Strolling on the Sacramento River in Redding, California, with his daughter Sonia who’s visiting from Antibes, France.
Forget water, food, a compass, a Swiss Army knife or any other hiking basics. The most essential piece of camping equipment required by The Idiot’s daughter Sonia when she visits California and takes a bonding river hike with her young-looking old man is a selfie stick.
(Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."