I didn’t decide by myself to head to Crete, Greece’s largest island in the southern Aegean, to MedTrek for two months. First I went to pay tribute to, and get some guidance from, the iconic Oracle at Delphi. Circe Read more
What’s the reaction to "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness, and Magic on the Mediterranean" e-book published in 2013? What thoughts do Idiot-ic fans and detractors have about The Idiot and his ongoing walk around the Mediterranean Read more
Why not fall in love with a good book in 2014? Get author and professional wanderer Joel Stratte-McClure's fully interactive and cutting edge e-book, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness, and Magic on the Read more
Leaving La Paz, Mexico, at dawn for an isolated island (no cell/WiFi) in the Sea of Cortez to dive and swim with whale sharks, sea lions and dolphins. Read more
The pre-summer heat in Redding, California, encouraged The Idiot to begin his hikes at the first hint of daylight. Here’s what he saw during his first early morning walk. Read more
A climb up Castle Crags in Northern California on Friday inspired The Idiot to “plant” a drought-tolerant art-and-rock garden on his hillside backyard.
Art and rocks, he figured, usually don’t need water and frequently don’t die. Read more
The Idiot, who has hiked mostly solo for 7-14 miles a day during the year-long pandemic, was thrilled to walk with two different double-vaxed friends on the Pacific Ocean in Central California last week. Read more
The Idiot took Baby Gaga, his 3.5-year-0ld granddaughter, and Baby Gogo, his 11-month-old grandson, on a pandemic break to a kiwi farm with a menagerie of wild and domestic animals in central California. Read more
The Idiot spent the first week of spring in 2017 at the fabled Siwa Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert to consult The Oracle of Amun and get the inside scoop about Alexander the Great’s past and the future of his 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea. Read more