![As much as modern travel involves airplanes, a train still strikes a special spot in many of us. (Cheryl-Anne Millsap)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
The echo of a distant train
The first time I remember being filled—being overcome is probably a better description — with the need to travel was when I was 12 or 13.
The first time I remember being filled—being overcome is probably a better description — with the need to travel was when I was 12 or 13.
Cheryl-Anne Millsap's Home Planet column appears each week in the Wednesday "Pinch" supplement. Cheryl-Anne is a regular contributor to Spokane Public Radio and her essays can be heard on Public Radio stations across the country.