pods make the hallway and a great shot for Sandy’s feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605970568407-4WLH00VQCNHKITGC6N5X/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-Working-in-a+bunk.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Sandy working in his bunk. Note he can sit up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605970615134-81UK5Y1EGLRI6CWUZNPN/Theresa-Elliott-Legs-at-the-beach-alburge-style.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Inside, a version of the always favorite “feet and pool, sorry your not here but not really” shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605970675278-TE7W9RCY3MKL9DSTZO4Z/Theresa-Elliott-shades-drawn.jpg All hikes - Wrist Accoutrements Simple yet effective way to create privacy; blinds. The metal slats are the ladders for the bunk beds. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/how-to-manage-being-an-introvert monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605451967750-5LTSBVMM5US7XQJDQCO4/Theresa-Elliott-two-Cafe-Con-Leche.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Automated coffee machines abound on the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605452714679-D49R5DQ0BDD1MO02ZLMZ/Theresa-Elliott-Town-Alburge-Roncesvalles.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Leaaving the town and alburge of Roncesvalles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605452808426-F2JRJ0QD9WGT80RAK04K/Theresa-Elliott-Sandy-Brown-790km-to-go%21.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Not much further now. Only 790km to go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605453007500-W6ZUBD0Y13H1CQEPTICU/Theresa-Elliott-Auritz.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert The town of Auritz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605453107201-1DK29D7LCTFVMNB8CJ30/Theresa-Elliott-Auritz-water-drains.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Unique water drain system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605453135949-87CNS4S1G9EZ7F1AYDVF/Theresa-Elliott-Church-Auritz.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert The church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605452862572-69CFSMW06BO3UQYB9P8Y/Theresa-Elliott-Foot-Bridge.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Cool foot bridge over a stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605453159548-7G3AXZNP0A50PU7XN85P/Theresa-Elliott-Hansel-Gretel.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Isn’t this how it started for Hansel and Gretel? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605453201940-AU5X20UQDYD9BG70UXWQ/Theresa-Elliott-Fall.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert The splint I brought from home on the wrist that needs it. It does have a certain cool factor and more than one person has asked where I got my bracelet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605586987210-0DPDBFOJ2VS9AGOTL93P/Theresa-Elliott-First-Bacon-Sandwich.jpg All hikes - How to Manage Being an Introvert Eating my first BLT , without the lettuce and tomato. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-pyrenees-day-2 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605450839504-C6TFSMT3P1Q0UICFGG0B/Theresa-Elliott-Half-in-France-Half-in-Spain.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 2 Half in Spain, half in France, fully hungry. The boarder between France and Spain is very casual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605451039519-SQ9GWUEGKN4Y2L2D43T9/Theresa-Elliott-Pyrenees-Fog.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 2 Whole lotta fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605553528652-WNCGMWN0Q1HRFIQ4ZS60/Theresa-Elliott-Pyrenees-Trail.JPG All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 2 Easy to navigate, level trails are also part of the hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605451077798-HPBVH9QS7H8VWLM91QLD/Theresa-Elliott-Heart-Rate-Pyraneese2.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 2 What my heart rate looked like according to FitBit, day 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605451190078-MIO7FGIKHSNJMS8N153M/Theresa-Elliott-Spandanavian-Albergue2.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 2 Now this I can work with. Sleeping pod in Roncesvalles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605451128223-RCMC1G64ERSGUU568DUO/Theresa-Elliott-Spandanavian-Albergue.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 2 Love clean, orderly “Spandanavian” alburges. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/allhikes/the-pyrenees-day-1 monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605318962158-VV1E0WLL0P0BXVX977VZ/Theresa-Elliott-Beginning-the-assent.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 The beginning of the Pyrenees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605319055638-FHEVZLEFUTNI31LBOI6H/Theresa-Elliott-Pyrenees.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 Much of the walk, that is really a hike, is on a grade like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605319128345-Y7ZMUQY90AUNXVY0EZ1Y/Theresa-Elliott-First-Vending-Machine.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 Toto, we are not on the Via di Franscesco anymore. A vending machine on the side of the trail in the Pyrenees in it’s own little hut. The first indication of the extent of the impressive infrastructure that supports the Camino de Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605553377898-CGJIIM8JNTDGFTQ6E8AU/Theresa-Elliott-Pyrenees-Cantina.JPG All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 Cantina selling much appreciated provisions for pilgrims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605319353137-2457B5CQYBWSQ7FZG3R3/Theresa-Elliott-Heart-Over-Pyrenees-Day1.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 What my heart looked like going over the Pyrenees, day 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605584947256-2IS9YG8NDIBQ9IZJIRFP/Theresa-Elliott-Orisson-.jpeg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 Orisson dinning room. Charming! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605585003929-QITUHLVY9SOC3XYHEP9H/Theresa-Elliott-Orisson-Bar.jpeg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 Orisson bar. Looks great too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1605319402991-AWIWR46XCBEZVE1PEFGD/Theresa-Elliott-First-Albergue.jpg All hikes - The Pyrenees, day 1 Uh, did we take a wrong turn? I reluctantly took this photo and never intended to use it. Looking at it now I can see; yep. 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Wow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5853835b-92eb-4570-882f-b9250fbaae7e/T-Elliott-contaoner-design4.3.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #4 Sadly the calibrachoa acquired aphids and had to be replaced. We were out of that color, so I subbed in yellow nemesia to ‘talk to’ the yellow of the amaranth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/aa11319b-c1b0-48bd-ba5a-4cc632869b4c/T-Elliott-container-design4.5.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #4 AND THEN tHIS HAPPENED. Thanks to my sister Liza Mackenzie for having this crazy pen! https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/progression-of-a-container-3 monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f44dfac7-755d-4976-8b66-db5ba4b238d9/T-Elliott-container-design3.1.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #3 - Make it stand out I loved the heuchera in this mustard colored pot. I popped in the cordyline for height, its color was a good contrast, and the viola was a nice tie-in. Sounds good in theory but it wasn’t working. I reasoned I’d seen worse at Fred Meyer and one man’s ceiling is another man’s floor, so into The Market Place it went. There was only one problem. Well, two actually. One, I had to look at it every day and it was driving me nuts. And two, it had to sell: Fred Meyer may not be the purveyor of great design, but it has the distinct advantage of being cheap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/55f79acf-c4d5-4310-bd29-f3657447c40a/T-Elliott-container-design3.2.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #3 I decided to yank the cordyline, use it in another container, and searched the clearance rack where I found late season straw flowers in good shape. Then I added another viola, I dunno why. Sigh. I still couldn’t stand it, and now it suffered from a pet peeve of mine: symmetry, accentuated through the two violas. But there was very little product to choose from, and I put it back out for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/bb34e8d7-b6bc-4e7d-a458-90d83fd6a5a8/T-Elliott-container-design3.3.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #3 - Make it stand out It finally dawned on me what was bothering me with the design: the heuchera was way too big for the container to begin with. It took over most of the planting real estate and there was no way I was ever going to get a good result without fixing that initial error. So I gave it a big ol’ haircut, which made way for a spiller in the front (also sourced from the clearance rack where plants are often smaller), switched out the tandem Halloweeny violas for a single, beautiful pansy, and put it back out for sale. Then tada! It sold! https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/progression-of-a-container-2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/84d660c5-8dc0-4d86-94e8-70ae1bd5a6b1/T-Elliott-container-design2.1.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 - Make it stand out I like to do containers that highlight the different textures and shades of green. It’s a bit of a gamble as containers with brightly colored flowers are popular, but I like the quiet beauty all-green brings, and loved these plants against the deep purple/eggplant of the pot. I picked the hellebore for its interesting variegated leaves and in anticipation of white flowers. Surrounding it is a maiden hair fern, Platt’s black buttons ground cover, creeping Jenny (lysmachia) and a mini-hosta up front. Cute little bugger! But the container was made in late September and I knew the hosta would go dormant within six weeks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/0dd25dab-e8d2-45b0-9e7d-330dcef74c5e/T-Elliott-container-design2.2.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 Close up of the container and a better photo of the color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/dc157129-07be-46fb-bb84-c86857ec8cc0/T-Elliott-container-design2.3.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 Time passed. The mini-hosta went dormant as expected in November, so I popped in a small florist cyclamen in front of it. Very festive. What I didn’t expect was the bloom time on the beautiful hosta: It’s always good to read the tags! But here it is in January, FINALLY doing its thang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/6aa8b138-66c7-495e-b03a-205ae7290694/T-Elliott-container-design2.4.