“The open road,

the dusty highway, the heath, the common,

the hedgerows, the rolling downs!

Camps, villages, towns, cities!

Here to-day, up and off to somewhere else to-morrow!

Travel, change, interest, excitement!

The whole world before you,

and a horizon that’s always changing!” –The Wind in the Willows

I just finished the childhood classic, “The Wind in the Willows,” and though its thematic focus is on the comforts of home, of course the quote that called out to me is all about the pleasures of taking off.