Count on The Idiot to think that it would be spring in New England just because it’s spring in California. That he would find the same sunny weather in Boston that he enjoyed at Shasta Dam on April Fool’s Day.
Sunny April Fool’s Day at Shasta Dam north of Redding, CA., looking on to sparkling Shasta Lake and snow-capped Mount Shasta.
Well, that’s why they call him The Idiot.
Three days later he was on Nantasket Beach south of Boston where he’d hoped to be swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The view from The Idiot’s room didn’t encourage him to get in the water.
Not even The Idiot is stupid enough to wear a Speedo and take a dip at this temperature.
Might be time to get a new logo for the sign at the Nantasket Beach Resort.
It was tough, due to the wind chill factor, to even get in a morning walk but the thought of a coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts got the Idiot into the cold.
Despite other footprints, there was only one Idiot walking on the Nantasket Beach Oceanside promenade.
The Idiot on a very short odyssey.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
No, The Idiot’s not dumb enough to be the first person to sit on this bench.
The Idiot is about to find out if the bay is frozen and/or he can walk on water.
Enjoying the view of the Atlantic Ocean from Dunkin’ Donuts in Nantasket Beach, MA.
It could/will get worse.
The Idiot heads to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and the University of Vermont on Lake Champlain later this week.
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."