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 Here we are about a week later. The hellebore is proudly doing it best, but now it’s being undermined by the lysmachia. After a week of very cold temps in the greenhouse, it’s looking rather shoddy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/3f5a3937-416e-48d3-b72e-3e46fdd6e19e/T-Elliott-container-design2.5.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 I did a refresh. Replaced the ‘spiller’ lysmachia with diamond heights ceanothus. Although the container looked great, it had now been on the floor for over four months. I really needed to add some color but wasn’t finding anything I liked and I had very limited space. (What isn’t evident in the photo is the size of the root ball of the hellebore, which made it almost impossible to add.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d015fdca-e319-4aec-9799-43be33bb82ca/T-Eliott-container-design2.6.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 Along waltzes my co-worker Marla Clem who said ‘’I just found this amazing pansy and I really think you need to use it in one of your containers. Here.” At first I said no thank you I really don’t know where to put it, when my eye fell across Das Pot. And I realized. There it is. The color I need! And it’s root mass is small! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d1206a9e-3dd6-41c1-8d76-4a9741ce1956/T-Elliott-container-design2.7.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #2 And here it is in all its Sold! glory. A woman came through with a group of friends looking for a gift for her daughter, and off it went. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/progression-of-a-container-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/08449e28-8f7b-4169-bef3-0d1274bdd330/TElliott-container-design-1.1.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 June. This was the second, big, filler-thriller-spiller container I did at the greenhouse. The star is the White Water Acanthus (the large variegated leafs in the front), surrounded by quite the back-up cast: White astilbe in the back for height, heuchera to the right, its fabulous dark rose leaves balancing the coleus on the opposite side of the container, and also providing height with spires of pink flowers. For the spiller, an autumnal fuchsia. Rounding it all out, coral bedding impatiens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/fe94a8b5-214d-4c02-9a0d-d6475aa4b10e/TElliott-container-design1.2.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 August. The container sat up and to the back of the main display called The Market Place, hard to monitor, and at some point I found myself wondering, ‘what’s going on with the astilbe? It’s failing to thrive!’ Well lack of water will do it every time, and in a container this big, it’s important to check by feel to make sure everybody is getting what they need. Sadly the astilbe was not, and reflected in unhappy, short blooms. On the upside, the fuchsia had started to bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d6bc57c8-c149-49ff-9395-a6038bf4e8ad/TElliott-container-design1.3.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 To fix it I have numerous considerations. Can the container handle another plant, and how much more value can I add to something already priced? I’m a huge fan of the sale table and as luck would have it, I found a half price iresine shaped in a ‘Y’, it’s beautiful red stems supporting green and light yellow leafs. It arched to either side of the less than, but should have been, spectacular astilbe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/6901cc54-bd1b-4982-aac4-158cb9ce43c4/TElliott-container-design1.4.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 Mid-August. It looked swell! Not how I thought this container would go, but I’ll take it. The impatiens continued to add color, the acanthus, although not flowering, caught the attention of many shoppers. Yet, it still did not sell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/ee26b06c-e2a0-41b3-acc7-86d56ad03702/TElliott-container-design-1.5.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 Late September. ARRGHHHhHHH! The coleus exerts itself and starts becoming overly magnificent. Only problem, it throws the balance of the pot (by the way, that’s a corn stalk behind the container.) Adding to the lopsided feel is the changing leaves of the once dark-rose heuchera, a natural part of its process, and they have become tea colored. What to do? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/eb77487f-aec3-4252-8c82-bbfaf2311ff9/TElliott-container-design1.6.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 Add a hot pink variegated cordyline. I mean, fight fire with fire! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d95b115e-c951-439f-a8e7-86e502ff2153/TElliott-container-design1.7.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 Looks swell again! Especially without the corn stalk behind it. The cordyline sets off the iresine, making it more visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8c01f5cd-87cb-4ac7-ba34-517ab2d0478e/TElliott-container-design-1.8.jpg • All Gardening - Progression of a Container, #1 Late October. And this is how it sold, five months after it was created. A lovely gentleman came in looking for a gift for a beloved couple. They had a magnificent garden but recently sold it (sounds familiar. Go on…). Their’s was a case of advancing age, they really couldn’t maintain it anymore, and had moved into a condo. He wanted a special container, something to say ‘I know this was hard, but you did the right thing.’ He teared up. I teared up, and away the container went. It was worth the five month wait. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/my-favorite-containers-of-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8863a06d-a112-4b9c-b526-a534b9c0d0d3/TElliott-2025.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out My first container and an ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ design: thriller, spiller and filler are all well represented in the standard recipe for design. My predecessor helped me and she was a joy to work with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f4f572ab-2488-493f-a14b-a7eaaaba2ba2/TElliott-2025%2C2.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Carnival amaranth is the thriller in this container, and it changed dramatically as it matured. Always beautiful, always interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d4343d14-faf4-46f0-8d08-3cd83bc47c67/TElliott-2025%2C3.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out My natural inclination is towards more simple designs, and when I have something as interesting as a twisted rush, I let it speak for itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/33bf009b-a701-4a89-aa4b-cf407b69f2f0/TElliott-2025%2C4.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Somehow this gives fairy garden with the thriller Sophora, the miniature fern feel of the Platts Black Buttons, and the cairn of rocks tucked behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/100ad511-ead9-437c-b91e-3d9fad860912/TElliott-2025%2C6.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I don’t do bows. I am constitutionally averse. Except in the case of this bow that was hanging around in the file cabinet. It’s begged to be included and I relented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/cdd33749-8563-4bb8-99f3-20eb0f423c99/TElliott-2025%2C7.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out My first foray into succulents. These are Hens ‘n Chicks, and combined with the rocks they look like a bowl of candy. I promptly bought it and it now sits in my living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/460a8040-7275-4a8f-9034-97fcdd808ac1/TElliott-2025%2C8.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out The pot itself, called the ‘Succulent Canoe’, I kid you not, turned out to be a versatile container. It’s the same as in the previous photo. This design is the first time it occurred to me we have a store full of ceramic nick-nacks. Why not use them? The mushroom gave it a nice touch, and was the gate way for the kid pots (next photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/daa7130c-6d18-495d-8c8e-e990057387a2/TElliott-2025%2C9.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Why not do something fun and whimsical? I did a series of seven kid or whimsical pots that sold out in a day. The lisianthus has what I call ‘Astro Turf’ moss below it. Added a mushroom and we good to go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/9a58f217-23cd-494f-ae47-4ed6eaeb7468/TElliott-2025%2C10.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out This whimsical pot gets a mention and is really more about the photo as I caught the bird, just right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d649b473-3fb5-4efe-aaa4-f846c47054ea/TElliott-2025%2C11.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Done in the same day and frame of mind as the kid series, obviously, the Hanoki cypress was the perfect foil for a unicorn in a castle. I teared up when I finished it, it made me so happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1c42a296-0435-49cf-8101-b54bd6a889a9/TElliott-2025%2C12.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I call this my magnum opus, and a far cry from ‘the recipe.’ The figurine is about one inch tall, and this particular blue fescue had organically grown in an arch instead of its usual conical habitat. But some meat-head stole the figurine, literally behind my back. I was so upset I realized I should buy it. So I bought it as is, got another figurine and brought it home. It sits on a window ledge, the black sand sparkling like diamonds when the sun light hits it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f2514845-ef80-4526-84f8-955186dd623c/TElliott-2025%2C13.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out This was a successful experiment in one container housing plants with different watering needs. The King Tut papyrus has high water needs, so the back half of the container is filled with the usual potting soil, the succulents in the front with the shallow roots are planted in succulent soil. It worked great! Water the King Tut and ignore the kids up front! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/6ee2add6-f384-46f0-ad3b-8333062f9df0/TElliott-2025%2C14.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Two capsicum (pepper plants), a helichrysum, two kinds of rocks and a large Bonzi container, coexisting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/dbfd30f4-5849-4c63-a5ea-27b9f6458015/TElliott-2025%2C15.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Just a fancy salad of coleus, lysmachia ’Waikiki Sunset’ and a heather. Plus a rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e48bd706-d45a-4eb5-9d48-4fad9a3c3952/TElliott-2025%2C16.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I called this the Ice Princess when I first completed it. I had dug through a box of rocks and pulled all the rose colored quartz I could find, and it was pretty, but it was also cold. It dawned on me it needed pale, yellow-lime rocks so I added them. Sold an hour later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d067dbc9-7cb0-4cca-9cd3-47d859aadf46/TElliott-2025%2C17.