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Houston TX: Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, Happy Hour
Come join us for a Happy Hour on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 at 5:00 pm. The weather has cooled so we will gather on the Black Walnut patio. Taking care during this COVID season we ask if you have not been vaccinated to wear a face mask. Two of our chapter members are leaving soon…
Read MoreOnline: Charlotte Chapter, “Live From the Camino” #4
“Live from the Camino” #4 will feature two of the Charlotte Chapter’s most experienced pilgrims/hikers, Carolyn Hoopes, and Vince Pratt. Both are walking the Camino francés, Carolyn will have been on the Camino about three weeks and Vince about two weeks. We will ask our traditional questions about preparation, equipment and logistics as well as…
Read MoreTiburon, CA: Northern California Chapter, Angel Island Hike
Join us for beautiful vistas of the San Francisco Bay Area as we hike the five-mile loop trail around historic Angel Island. This is a moderate hike with just 400 feet of elevation gain and brings us to the former Immigration Station, the so-called “Ellis Island of the West,” and various Army installations that were…
Read MoreBerkeley, CA: Northern California Chapter, Claremont Canyon Hike
We are pleased to invite you to a hike in the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve in Berkeley. This is a rigorous/hard hike (approx. 6.5 miles) with several steep, uneven and narrow trails in the first half of the hike. On the return, most of it will be along a fairly smooth and mostly flattish trail…
Read MoreScottsdale, AZ: Valley of the Sun Chapter, Lost Dog Trail – Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve
HIKE DESCRIPTION: Lost Dog Trail is a 4.2 mile out and back trail located in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The halfway point is the Taliesin Overlook, with a view of Taliesin West, the one-time winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright and current headquarters of the FLW Foundation. The trail is rated as moderate with an elevation gain…
Read MoreOnline: Charlotte Chapter, Live from the Camino # 3
Live from the Camino #3 will feature a Zoom meeting with Charlotte pilgrim Ranjit Raju. Ranjit departed from Charlotte on August 1, and planned to begin walking from SJPP on August 3. We will catch up with him on August 16, after the completion of his 14th day. We are very interested in what COVID…
Read MoreLeadville, CO: Colorado Front Range Chapter, two-night stay at Uncle Bud’s hut
This trip has filled but if you’d like to be on the waitlist – or you can’t commit now but would like to consider it later list – let us know. The dates are in on Thursday, September 16th and exit on Saturday, September 18th. The huts this year are being booked as a…
Read MoreOnline: Colorado Front Range Chapter, Camino 101: Packing for the Camino
Wondering about what to pack for your upcoming Camino? Wondering about what not to pack? Of course you are! This workshop will feature Mike and Ruth Hoffman, veterans of many varied Caminos. It will cover the obvious and the perhaps not-so-obvious about how to take what you will need and how to leave behind what…
Read MoreDenver, CO: Colorado Front Range Chapter, St. James Day picnic
As you surely know, July 25th is St. James Feast Day and in honor of the occasion the Colorado Front Range chapter of American Pilgrims is having a potluck picnic! (On the preceeding Saturday, the 24th.) The location is Denver’s Mamie Doud Eisenhower Park located east of South Colorado Blvd four blocks north of Hampden…
Read MoreSt. James’s Day Celebration: Pilgrimage, A Circular Journey
Registration is open for the St. James’s Day celebration hosted by volunteers from the local Midwest chapters of American Pilgrims on the Camino! The team of volunteers has been working hard finalizing the program and the weekend will be a wonderful and inspiring time! Disappointed you won’t be in Santiago de Compostela on July 25th?…
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