“I wasn't sophisticated—I was just a knucklehead out there on the road, taking notes and enjoying the fact that people had ...

This trip planted the seeds for what I would do ... They haven't had their hippie trail. Why do we want to build walls in this country? When to me, obviously, if you want to be safe, you don ...

Tony and Maureen Wheeler, whose guide to the route became the cornerstone of the Lonely Planet publishing empire, were among those to make the trip. But it didn’t last. Scroll down to find out ...