Travels - 

• The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. - Samuel Johnson

• I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. - Herman Melville

• If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse. - Thomas Fuller

Traveling is my favorite "pastime" as you can tell from the frame to the left. There isn't much I'd rather do than visit the snow of far and northern lands and sunny tropic scenes. The same might be said for a few of my friends too though there are others who are quite happy where they are. Some friends I never thought would ever want to travel beyond their little enclave, most notably this guy, have now become hooked. Though I don't mind traveling by myself, I prefer to travel with friends along for the ride because, let's face it, no one really wants to hear your stories when you get back. Its usually a lot more fun with friends, and you end up having someone to share those bizarre stories with when you get back.