I just finished a re-read of Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie". It was written rather late in his career and is the non-fiction account of his voyage through the country which he calls a search of America. Sometimes I wonder if and how the general personalities of American have changed in the last several years with urbanization, population growth, and computerization. The book at least hints at a more rural and less paranoid country where a person might walk up to a stranger's house and ask for a glass of water or invite a family of strangers into a camper for an evening of conversation. He also talks about the sense of wanderlust that seems to lurk in many of us, but never seems to reach realization.