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Sometimes I take on a dare, use something I would never want. Because who knows? Maybe someone else does. This odd little wagon wheel metal set was so off-putting to me I thought ‘sure, I’ll give it a go.’ It turned out to be such a useful set-up I used all the store had. Here, two pepper plants flank a rudbeckia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/97ac02c8-accd-451a-82a4-0198696ed5d2/TElliott-2025%2C18.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out The Queen of the Fancy Salads. Two coleus, a salvaged begonia (destined for the compose bin but I nursed it back to health), Japanese Painted fern, lysmachia ‘Persian Chocolate’. I was sorry when this sold as I was quite curious how it would mature. In particular, the coleus in the back puts up hot pink flowers. If you zoom in on the photo you can see spots of pink on the leaves, giving the high sign of what’s to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f2d416a5-702b-4127-9ad1-483106c3550b/TElliott-2025%2C19.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out This container shows a truth: there is no place to hide in simplicity. Dark chocolate brown Bonzi container, black sand sprinkled with pink glittering thingys, perfect succulent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/a8ccae9e-9cce-4012-877e-5c9b0ad2cb9d/TElliott-2025%2C20.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out The Dwarf Pagoda Japanese Holly and I have a thing, but I didn’t know it when I made this, the first of three containers incorporating it. In a sea of color and flowers, I reasoned there must be people who would like something mostly green. It is surrounded by dichondra. Baby’s tears, bugle weed, and black rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/970542ec-62db-4ec6-ab15-0ee42a8f2364/TElliott-2025%2C21.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Jen had an idea to create a container from found art. We made this together from a silver gravy boat she had. It has no drainage so we used the swamp loving bugle weed, a bit of baby’s tears, and a detail that is hard to see: two clear glass disks situated to the left, brought to me by one of my favorite crows, Brenna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/73df92b2-f8ec-4c1e-816b-9af1feb3281e/TElliott-2025%2C22.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I love vairigated plants but never put two vairigated thrillers together. But somehow the polemonium (left) balances the Chinese fairy bells (right). Maybe it’s the pink, variegated dracaena between them? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f8882543-0eed-47df-9855-84d5dfecd2b0/TElliott-2025%2C23.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Love me a contorted Bonzi-esq mugo pine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d160b360-555b-4a2d-8b4b-db126643ef6f/TElliott-2025%2C24.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out The fuzzy, lime-green of the lambs ear (left) had been catching my eye, when on a stroll around the green house, the fuzzy, blue-white of the Angles Wing senecio (right) came into view. Oh yea, that’s the ticket. Dark purple brassica in the back, pink rose in the center, and Diamond Heights ceanothus for the spiller in the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/107f6eb8-f303-466e-be31-c2e967caf176/TElliott-2025%2C25.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out 2nd container with the Dwarf Pagoda Japanese Holly. It’s quite the 3-D specimen and very hard to capture in 2-D. I added the native, hearty cyclamen for its silver color and because duh, it’s cool. Along with bugle weed, creeping Jenny, Pratts Black Bottons, and of course, rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8e081169-23dc-4f44-8619-d934a417d4b1/TElliott-2025%2C26.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Not all containers sell quickly, and sometimes we have to change up the plants inside. I love this version which includes a nod to Dr Seuss with the millet in the back ground, the always fabulous crane brassica that looks like roses (right), actual roses (left) and the variegated box honey suckle draping to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/a0b1b8cd-b774-417d-b1fb-59c450049ecb/TElliott-2025%2C27.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Miners Merlot Euphorbia makes a terrific thriller, and I knew I found its match when I saw this pot. Heather, yellow pansies, diamond height ceanothus, and a plant I can never remember the name of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5a110e6a-8e88-4327-8459-114eaaee581c/TElliott-2025%2C28.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Christmas season arrived and with it a new set of demands. I’m not a fan of Christmas kitch or designs in general, but I appreciate having limitations in the infinite world of possibilities of container design. I used the succulent canoe, added a 4-inch tall cypress and 2-inch florist cyclamen. And rocks. Gotta have rocks. But the fun part of this are the ornaments. I hand made them out of a garland of jingle bells. I cut them off and then restrung them individually onto wi… See more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/cabfa9e5-ca02-4546-8e07-09fbd8af209f/TElliott-2025%2C29.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out These three originally started as Hanaukah pots with the blue, white, silver and gold that are used to celebrate the holiday. They didn’t sell so I added the hand made miniature ornaments and poof! Away they went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/ead3c3bb-96a2-4afb-8563-b3bc396c6760/TElliott-2025%2C30.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I caved to the kitch. The pink balls were iridescent, glitzy, crazy. I loved them and used them for a porch pot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/db4f170f-2ca6-4a72-8789-84feadf93e47/TElliott-2025%2C+31.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Always looking for a way to inject Dr Seuss, these shallow containers had the beginnings of Paper White Narcissis starting to grow. So I added red balls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4dc91683-4c29-4579-a3b7-0e1593464a54/TElliott-2025%2C+32A.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I did manged to do some serious Christmas designs. This center piece for a table contains the usual salal and conifers. I also added dried grass and rudbeckia from the plants in the parking strip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/2366d4a4-074f-4761-bd8d-f04a758f3b15/TElliott-2025%2C+32B.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Detail of the grass. Beautiful, no? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/104785e6-457a-41c4-902a-0964e850850e/TElliott-2025%2C+33.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out I created this while listening to an extraordinary cello and violin duo playing at the nursery. Heuchera in a moss pot, topped by an arched cedar bough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e4d8678a-b27e-4d32-a77b-b7364d1b3c8b/TElliott-2025%2C+34.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Golden primrose have an incredible fragrance, and create a high contrast with the black Bonzi pot and rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/922f9521-022b-472b-ba7e-7172015b4579/TElliott-2025%2C+35.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out When you meet the most magnificent hellebore you have ever seen, first of all grab it so a customer doesn’t. Then the question becomes, what plant could possibly go with it? My answer was none. Just some rocks for highlight and a really nice pot. And, then thank God that you got to see such a marvel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/2c0ee1c7-21e6-4e45-82dc-4ef6838f872c/TElliott-2025%2C+36.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out My latest Dwarf Pagoda, the Sun and Moon pot. I’m sorry I don’t have a place for it because I’d buy it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/2ccf5497-6f56-4ef9-ae62-fc6219c2fbd8/TElliott-2025%2C+36B.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Top view of the Sun and Moon pot. That’s ’Astro Turf’ moss creating the crescent moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5a32db54-1a75-4123-a829-74480fc968b1/TElliott-2025%2C+37.jpg • All Gardening - My Favorite Containers of 2025 - Make it stand out Euonymus ‘Happiness’, lysmachia ‘Waikiki’, heuchera, dark-red Wave pansy, center. I love this combination but the damn thing is still for sale. What’s wrong with people? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/writings-from-the-edge-of-the-apocalypse-epilogue monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/7a0d3118-1286-4192-b3c4-0834b35fde5b/T-Elliott-cottoneaster.jpeg • All Gardening - VI. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Epilogue - Make it stand out Cottoneaster in the winter sun. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/youngs-weeping-birch monthly 0.5 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607984065107-Z9KY5LW27FBBW6NHNLCJ/Theresa-Elliott-Young%27s-Weeping-Birch.jpg • All Gardening - Young’s Weeping Birch Young’s Weeping Birch, sans a few leaves, which makes it’s structure easier to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607984090199-V7SF80ENF8C60S9V7BY3/Theresa-Elliott-Birch-Om-Symbol.jpg • All Gardening - Young’s Weeping Birch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607984110611-M5QHOGDPZINJ3T4A34US/Theresa-Elliott-Om-Symbol.jpg • All Gardening - Young’s Weeping Birch https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/30-kinds-of-dead monthly 0.5 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1606150982326-00IY4F5APJPED9C97AOZ/Theresa-Elliott-Alum-Dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead Cool Dead. Alum, well past it’s “prime,” but no reason for a trip to the compost bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267059275-MG757M9JPSISW2XXPA62/Theresa-Elliott-Quirky-Dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Quirky Dead Crocosmia seed pods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267096044-X42LHF8BWH5BS3SQD64Q/Theresa-Elliott-Cascading-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Cascading Dead Hydrangea spilling over the rockery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267162920-LG6O4IJPRGSK0N4GD2BQ/Theresa-Elliott-So-done-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - So Done, Dead Hosta that gave up the ghost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267220764-FSSXTLBUQCLTQ8HFE5Y9/Theresa-Elliott-Not-quite-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Not Quite Dead Bachelor Buttons phasing out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267332194-V5UFSF4SE3JU89W9TFWQ/Theresa-Elliott-Glorious-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Glorious