Lydia Wheaton

WHO: I am 31 years young and a native New Orleanian (confession: my parents are both...Yankees). This automatically means I have a deep appreciation for food, music, and culture and that when I bleed, it is black and gold. I am the oldest of three, but age is just a number and I have never been any good at math. I'm an adjunct professor at Tulane University, however most days I feel like I'm the one gettin' learned. I love telling Michael Jackson jokes, activating vitamin D, eating coconut ice cream, wearing yoga pants (but not to yoga class), reading books that make me cry, and giving my dog-child Cooper inappropriate amounts of affection. My boyfriend Steve is, as a good friend once said "a good egg", and he is pretty much one of my favorite people on planet earth. I don't play a musical instrument, but if I did, it would most certainly be the squeezebox.

WHAT: Hiking 100 km (or 60 miles for those of you who aren't into metric conversions) in Northern Spain with my Pops

WHERE: El Camino de Santiago, Via de la plata, Northwestern corner of Espana

WHEN: May 10, Twentythirteen through May 16, Twentythirteen

WHY: Let me simply embrace the cliche and check the little box on my bucketlist