If you plan to walk the Camino this year, please join us for our virtual Shell Ceremony.  American Pilgrims Board Members will lead us in a celebration of your upcoming walk. If you have a shell you plan to bring, please have it near you. If you need a shell, you can order one from…

Camino Coffee @ Weaver Street Market, 101 E. Weaver St., Carrboro, NC @ 10:00 am.

Join us to chat about gear. All are welcome to bring their gear questions and advice. Experienced Camino pilgrims: Please bring a favorite item you brought on your pilgrimage — backpack, shoes, socks, sleeping bag, or whatever you loved having with you on Camino. Each pilgrim will have ONE MINUTE to share what they love…

Join us on this walk that takes place on the first Saturday of the month, rain or shine! We meet at the “The Columns” (aka Pergola) on the northeast corner of Oakland’s Lake Merritt at 10:30 AM and start walking by 10:45 AM. It’s a flat, paved 3.5-mile walk around the lake that takes a…

Meet us at the Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo, IL, where our St. Louis Chapter’s very own Mary Baldree will share a brief talk on her exhibition of photos from her 2023 walk on the Camino Francés. (The exhibition will be on display at the library throughout the month of June.) Following the exhibition talk and…

Announcing American Pilgrims’ Next 2024 Hospitalero Training Session: May 31 to June 2, 2024 Ferry Beach Retreat and Conference Center 5 Morris Avenue Saco, ME 04072 Our next hospitalero training session of 2024 will be held from May 31 to June 2, 2024, at the Ferry Beach Retreat and Conference Center in Saco, ME. The venue is near…

Memorial Day Hike (10 miles) on the Eno River.

You’ve heard of the Crosstown Trail, the epic trail that connects Candlestick Point in the southeast corner of San Francisco to Lands End in the northwest. But have you heard about its new companion, the Double Cross Trail, that goes from Fort Funston in the southwest to Pier 23 on the Embarcadero in the northeast?…

We will meet at the Jester Park Nature Center entrance. There are indoor restrooms there. Jester Park has several soft dirt trails and we should be able to do 5 miles. QUESTIONS? Please contact us at Iowa@americanpilgrims.org

3rd annual two day/one night hike on the Katy Trail—Treloar to Marthasville to Augusta (20 miles total), with an overnight albergue-style bunkhouse experience. Space is limited for this event due to transportation and room at the bunkhouse. Paid registration is required to secure your spot. Contact our chapter email for full details and registration info.