Fleeing his water-damaged base camp in Redding, California, for a swimming meet in Walnut Creek.
A broken water pipe and ten large and noisy (think jet engines) industrial drying and dehumidifying machines in the downstairs section of his two-story hilltop townhouse in Redding, CA, are an additional reason for The Idiot to head to the 2019 Pacific Long Course Meters Swimming Championships near San Francisco for the weekend.
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."