Here at Backroads we all share a spirit of wanderlust, that eternal desire to explore and find yourself in new and amazing places throughout the globe. We’re not the first to experience that longing. Many before us and many contemporaries feel just the same way. We love quotations that put into words just how we feel on many of our biking tours and hiking tours be it a European bike trip or a New Zealand hiking tour. No matter where you go, there you are J.
Here’s a compilation of some of our favorite travel quotes that we feel captures the spirit of Backroads adventure travel:
“My favorite thing is to go where I have never been.”
– Diane Arbus, American photographer
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
–Albert Einstein
“Exploration is the essence of the human spirit.”
– Unknown
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page”
–St. Augustine
“Keep close to Nature’s heart.”
– John Muir
“We don’t stop hiking because we grow old; we grow old because we stop hiking.”
– Fins Mitchell
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”
– William Blake
And last but not least, from our fearless leader:
“Bicycle touring is travel’s live theater.”
– Tom Hale, Founder & President of Backroads
Got a travel quote that you love? Please share with us!
For more information about Backroads or any of our adventure tours that will fulfill that wanderlust, call us Pacific time 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily at 800-462-2848.