#62: Colonel Tracey Meck - Retired Air Force Colonel & Author

Episode Summary:

Colonel Tracey Meck is a retired Colonel from the Air Force, but she is also an author of “See You Along the Way”.

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:

• The Way  (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441912/)
• Camano de Santiago Guide (https://bit.ly/3m3sVCu)
• See you Along the Way (https://amzn.to/3ho1X53)

Key Points of Interest:

• Where was Tracey born? And where did she grow up?
• What is her career background?
• What brought her to this area?
• Why did she join the Air Force?
• What was her position?
• Where was she stationed?
• What did she do while she was stationed in Iraq & Afghanistan?
• Why did she decide to attempt the Camino de Santiago?
• Why did she end up doing it twice?
• How long if the Camino?
• How long did it take her to complete it?
• Why did she decide to write a book?
• When did she publish the book?

Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:

• Barnum Point (https://www.wclt.org/projects/barnum-point/) 
• Cama Beach (https://parks.state.wa.us/483/Cama-Beach)
• Camano Island State Park (https://parks.state.wa.us/408/Camano-Island-State-Park) 
• Cranberry Lake (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/washington/cranberry-lake--2)
• Camano Ridge (https://www.islandcountywa.gov/PublicWorks/Parks/Pages/camano-ridge.aspx)

Other Local Hikes:

• Chain Lakes (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/chain-lakes-3)
• Skyline Divide (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/skyline-divide)
• Cascade Pass (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/cascade-pass)