Dead Lovely and therefore left un-raked. Japanese Maple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607361395124-NTWPYF066S7BN0FH327Z/Theresa-Elliott-We-love-being-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - We Love Being Dead, Dead Lime light hydrangea spires soar high above the smaller constellation encircling them below. Everyone gets to stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267301949-P8KVRLC0P08L8BS9SRH1/Theresa-Elliott-Messy-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Messy Dead Lilac leaves commingled with crocosmia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267365114-OW8U67IYM5XC9MHTHUSP/Theresa-Elliott-Over-it-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Over It Dead Once beautiful Peony, but not anymore. I like to leave them until the stems dry into sticks. When I cut them down for the winter I leave 2-3 inches above ground so I know where they are the following spring. I move things around alot during the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267490506-J2Q8BFC4SEDK8SXJOB32/Theresa-Elliott-Always-pretty-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Always Pretty Dead Autumn Joy Sedum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267529870-GOH8YBOPZAYPJ960ALC5/Theresa-Elliott-Not-sure-what-to+do-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Not Sure What to Do, Dead The golden brown hosta still makes a great backdrop for the hucchera despite its ratty appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267576035-RMG9NGOHMDMYTX3P2SU9/Theresa-Elliott-Hilarious-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Hilarious Dead Like the peony, I leave the hosta stalks to help me identify location during the winter months and the game of checkers that goes on. It also seems to help ward off bunnies in the spring making it harder for them to get at tender, new shoots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267702861-KA733S39QISHOH74EL1D/Theresa-Elliott-Was-so-beautiful-week-ago-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Was So Beautiful a Week Ago, Dead Hosta and Loropetalum. Rain sure makes a mess of dead hosta, but damn, look at the beauty next to it, which in all truth should have its own catagory of “Dead in a Few Years.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607363082516-F3M9UYWUSXUVJHHVPO7F/Theresa-Elliott-Surrendered-dead2.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Surrendered Dead Autumn joy Sedum. This soldier just gave up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267798853-U5IHFZ4EZN13GGN4FSE6/Theresa-Elliott-Sleeping-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Sleeping Dead My favorite. Contorted Filbert losing it’s leaves, one of many trees I enjoy more when their leaves have fallen. Below it are Southern Comfort Hucchera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267932046-101EICXPRV3RKCQ1OY4G/Theresa-Elliott-Mixed-feelings-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Mixed Feelings Dead Hellebore swimming under beautiful maple leafs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607267967952-7OVLPWSVJHDSIK29OMD3/Theresa-Elliott-Smothering-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Smothering Dead Dogwood leaves trying to dead hearty cyclamen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607363430447-48I59UZLW2AQARZ3UAKT/Theresa-Elliott-Not-yet-dead2.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Not Yet Dead Rose bud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607363541425-92MC2LXQBC33AQPW9D0A/Theresa-Elliott-Seriously-not-dead%3F.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Seriously, Not Dead? Variegated Brugmansia still blooming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268172938-XZ73O7O24MKL1X8WTF8B/Theresa-Elliott-Should-so-be-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Should So Be Dead Cyclamen submerged in water in a pot with no drainage hole. Literally smells like a swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268201393-BFM1ST2GNPGTP2XQ5Y24/Theresa-Elliott-Beautiful-and-not-remotely-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Beautiful and Not Remotely Dead Moonlight Chinese Fairy Bells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268231048-GWI88ADW1X2KSJ554Q70/Theresa-Elliott-We-all-be-dead-soon-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - We All Be Dead Soon, Dead Annual ornamental Cabbage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268333675-US173JGUXDUZY6WCZFFO/Theresa-Elliott-Bi-deadal.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Bi-Deadal, aka Non-Evergreen Perennial Japanese Forrest grass. As beautiful in the fall as in the summer. I wait until it turns to mush before I cut it down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607363740532-ELNFL4UEV6H0R14NUJ3Z/Theresa-Elliott-No-intention-of-being-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - No Intention of Being Dead, Dead Zig Zag camellia, Persian Chocolate lysmachia, carex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268403495-V2FXZMAV6A9VA7U0YARD/Theresa-Elliott-Someone-tried-to-make-you-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Someone Tried to Make You Dead Hucchera apparently acting as someone’s salad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268434439-WETDYFLZS0ORH1QXANP0/Theresa-Elliott-Ops-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Ops, Dead How did I kill the maiden hair fern? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268463744-4V17A6OW9VB9SGO4K97K/Theresa-Elliott-Can%E2%80%99t-make-up-our-mind-about+being-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Can’t Make Up Our Mind About Being Dead, Dead. Only one half of the Lion’s Mane Japanese Maple has lost it leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607363995366-JQ2LB60WQC109NGT1NXS/Theresa-Elliott-What-do-you-mean-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - What Do You Mean, Dead? Bellarina Primroses having nothing to do with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268631884-HRT6BDFCDKY6FAN8VEEN/Theresa-Elliott-Been-dead-a-long-time.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Been Dead a Long Time What Took You So Long to Find Us, Dead Old branches pulled from the shrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268676626-BPCPVZH9P9W6J7ECHFVA/Theresa-Elliott-Between-the-sidewalk-cracks-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Between the Sidewalk Cracks Dead Tomato plant, compliments of Starbucks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268712650-WK5DOP28Y953TWF5MYCY/Theresa-Elliott-When-are-you-going-to-deal-with-us.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - When Are You Going to Deal With Us, Dead. Two stumps waiting for a good toss down the hill in front. I’ll make a video of it when I roll them over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607268778534-2CQ9JNSQQOYSYPHFJWOJ/Theresa-Elliott-Hahaha-no-way-I%E2%80%99m-blooming-dead.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Hahaha No Way, I’m Blooming Now After Not Blooming All Summer, Dead Abutilon Pictum, “Thompsonii Yellow.” It’s demise is coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607364477507-96G2SJCWSPNJSFM39GUU/Theresa-Elliott-Never-say-die.jpg • All Gardening - 30 Kinds of Dead - Be Here Now, Dead Buddha with trailing Rosemary. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/first-propagation monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603141840361-GQRHKLUV5ONWHJYQOG8K/Theresa-Elliott-Propogation.png • All Gardening - First Propagation I couldn’t transplant a beautiful rhododendron that had long outgrown where it was planted, so I decided to propagate it through a process called “layering.” Watched a YouTube video and now I’m an expert! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603386855575-0FD27PJGC0UKIH4G4V1L/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.0.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation This beautiful rhododendron is sandwiched between two trees and a gingantor bolder. No, I’m not going to leave it alone when I’ve got way better places for it to be. But transplanting is out of the question because of durn commingled roots and everyone is growing all over the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387064541-00ECH5FJLM21F9Y0K39H/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.2.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Supplies needed: plastic, plumber’s tape, box cutter, foil, rooting hormones, dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387105073-1XUOWYCY5R0JO1Q7PQY8/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.3.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Cutting away the cambium (bark) to stop the nutrients from the main plant to the soon to be new plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387141652-MS228VVB7E03PI5WAD2A/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.4.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Cambium cut away, down to the dead wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387189989-S8MY0PXMMQJCLK4I4424/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.5.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Dusted the dead wood with rooting hormones to promote roots. Starting to make a plastic “pot” around the branch using 2mm plastic bag left over from Home Chef deliveries, and plumber’s tape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387615591-HDQVR2YPBCQ8JCX8NYW0/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.6.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Filling the “pot” with wet dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387653506-OSBWWURK6HZZV7BBYSK1/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.7.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Taping up the other end to seal in the juices! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387692583-FRV3BPNTFYJ45V60YMPB/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.8.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Finish with a foil wrap so it’s dark inside, like it’s in the ground, and in theory the branch will start growing roots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603387732228-5BKKI1SL7XCQR86ER2S2/Theresa-Elliott-propogation1.9.jpg • All Gardening - First Propagation Did three to increase my odds of getting one successful propagation. Once they root, I will cut them off the main plant and grow them in a pot for awhile before placing them in the yard. Then I will thank the old plant for its years of beauty and hack it out. Check back in 4 months, dear reader. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/writings-from-the-edge-of-the-apocalypse-captain-shes-going-to-blow monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5a172f0c-27be-4af0-b0bd-83bd1a91f672/IMG_6192.jpg • All Gardening - V. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Cap’n, She’s Gonna Blow! - Make it stand out I’m giving ‘er all I got, Cap’n! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/aaada108-bec7-401b-b47b-176b6c09f529/IMG_2914+.jpg • All Gardening - V. