The Idiot is always on the lookout for signs with sales, seasonal, sensual or spiritual advice, connotations or warnings.
Here are just a few that he saw during an urban walkabout in Redding, California.
A welcome sign in the soon-to-be-open renovated downtown in Redding, CA.
A sign for all seasons in downtown Redding, CA.
A healthy sign (“Lips are for smooching not smoking”) in Redding, CA.
A seasonal sign in Redding, CA.
A seasonal sign in the soon-to-be-open renovated downtown in Redding, CA.
A seasonal sales sign in Redding, CA.
A sidewalk sign in downtown Redding, CA, written on butcher paper.
An empty massage parlor is a stark economic sign in Redding, CA.
A walking informational sign on the Sacramento River in Redding, CA.
A walking informational sign on the Sacramento River in Redding, CA.
A sign of tribute in the Martin Luther King Park in Redding, CA.
A tombstone tribute in a cemetery in Redding, CA.
A sign reminding The Idiot where, pandemic or no pandemic, he’s going.
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."