Nostalgic Nomad Gifts

"I used to be a hunter, I was just transferred to accounts payable."

Travel Scenes

"If San Francisco was the Rome of the sixties, Vermont was the Athens."

Farewell to the travellers

Rome

New-age traveller and old-age traveller

Sally’s Tree

Summer 1943: The Great Ice Cream Shortage

"My opinion about modern music? Man, I thought they stopped making music when the Beatles broke up!"

"It's just the lockdown syndrome. You miss taking the subway to work."

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

"Don't be embarrassed. Most heroic archetypes your age have lost the ability to swashbuckle."

'So what's it like riding in first class?'

"The GPS works great, we have satellite TV installed, the Sirius stereo sounds fantastic and our every move is tracked by Qualcomm. But could you turn around? I left me iphone at the house. . ."

'We must be 50,000 calories away from home by now.'

'He's not as studious as he looks - his backpack is full of comic books.'

Those Were The Days

"Clive used to be an astronaut."

'Yeah, but if it's NOT a mirage, maybe we can find Mapquest on it!'

'Somehow an electronic fish finder just isn't as exciting as a 'Ben fish finder'.'

A couple looks at posters of Rio, Paris and Tokyo, all of which feature skyscrapers.

"Old timers are quick to tell me that the drive to Abilene was different in their day."

Thumbing a Lift.

"We've waited twenty-five years to make this trip, and we're certainly not interested in getting there in any six and a half hours."

'Forget whale song, I'm giving them some death metal.'

"The computer's messed up? How time flies! Seems only yesterday you couldn't program the VCR!"

"Is that you nomad's answer to everything...ROAD TRIP?"

A bit of Newlyn.

Youth Hostel, Elder Hostel

An Appreciation

"I never got the chance to be homesick. You tweeted about me 20 times a day."

"He's gone from the most-wanted list to someone the authorities would like to talk to."

Tarzan mobile phone

Beachcomber sees that smartphone displays 'message in a bottle.'

"I'll bet a lot of people wish they had a royal palace to return to."