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Cap’n, She’s Gonna Blow! April 22, 41,540 more deaths in less than a month. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/big-rocks-reclamation-project-2 monthly 0.5 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607624089983-FJKY4EKT4YRV029NCNK7/Theresa-Elliott-Too-Many-Bags.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 These and another 12 bags of ivy await their turn to be dumped into the yard waste bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707746706-DUASVFY6A6G2V5G5TET1/Theresa-Elliott-Gloves.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Gloves after five days of ivy pulling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707805252-DN1IQKDQD6ROJL0N77F8/Theresa-Elliott-Loopers.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 My loppers, with the effects of the project evident on the bottom blade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707846343-2MN85LK6214Z85ELB2M9/Theresa-Elliott-Arms.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Victim . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707905172-HLW313A5P0G1L9AT15UC/Theresa-Elliott-Culprit.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 . . . culprit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623529846-WV90XFIQE4YGAB18JR2Q/Theresa-Elliott-Hat-On-Yard-Art.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Good place to hang a hat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623630676-WGR2HWEL95LY8PXYTLY6/Theresa-Elliott-Redside-Tulip.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 This white tulip has a imperfection I found irresistible. A red stripe on one side . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623660660-3FAUJH1E1TEG46DQRGTY/Theresa-Elliott-GreenSide-Tulip.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 . . . and a green stripe on the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623822438-V1OIOTIOC1S2B2SKDDMU/Theresa-Elliott-Tuscan-Blue.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 What Tuscan Blue, a giant rosemary bush, does if allowed to be itself. This bad boy is about 5’ x 5’ and not holding back. Definitely check your tags when buying rosemary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623863734-I9F3L2FG6ON6VHU4BTVJ/Theresa-Elliott-Warning.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 A pile of weeds acts as a warning to others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623908739-N3MSLW2KC7KZZJ8FF38D/Theresa-Elliott-Straberries.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Volunteer strawberry plants practicing social distancing all by themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623945828-6G3F8Y4J2L48LZ0KA3NO/Theresa-Elliott-Lavendar-Land.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Wow did I ever nail it on the colors at the newly minted Easter Egg Lavender Land at the beginning of our driveway. Not that I meant to. I’m planning to add a New Madrid Rose lavender just to complete the look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623995430-3SVP52BGJ1FIC8H5QPLJ/Theresa-Elliott-Killed-the-Carex.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Okay so that didn’t go so well. Dead carex in pots. I didn’t know it was possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607624059472-G4UZKQK0MOMGG45DPEHW/Theresa-Elliott-Field-Trip-Peanut-M%26M%27s.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Peanut M&M’s that had a field trip to the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607623713658-B1WXP1RKGW8NP5Q4J2QC/Theresa-Elliott-Corokia-Cotoneaster.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 Magnificent Corokia Cotoneaster (Wire Netting bush) waits for a new pot. Gifted to me by my dear friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607706451018-5TJ4GTO86NO8ZZOOPHR0/Theresa-Elliott-Repotted-Cotoneaster.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project, part 2 A few months later, a newly pruned and re-potted Cotoneaster. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/writings-from-the-edge-of-the-apocalypsewe-have-a-walker monthly 0.5 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607714784588-AUBN3J50SX0V87Q8GV7R/Theresa-Elliott-Return-Up-Do.jpg • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Resurrection of the “Pebbles,” now called the Apocalypse Up-Do. It has gained me great respect at the nursery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/2621f1ac-2744-432f-ab0b-c69274924278/IMG_2516.PNG • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Five days later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607714895138-5DM6NUG7TNDWY22L8KTM/Brad-Pit-of-His-Day.jpg • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Ricardo Montalbán. Sandy and I have been watching a lot of Star Trek and he keeps popping up. We decided he was the Brad Pitt of his day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607715041863-EBMOCPE809702YUQS0NA/Theresa-Elliott-Magnolia-Sun.jpg • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Another Diva cues up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607715083708-VY2SUS2XG6SI24VPOAMU/Theresa-Elliott-Close-Up-Magnolia.jpg • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Close up of the Diva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607714935301-8UQ0CIUDQOR3S1SUJU3Z/Theresa-Elliott-Pink-Frosting.jpg • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Pink frosting on the “Werewolf of London,” the perfectly groomed curving hedge I named after the Warren Zevon song. Here the flowering cherry tree in the neighbors yard appears to sit on top, a sight I wait for every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607714970245-ZIJRK0T59UKWJLKVNAAZ/Theresa-Elliott-12-Hours-Later.jpg • All Gardening - IV. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: We Have a Walker! Same view as previous photo, 12 hours later at sunset, showcasing the shadows cast by the giant fir trees in the front of the house seen here as four long vertical lines. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/writings-from-the-edge-of-the-apocalypse-subconscious-fm-radio-weighs-in monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707397452-EKHZUNA8MJ3Z48SHKDPI/Theresa-Elliott-Variegated-Madrona.jpg • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. The rare and beautiful variegated Madrona in my yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/919387a9-09f7-449f-b760-173721ac5cec/IMG_2421.PNG • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. The meter, March 28, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707222356-YUGFYPVT6E96L67C9K0I/Theresa-Elliott-Beyonce-and-firs.jpg • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. Beyoncé and the Giants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707269801-DH46WEVM4SW3HYSOGWQO/Theresa-Elliott-Mal-Dizon-Pose.jpg • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. Mal demonstrates her Yard Waste Foot Bin Pose, without the bin. A chip off the old block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707299101-F63X5OXSE0IYR7U1Q8NV/Theresa-Elliott-Moving-Carex.jpg • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. Moving a very large carex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707342124-N34BMZDMU85EEN4DS7CR/Theresa-Elliott-Drama-Queen.jpg • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. Contorted Filbert, giving Beyoncé a run for the money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607707435403-J2I8Z6W9C4WUDNJ66E89/Theresa-Elliott-Winter-Iris.jpg • All Gardening - III. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse: Subconscious FM Radio Weighs In. Winter iris still irising. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/writings-from-the-edge-of-the-apocalypsewatching-humanity-lose-it-one-lettuce-start-at-a-time monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607706074362-VWEPRUXAXNJNHL7IGNCP/Theresa-Elliott-Yoga-Not-Enough.jpg • All Gardening - II. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse:Watching Humanity Lose it, One Lettuce Start at a Time. I think we’re there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5a78699b-54ef-411a-98a6-e5c2915962a7/IMG_2323.PNG • All Gardening - II. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse:Watching Humanity Lose it, One Lettuce Start at a Time. The count on March 23, 2020. I check the Worldometer daily. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/spelunking-days-6-8-continuing-with-the-nursery-and-newly-found-big-rocks-nl9zx monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896023365-U0EIQR5G01AYJ7Q4FPVX/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking.Surprised%3F.jpg • All Gardening - I. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse I don’t know why I continue to be surprised. About anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896111537-PPZWFL68TARNGKXKZO62/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Tags.jpg • All Gardening - I. Writings from the Edge of the Apocalypse One of these things is not like the other, which explains why I have different grasses in my yard now. Golden and All Gold are not the same thing. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/big-rocks-reclamation-project monthly 0.5 2020-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896023365-U0EIQR5G01AYJ7Q4FPVX/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking.Surprised%3F.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project I don’t know why I continue to be surprised. About anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896163796-54O2L5JNPYQ7C915E2BJ/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Yard-Waste-Foot-Bin-pose.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project Yard Waste Foot Bin pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896237150-PVATATUA4MZ5JYCHXZWK/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Left.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project Before: to the left of the fir tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896202971-3U7MEVUI68FQRDO2G9FS/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Right.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project Before: to the right of the fir tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896283199-D90KR63D2RB2TCPFFJ8E/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Center.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project After: both sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896319091-8DROP1SU24JEB170LRAX/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Beyonce%CC%81.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project “Beyoncé.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896355010-Y6YDVBHRZL82UJQXDKPL/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Epimedium.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project Epimedium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603896402619-9LZXYITCR8WW4PUS8ATQ/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking-Dogwood.jpg • All Gardening - Big Rocks Reclamation Project The last of the Cornelian Cherry dogwood blossoms. