Kyle J. Baker is a former elementary school teacher, consultant, and college administrator. An alumni of Carroll College, the University of Notre Dame, and Americorps, he was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is a Montanan at heart, and is most at home on the road. Kyle currently is walking the Camino Ignaciano in Spain and collects his own thoughts as well as those of others in his commonplace book (blog) at www.gazealongtheopenroad.tumblr.com.