There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

Charles Dudley Warner was an essayist, novelist, editor and colleague of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was an avid traveler and published nine travel books documenting his adventures across North America. The quote is from his book “Baddeck and That Sort of Thing” that can be read online courtesy of Project Gutenberg.