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/the-voice-of-god monthly 0.5 2021-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603804502220-2D159TJIQGH4Q0SHLNFW/Theresa-Elliott-Sky.jpg • All Gardening - The Voice of God https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/spelunking monthly 0.5 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603803569588-MSBYR8VD59UYZREU1X39/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking1.jpg • All Gardening - Spelunking Front of house and the rolling hills of ivy, not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603803569588-MSBYR8VD59UYZREU1X39/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking1.jpg • All Gardening - Spelunking Before. My that ivy is frisky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603803901575-BIX8U2QGZ6I7TJI9TP20/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking2.jpg • All Gardening - Spelunking After spraying it with "Ivy, Be Gone!" If only. More like tools and triceps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603803953609-D8GAAEJINM3QWWBHGXAA/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking3.jpg • All Gardening - Spelunking More "before," starting to come around the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603804021801-U6MNS5KN4R5JMH288WGW/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking4.jpg • All Gardening - Spelunking That's what I'm talking about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603804162615-KB0XJDKP0KKGY8BPJ2XD/Theresa-Elliott-Spelunking5.jpg • All Gardening - Spelunking Hmmm. Are those big rocks from this photo taken a long time ago still possibly there? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/gardening/category/Gardening monthly 0.5 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/65th-birthday-speech monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/758383dc-4ba6-4b7b-a0bf-863f91a36f52/IMG_0621.JPG • All Life & Family - 65th Birthday Speech - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/waving-good-bye monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e1fd5a7d-f5c5-40c9-8f7a-e944f38af4ec/T-Elliott-Mom-and-Pops.jpg • All Life & Family - Waving Goodbye - Make it stand out My mom and Pops, Olympic National Forrest, about 1985 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/the-trouble-with-t-shirts monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/df543a6c-f460-457a-a112-a70af4fe7dc7/Screenshot+2026-02-03+at+5.10.19%E2%80%AFPM.png • All Life & Family - The Trouble With T-Shirts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/cae493c9-9f5f-4340-98ef-81d14b0d1b2a/IMG_2855.webp • All Life & Family - The Trouble With T-Shirts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5fe302b0-524b-4d56-a191-5fe807860ad5/IMG_5533.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Trouble With T-Shirts - Make it stand out The message in all its glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1a936e9c-4215-46d4-8294-71561032ac4a/Namaste-2.webp • All Life & Family - The Trouble With T-Shirts - Make it stand out Handshake you very much! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/3c616c99-7b49-433e-badc-e9ccf5039496/T-Elliott-Bugs.webp • All Life & Family - The Trouble With T-Shirts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-epilogue monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/9db08a12-0706-41bb-b36f-9b79cbc5e87f/Landing-in-Lucca-Epilogue-copy.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Epilogue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/b3b730d8-f0c7-4775-a300-79811f985e9f/T-Elliott-Werwolf.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Epilogue - Make it stand out The Werwolf, running mid-frame, left to right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/7dbbf3f6-dc1d-4b6b-914c-b8047bf69f16/T-Elliott-Tall_Trees.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Epilogue Four of the fourteen firs on a breeze free day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/06d651af-46cc-42a0-b75b-2890191dc2d1/T-Elliott_Jack_n_wheelbarrow-1-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Epilogue Jack with his wheelbarrow and excellent attitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4f06af64-1893-4eab-8fdb-b13ec4193682/IMG_7666.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Epilogue Cliff wrangles Brutus 2.0 off the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8088dccf-edc4-48b5-a60b-30a0dfbea6a6/T-Elliott_Karen_w_Rake-1-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Epilogue Karen rakes pine cones and brought lunch. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-landed monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/37665522-e90f-4d1a-802d-846b7689d830/Landing-in-Lucca-Landed.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Landed - Make it stand out The sixth and final installment of the ‘Landing in Lucca’ series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4df0c8e2-bdf7-4fdd-b8b9-3619dd2e0df9/T-Elliott-Italian-Digs.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Landed The Italian digs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/b4c77f54-1819-4038-a50b-232fd928ac43/T-Elliott-Mother-ship-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Landed The Mother Ship in Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8bd418c5-6698-4880-a37f-2861f3a1fce0/T-Elliott-Running.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Landed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/a5b4d231-7470-4d0c-a27d-bb7ac33ad198/T-Elliott-Christmas-Lucca-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Landed - Make it stand out Christmas in Lucca with the kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d79bc895-9c9f-45d6-888a-4da37fb848e5/T-Elliott-Floating-Luv.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: Landed A little bit of love floating above the trees in Lucca. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-my-first-emergency-room-visit monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/82b48680-59b7-40e5-bd06-f81c1e102e06/My-first-emergency-room-visit.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: My First Emergency Room Visit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/72dd66a9-4811-4062-bd98-bf2675d55f14/IMG_7487.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: My First Emergency Room Visit A very tame and enviable sclera hemorrhage. The red really brings out the blue of the iris here, no? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e7b3104a-1b7e-43c5-8c51-6a9c4030779f/Theresa_Elliott_Subconjunctival_hemorrhage.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: My First Emergency Room Visit - Make it stand out This photo has not been altered in any way. Am I rockin’ this look or what? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/c98ae096-9256-4070-b17f-bb91b086f92b/Theresa_Elliott_Notes_to_doc-edited-3.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: My First Emergency Room Visit - Make it stand out I didn’t need these, but it was good practice. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-the-evocative-thread monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/39815913-c17c-4c8e-bbcb-f64681154e06/Landing-in-Lucca-2.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Evocative Thread - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/bf3fb6a2-bde4-4f45-8105-c7d3347d1110/IMG_7160.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Evocative Thread I’m so over it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/be8a7f74-b3ae-4532-b9e0-59ab32bed72d/IMG_7166.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Evocative Thread Nothing prepared us for Dan Aykroid and the Bassomatic. I’m the bass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/c9fb5d73-ea0f-4a03-82e7-4d6ecf61ac98/Theresa-Elliott-Lucca-Sephora.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Evocative Thread What an Italian Sephora looks like. Old guy on bike optional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8258fc15-e376-4049-9c6d-cf677b28c236/IMG_7169.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Evocative Thread - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-the-day-to-day monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/c2075243-a95f-4612-b722-321f07c2f321/valence-2.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Day to Day - Make it stand out Sandy is on Camino for a month and here I am, in the shocking first month of it all, the first 30 days of relocating to Lucca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/927a32a3-dcd3-4421-8c53-8601d00f3cdc/Theresa-Elliott-Homage-Mr-Man.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Day to Day Homage to Mr Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/259d0a2b-c2f3-4cd5-8aae-688b39072c1f/Theresa-Elliott-Rudolf-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Day to Day There it is, hard to miss even behind the gelato, and the Sephora dude most certainly did not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/7ddb4c29-0f13-4d6c-ab86-d56eb57f3ed4/Theresa-Elliott-Anfiteatro-Dinner-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Day to Day Favorite dinner in the Anfiteatro: Zuppa di Farro and a glass of wine, I don’t care what color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/b0a2da52-5619-405c-80ba-286841be77e8/Theresa-Elliott-Finger-Nail-Lilies.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: The Day to Day There are my rose colored liles. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-im-not-lonely-im-just-lost monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e4ae8f51-e0f1-4140-8dac-2584c6950943/Landing-in-Lucca-7.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: I’m not Lonely, I’m Just Lost - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/landing-in-lucca-the-perils-of-making-the-jump monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/7876ddfe-c479-430a-b9bf-44aabcb08df8/Landing-in-Lucca.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: the Perils of Making the Jump - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e6865ad8-02ac-4ff7-99d3-bb35b3005c4f/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-01-at-1.44.35-PM.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: the Perils of Making the Jump - Make it stand out One of the smaller boxes, a Mix Mooz shoebox, packed by Chewie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5c5c4945-00d1-4094-9c4a-e7a87f5bdc3e/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-01-at-1.44.35-PM-2.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: the Perils of Making the Jump - Make it stand out There you have it. What it looks like to put a cat carrier fully loaded under the seat in front of you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/2390e2ec-3670-45ba-9f74-fd073ee6667e/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-01-at-1.44.35-PM-3.webp • All Life & Family - Landing in Lucca: the Perils of Making the Jump - Make it stand out Greetings, traveler. I managed to get a few photos of the mess. