After hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2012 I watched the film The Way and became enamored with the Camino de Santiago. In 2018 I flew to Germany for work and after the trade show I bought a backpack from Decathlon and set off on my own pilgrimage on the French Way covering 537 miles (865 km) in 18 days to Finisterre. After the hike I didn’t really think I’d return but in 2023 I asked my dad and brother if they were interested and we flew to Porto and spent 16 days hiking the Portuguese Route as a Father-Sons trek. Now that I have 700 miles of Camino trails under my feet I think it’s only a matter of time until I return to follow the scallop shell markers to Santiago de Compostela again. ¡Buen Camino!