It has never really been about getting anywhere in particular. Although setting goals both for miles traveled, ranges traversed, or states crossed, have always played a role. And the actual time on the road is not the whole picture either.

No, it is first the anticipation of traveling, the planning, and the mapping, adding and eliminating the route path, often leaving with no route path at all. Always fill in the map with the black marker….after returning.

It must have been those westerns, yes……those horseback nomads moving across the land from town to prairie. No past to think of and no real concerns about the future. All one needs is time, some cash, and a real sense of freedom. Of course we all have our reasons for denying that freedom to ourselves if we choose to. That should be avoided.

DJS