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/back-and-forth-adventures-part-6-traveling-with-the-head-i-live-in monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e80c3ae6-6c47-42ce-b571-8e9176903094/Air-Frances-La-Premier.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 6 – Traveling with the Head I Live In - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/06957520-25b7-4388-9f99-2c81a13e1f84/IMG_3744.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 6 – Traveling with the Head I Live In - Make it stand out Cool shoebox room at CDG. It’s sorta like crating your easily excitable dog. The small space feels manageable so the nervous system chills out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f760909c-ae6c-4db4-93bf-cba0381f735b/IMG_3751.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 6 – Traveling with the Head I Live In - Make it stand out The line that stacked up in a matter of moments at Border Control. Thankfully I was at the front of it, but still took 35 minutes to get through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/ad064f79-30c6-4001-90c0-ef1675a98ee0/IMG_3753.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 6 – Traveling with the Head I Live In - Make it stand out There are many places in CDG airport that are beautifully designed, like this wonderful seating area that looks out into one of the runways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/a6ff6720-2e00-4d03-b72e-d17f0ff3b8a3/IMG_3766.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 6 – Traveling with the Head I Live In - Make it stand out One happy cat who is delighted I am back. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/back-and-forth-adventures-pt-5-moving-across-lucca-charming-boyfriend-ursula-and-i monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4713ba85-0c36-4630-a926-3bc22c20c4c9/IMG_1055.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 5 - The Charming Boyfriend, Ursula, and I - Make it stand out How does one move in a town with streets like this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/40f4129b-1408-427f-9326-46645cd1842f/IMG_3555.jpeg • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 5 - The Charming Boyfriend, Ursula, and I - Make it stand out We rented a ‘pandabike’ to get through the roads and to reduce the number of loads by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/68ed09ca-7c3c-4535-9f4f-5132b71c0da0/272282007_10225020206285556_5365631599689719177_n.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 5 - The Charming Boyfriend, Ursula, and I - Make it stand out Ursala, the new apartment, named after the poitrait in the back ground. I decided that must be her name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/c9aed3c9-e50b-4a82-a263-f81ecb2c19a7/IMG_1093-rotated.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 5 - The Charming Boyfriend, Ursula, and I - Make it stand out Life before implants. Looks pretty good to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/c5db2777-c890-4aae-be57-3f1c9ea1e3ea/IMG_3653.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 5 - The Charming Boyfriend, Ursula, and I - Make it stand out The neighborhood everything store. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/back-and-forth-adventures-part-4-class-clown monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/67546583-516e-4844-9315-18844f58b097/IMG_3451-1.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 4 – Class Clown - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/e903cd99-2bdb-4b6a-bd3d-0e0e4c18c8a9/IMG_3337.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 4 – Class Clown - Make it stand out The Italian Language School, Lucca, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/93b05619-b1b0-4b9d-a866-88eb5a403281/IMG_3394morebetter.jpg • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 4 – Class Clown - Make it stand out *The difference between “tuna” and “tuno” as illustrated in the left hand corner by Franscesca, and the joke was on me: 61 is masculine and ends in “o”, as in sessantuno, not an “a”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/a9b91f30-b6f5-45f8-9204-3c60c2cfcea7/IMG_3452.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 4 – Class Clown - Make it stand out The “a” at the end tells you hermaphrodite in Italian is a femanine word. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/75697501-b5f2-4400-a404-a3cb4a794f13/IMG_3475.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 4 – Class Clown - Make it stand out This, dear reader, is the schwa. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/back-and-forth-adventures-part-3-on-the-9th-day-she-rested monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/6a456dfa-43b9-4f7c-84b7-22cd6f6d9e2f/IMG_3308.jpeg • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 3 – On the 9th Day She Rested - Make it stand out Up we go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/f36d9b1f-e30b-49ee-9a1e-532d81461d97/IMG_3374-1.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 3 – On the 9th Day She Rested - Make it stand out Watching the hand-off from three floors up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/cff0a848-3924-4249-99fa-b38466afe56e/IMG_3376.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 3 – On the 9th Day She Rested - Make it stand out Definitely more than a three hour tour. All kinds of tags, but the bag was simply discombobulated at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. But hey, who doesn’t get discombobulated there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5e6a2379-d988-4605-a8ae-05f4843ea064/IMG_3379.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 3 – On the 9th Day She Rested - Make it stand out My prized, hand-tooled leather belt from Cannon Beach, Oregon, 1976, still in the bag. Sob. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/back-and-forth-adventures-part-2-losing-the-stuff-that-matters monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8bdbd5d5-0d7e-49c9-b433-0220efad16c2/IMG_3369.jpeg • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 2 – Losing the Stuff that Matters - Make it stand out Our front door. The one with the gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/01fd8db9-6263-4196-98ab-3b31afaf55b8/IMG_3302-1.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 2 – Losing the Stuff that Matters - Make it stand out Which part of this ensemble screams THE AIRLINE LOST MY BAGGAGE? Could it be my husband’s coat? How about the canvas VANS paired with the emergency black leggings? https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/back-and-forth-adventures-part-1-my-italian-closet-is-displeased monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/10d53e7d-11eb-4092-854b-8307a1d372d0/IMG_0841.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 1 – My Italian Closet is Displeased - Make it stand out The author and her new friend Jane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/07206f16-9e43-4907-afe4-80e2fe9b92d5/7B468606-2E4F-44A1-A528-D0CA506FC278.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 1 – My Italian Closet is Displeased - Make it stand out That awful hanging feeling as I wait for my bags to be found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/affc12b6-f1cf-4cac-abd3-68355ef7839b/Theresa-Elliott-Anfiteatro-January.webp • All Life & Family - Back and Forth Adventures Part 1 – My Italian Closet is Displeased - Make it stand out View from our apartment in Piazza Anfiteatro, Jan 2022. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/the-theresa-elliott-drinking-fund monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/75864c9d-da8a-4c5a-bfc2-8f13fc54ce9f/T-Elliott-retirementfund1.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund - Make it stand out Dear Linda: Well now, here in Lucca where food is unbelievable cheap, your seven remaining classes would indeed buy both dinner and a drink. However, I chose a bag of Tex-Mex Doritos to go with my nice Chianti Classico! Love to you and Dick. -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771863647790-HL4A8HN2UI9QTFYTH2Z0/T-Elliott-retirementfund2.jpg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Kathleen: You’d be amazed how far the dollars go. Your $18 contribution to the Theresa Elliott Retirement Drinking Fund bought two great bottles of Italian wine! Ciao! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771863795044-WN6GV1JRWRRW66S5VK71/T-Elliott-retirementfund3.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Michelle: It’s kinda cold for gelato so I chose a nice local Vernaccia di San Gimignano to toast our years of study to. I really loved the anatomy class. Thank you for being there. -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771863841480-1IKU3KOFS3483CD6MC6T/T-Elliott-retirementfund4.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Carol: Since the stated objective was “something delicious”, I am having a Chino on you! Love this bitter Italian soda! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771863926361-96CUC43OLB7YAUL1GPYE/T-Elliott-retirementfund5.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Rachael: Your generous donation to the Theresa Elliott Retirement Drinking Fund allowed me to by a sixer of pre-mixed Aperol Spritzer. Thank you! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771863974531-7SIOF2ROXD265DQTWXCG/T-Elliott-retirementfund6.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Julia: This toast not only commemorates our time in the classroom, but to you fighting for our democracy. This is a mezzo litro of Sangiovese from the corner restaurant. Yummy! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864023625-HMTEC4TTZMKY3IMTGP4C/T-Elliott-retirementfund7.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Elif: Gotta admit, promising to toast everyone is keeping me busy. So for you, my non-drinking friend, I am happy to send a photo toasting you with morning coffee! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864070218-QYJSX5LZTF89ZMQOM6AM/T-Elliott-retirementfund8.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Hola Vicky! Reading your email helped me realize one of the reasons it took me two years to finally deal with the credit balances. It’s the finality of it, much like taking my classes off the schedule page at the Taj, it kinda hurts. We had a good thing going. In the meantime, do enjoy your personal photograph of me toasting to you with my new friend Jane photo bombing. It’s a nice touch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864114843-AR82JM42XR1E4W9IAIJX/T-Elliott-retirementfund9.jpg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Donna: Here’s a toast to you, a glass of aqua frizzante and a bowl of my favorite Tuscan soup, zuppo d’farro. I don’t know if you have ever had this soup, but wow. Can’t get enough! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864143082-JIQSIT8CQM0KVA3FVG9Y/T-Elliott-retirementfund10.