An over-enthused and persistently enthusiastic reader of The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives followed the author while he frolicked, gallivanted and hiked on the Pacific Ocean in Northern California yesterday.
Here’s the photographic report that appeared on the Follow The Idiot fan club website.
6:30 a.m. — The Idiot awakens and sees Trinidad Head in Northern California outside his bedroom window.
7:30 a.m. — The Idiot takes his regular morning stroll along the Pacific Ocean towards Trinidad, California.
8:30 a.m. — The Idiot returns to his Humboldt County basecamp to enjoy a breakfast featuring salmon caught in the Trinity River and smoked by his fishing-guide nephew Ian Stratte, the founder, president and CEO of Stratte River Drifts.
9:30 a.m. — The Idiot looks south from his front yard past Camel Rock towards Clam Beach and Arcata, the hippiest town in California (and perhaps the entire United States).
10:30 a.m. — The Idiot visits the Arcata Co-Op to order organic, farm-grown, totally healthy foodstuffs for the week.
11:30 a.m. — After a session in a hot tub, The Idiot, surrounded by pricks, relaxes with a chai in the gardens of the Finnish Sauna and Hot Tubs in Arcata, CA.
12:30 p.m. — The Idiot visits Holly Yashi, a renowned artistic handcrafted jewelry store in Arcata started by two Humboldt State students (yes, one was Holly) in a garage in 1981.
1:30 p.m — The Idiot returns to Trinidad to spend the afternoon hiking on the Pacific Ocean at low tide.
2:30 p.m — The Idiot wonders how to get around the next cliff he approaches at low tide on the Pacific Ocean near Trinidad, CA.
3:30 p.m — The Idiot takes a break in the shade and a dip in the ocean during a hike on the Pacific Ocean at low tide.
4:30 p.m — The Idiot poses for a stalking paparazzo who finds him dazed but still walking on the Pacific Ocean south of Trinidad, CA (note the torn shorts due to the absurdly challenging terrain).
5:30 p.m — The Idiot meditates under a tree above the Pacific Ocean after a challenging afternoon hike at low tide.
6:30 p.m — The Idiot picks apples to make Calvados brandy.
7:30 p.m — The Idiot prepares for another glorious sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
7:57 p.m — The Idiot quietly watches the sunset, and again fails to see the “green flash,” over the Pacific Ocean.
8:30 p.m — The Idiot ends the day sitting by a knightly fire above the Pacific Ocean.
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