Sketching California: Two pilgrims on the Slow Coast

Over the last few years, I’ve fallen head over heels in love with the idea of being a pilgrim—or perhaps, given the context, I should say head over walking boots? It all began in 2012, when I tied a pilgrim’s white scallop shell to my backpack and walked half of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage through northern Spain—after only two weeks, I was hooked.