I've been a backpacking-type-of-traveler for over forty years (yikes!!) and it's my pleasure to help people to plan their own traveling adventures. 

For the past twenty years I've enjoyed mentoring people who want to walk the Camino de Santiago—a network of centuries-old walking paths that crisscross western Europe. Walking a Camino route is an extraordinary experience that offers the possibility to gain fitness for both body and soul. And it's a lot of fun too!

I've walked over 2000 miles (about 3200 kilometers) on Camino pilgrimage routes in France and Spain. That's not a boast: others have walked far greater distances, and many times in the past I've been left in the dust by vigorous “oldsters” racing past me! Suddenly I’m now the oldster… and eager to keep-on-hiking.

One of the most frequently asked questions by those wanting to walk the Camino is "What should I take" ? Many people have never backpacked before, and have no idea how to prepare for a long-distance hike. So I wrote a book devoted to helping beginning backpackers prepare for the Camino: Camino de Santiago: To Walk Far, Carry Less.

Much to my surprise, thousands of people have since used this book to plan their Camino journey (you can read some reviews here). I’m in the process of creating a second edition, to be released in late 2024.

For experienced backpackers, I wrote a slimmer volume: Camino Packing List Guidebook: For Your Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It’s a comprehensive packing-list of what you’ll need on the Camino— with tips and advice specific to a Camino journey. It’s designed to help anyone to quickly and easily organize their Camino gear.

During the Covid “times” I wrote a couple of books designed to help adults play with kids.

Predict Happiness and The Card Trick Mystery are the titles already published in the Playing With Kids series. More titles are coming…

Thanks for visiting, and please feel free to contact me.
Jean Christie

I live in West Seattle, with my spouse and a disruptive cat.