I recently read Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. In the early 1960s, when Steinbeck was 60, he and his dog took to the road, as the subtitle tells us, “in search of America.” I was surprised how much I enjoyed the book. It’s the story of a road trip, but it is also one man’s philosophy on travel.

This is one of the quotes I wrote down from the book:

“Perhaps we have overrated roots as a psychic need. Maybe the greater the urge, the deeper and more ancient is the need, the will, the hunger to be somewhere else.”