Smith, Mitchell Owen: - Mitchell Smith is an engineer turned songwriter, author and drifter. With his head steeped in the sciences; his heart was always on the road. Finally taking the plunge, he strapped on a backpack and wandered two months through Mexico and Central America, before being beckoned by the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella. In 2016, he embarked with his wife Mary Lou on an eighteen month round the world journey: to thirteen countries. This husband, father and "Dude" to his grandchildren, has twice walked the Camino Frances: yet it still calls.