The Idiot’s 98.6-year-old mother is so titillated by her son’s 20-year-walk around the Mediterranean Sea that she plans to follow in his footsteps.

Here’s what she did on Tuesday to prepare for her trip to Antibes, France, for the official release of The Idiot’s next book (The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking The Mediterranean). And a symbolic walk around the Cap d’Antibes where The Idiot began his MedTrek twenty years ago.

What did she need?

Think new passport, new travel ID, new drivers license, a filet mignon steak and fresh flowers.

The Idiot’s mother gets a new passport, good until 2028, to enable her to travel abroad and obtain a new US government-issued travel ID.

As soon as the passport arrived, The Idiot’s mother hustled over to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to get a new government-issued ID that will soon be required for air travel in the US.

Watch her in action:

Arriving at the DMV to get a new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

Waiting at the DMV for five minutes before her appointment to get the new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

Filling in the application at the DMV to get a new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

Getting caught asking The Idiot to help her fill out the DMV application to get a new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

Providing the DMV with a thumb print to get a new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

Providing the DMV with a signature to get a new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

Providing the DMV with a photograph to get a new ID card soon-to-be-required for air travel in the US.

After receiving a temporary ID card (the real thing will come in the mail in two weeks) and a new driver’s license (the real thing will come in the mail in two weeks), The Idiot’s mother made him drive to R&R Meats near the DMV to buy her a filet mignon for her dinner.

When she arrived home, The Idiot’s latest flower bouquet was waiting for her.

Finding a fresh bouquet of flowers when she arrived home after an hour at the DMV in Redding, CA.

Total Time Elapsed: Five minute drive to the DMV, one hour at the DMV, two minute drive to R&R Meats, five minutes at R&R Meats, five minute drive home = 1 hour, 17 minutes.

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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."