There was something about the spread of time and history in those places that I had visited that permanently imprinted itself upon my mind. As I had traveled, the impression of a feeling of continuity and belonging built into a solid feeling, as if a feeling can be described as solid. This has remained with me, the feeling that to enhance our own understanding of our own individual place in the human continuum we must each of us journey to those places that have helped shape our beliefs and ideals.

As much as I have learned a great deal from the solitude of the deserts and mountains of the southwestern US, and felt a kinship with nature, in Europe, I felt a kinship with history."

              Will Johnstone