A modern posting in this newspaper related the College of Alabama’s investigation about vacations. I hope you perused that fascinating function. 

It commenced this way: “The unlimited summer time surfers, Elvis in the films, the Go-Gos, Jack Johnson and Jimmy Buffett would in all probability concur with this premise: Seashore folks reside the sunniest lives. 

“But it turns out to be the highway in advance that provides the most joy, in accordance to a review by a pair of University of Alabama researchers. Indeed, shorelines ended up named most usually as wanted destinations, in the review of 1,040 travelers from around the United States, but it’s travel by itself, the escape from program, that generates joy.” 

This, my relatives and I agree with. Travel, escape from the program — as my father frequently said, “Go someplace you have not been and discover something new.”