Stage 8

Wine Country

September 15, 2026 · Logroño to Nájera · 19.12 miles

🥾 19.12 mi ⬆️ 581m gain 🌤 Sunny. Blue skies. Hot.

Covered in detail in my journal. Highlights:

- discussing with Matt, Lauren, and Jason what we think our friends and coworkers back home might think of this pilgrimage

- so many grape vines with heavy, deep purple bunches of Tempranillo (most likely) grapes as we walked through the Rioja wine country

- eating fresh grapes right off the vine

- eating raisins off the vine and teaching Matt where raisins come from

- eating fresh fig right off the tree

- Matt “preaching”

- swimming in the irrigation channel

- baptisms and prayer circle

- wine in the town square followed by full on outdoor concert and dance party

Another day of spiritual enrichment and carefree fun. Heart full.

Eating fresh fig right off the tree
Eating fresh fig right off the tree
Standing in La Rioja wine country. Just 592 km to go for Santiago!
Standing in La Rioja wine country. Just 592 km to go for Santiago!
Swimming in the channel outside Nájera.
Swimming in the channel outside Nájera.
Random dance party in Nájera!
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