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Marilyn: Your generous contribution to the Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund has allowed me to chow down at my favorite coffee shop, and hopefully give you a little vicarious satisfaction! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864174894-CVQ6VWOXXXEZVPL91Q56/T-Elliott-retirementfund11.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Hi Esther: You actually didn’t have any credit, but because you responded and because you are so much fun I am sending you a personalized photo anyway. -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864290843-3UMJ9Z5OHLPE676H1235/T-Elliott-retirementfund12.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Dear Carol: Here’s a toast to you, fellow yogini and teacher. And in Italy, $48 goes a long way so I’ll be toasting you for awhile! -T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1771864307949-YDKOV9H932E7MO0NSKOT/T-Elliott-retirementfund13.jpeg • All Life & Family - The Theresa Elliott Retirement Fund Hola Vas: Yes indeed, you can contribute to the fund and have some back, and for that you qualify for a photo of me drinking on your behalf! -T https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-10 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/d406a814-7355-49d0-9c1c-c6c2975d0832/237948364_10224122873012785_8591942126291543084_n.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/59f80677-c4a6-41bf-9b16-8e082617fa7f/T_Elliott_Wait_What.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-9 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/b46acbcb-8964-4490-8d75-ae7f91e6b69b/T_Elliott_Cheaters.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 9 - Make it stand out Nothing beats a pair of red RayBads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8d9bed4d-560c-4c0d-923e-cd4c46ed9267/T_Elliott_Vernnaza.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 9 - Make it stand out The town seen from above. The ‘hook’ middle frame is where it all happens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4d0ea84f-0ace-4dc6-a33b-2a1e5a488ac6/T_Elliott_Vernnaza-meat-rack.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 9 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-8 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/ff1949ca-8bba-4465-aca8-6e453a0f2461/IMG_0669.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out Arial view. My sister was able to take this photo on her TV screen. She looked it up after I told her where we were living, and this was my first inkling of its notoriety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/aed33f42-e008-4d4a-936c-6569d04c379a/T_Elliott_Bird%27s-Nest.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out The little balcony to our little apartment above the piazza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/247b042c-85f4-40ef-be52-fcacabd3542b/T-Elliott-View_Anfiteatro.JPG • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out View from the apartment. It’s constant entertainment and surprisingly quiet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/30aca85d-716e-4a3d-a99d-58eeb82f8e19/T_Elliott_Stairs-Up.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out Crazy stairs going up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/9c9c5611-8346-4b5c-93c3-d36f1e0c42a9/T_Elliott_Crazy_Stairs_Down.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out Crasy stairs going down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4ca622a2-de1b-4b6a-abe4-a89a76a5310c/T_Elliott_Anfiteatro-Tunnel.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out Looking into the Anfiteatro from one of the entry tunnels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/95bcb7c8-701b-482c-833c-d8ed27b18de4/T_Elliott_S_Brown_Pizza-Delivery.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay 2021. Day 8 - Make it stand out Love me a pizza delivery man! ©Theresa Elliott, All Rights Reserved https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-7 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1df0afb3-d623-4744-832f-2e1dbbc3e019/T_Elliott_Every_0ne_Helping.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 7 - Make it stand out It’s cool to see everyone chip in to try to keep it from falling over. But it’s too much for just a few helpers. There is an organic change of the guard that happens every few minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/2dab9e12-63d3-4d32-b98a-ae96e29c4b3d/T_Elliott_More_Helpers.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 7 - Make it stand out Here we see more heroic souls chipping in their Reiki powers to keep it from finally toppling. These energetic folks don’t have to touch it with their hands, only with their minds. I have to say there were many, many of these selfless souls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/4b174259-ca67-42b9-9dff-16a8838def28/234048680_10224082165835131_1534176778470920583_n.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 7 - Make it stand out Sandy works to push the leaning tower onto the gal who thinks she’s all that. She’s in the way of other would be holder-uppers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/727696ef-ba07-40a1-8f12-c8b4ca53be0e/T_Elliott_Contributing-in-my-own-way.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 7 - Make it stand out I make my own contribution with the sign that gives directions to the Leaning Tower. No one else seems to recognize the importance of this task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/bf7f2741-9253-445f-b556-2ab1e333f49d/T_Elliott_Purist-shot.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 7 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-6 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/16d7a89b-5221-4073-8b25-65a09b2b0299/T_Elliott_Artist_Rendering.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 6 - Make it stand out My artistic rendering of flames on the platters of meat because I kept missing the shot. Pretty realistic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/ff32f140-c6af-45b3-9202-61008e0dbdb3/T_Elliott_Umbrella_Caprese.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 6 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacation-2021-day-5 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/a92d1d4b-2a09-49f9-b183-dee68b158817/T_Elliott_Am_I-Right%3F.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 5 - Make it stand out Pretty sure it’s not my imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1cacabc8-aed1-46ba-9847-3efb2a0bcae6/T_Elliott_Cello.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 5 - Make it stand out I just about jumped outta my pants when I saw this statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/5d6cafa3-5700-4938-aae9-2583023893d7/T_Elliott_It%27s_a_sign.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 5 - Make it stand out Now this is literally a sign, seen a few days earlier, which is speaking figuratively to Summer Vacay, 2021, Day # 2 https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-4 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1ab249fa-5602-4a76-9d3c-ef86887e7785/T_Elliott_Resting_Rest_Face.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 4 - Make it stand out Resting “rest face” in my pseudo Taco Time t-shirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/63cca223-ea17-4a8b-bb5b-99edfe594a8e/T_Elliott_Sagrada_Familia.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 4 - Make it stand out The astonishing nave of the Sagrada Familìa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/3674cd2d-b089-4e64-93d3-97e001ae77b3/T_Elliott_San_Martino.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 4 - Make it stand out Beautiful crystal clear colors in this stained glass window at San Martino Cathedral. Buzz, buzz, whir, whir, click, click . . . https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-3 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/ab720bef-9b15-425e-8ed6-8ee13daafcea/T_Elliott_Glasses.PNG • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021 monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/7a2fbf54-e078-4cc2-9b58-eca1f3b5b0ef/T_Elliott_Fireworks.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/890e2882-eb72-4cd5-9ceb-e7348e996933/T_Elliott_Post_fireworks.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 2 - Make it stand out Post Fireworks treat. Like I needed more. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/summer-vacay-2021-day-1 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/57e9812e-5f5b-4c89-b5a6-f411d4d6e30b/T_Elliott.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 1 - Make it stand out Sandy and I hanging out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/fd0c8832-d130-405e-a2fa-99e02bc6cf25/T_Elliott.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 1 - Make it stand out Since Sandy doesn’t eat red meat, this was all mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/8e6dbc56-7be3-4a45-ae80-fe74270b270a/T_Elliott_Blue_T%27s.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/98c7e6b8-4744-4fff-9ce8-b4b8c3f1328d/T_Elliott+S_Brown.jpg • All Life & Family - Summer Vacay, 2021. Day 1 - Make it stand out So much for the gray hair but the orange coat lives on. https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/the-origins-of-subconscious-fm-radio monthly 0.5 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607789712493-33T17Q5ZHNQE8PCH1KYV/Theresa-Elliott-%237.JPG • All Life & Family - The Origins of Subconscious FM Radio https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/shaman-cat-lady monthly 0.5 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607025648260-A98UZ5W2L1L06M34VERI/Theresa-Elliott-Shaman-Cat-Lady.jpg • All Life & Family - Shaman Cat Lady https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/powerless monthly 0.5 2020-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1603383550366-LF0DPRJQ2UB48DGVRPA7/Tim-Druck+Photo.jpg • All Life & Family - Powerless https://www.theresaelliottblog.com/life-and-family/hassenpfeffer-and-maryjane monthly 0.5 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8dc10962eb2816180169db/1607397687858-N1O067ZHVTTBDAYCKVOT/Theresa-Elliott-Bunny.jpg • All Life & Family - 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The Camino di Santiago is one of the most traveled of caminos due to its excellent infrastructure; accommodations, food, water, toilets, and relative ease. This map, a place mat from a restaurant, shows the major towns the route encompasses, but sadly not our start or finish points. We began in St Jean Pied de Port, France, traveled 800km to the great cathedral and celebratory masses in Santiago de Compostela. Many pilgrims stop there, but it was only another three days and 90km to Fisterra, also knows as Finistere, and to the Atlantic coast. I wasn’t about to pass that up. But there’s more. For yet another day and a mere 25kms, we could walk to the desolate and beautiful town of Muxía, and to the church where angels brought the Virgin Mary to help Santiago, aka St James, in evangelizing Spain. 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