Lazy Inspiration

Over the past year, I've been noticing the increasing amount of long-distance trips being taken by groups of persons I know to varying extents.
Some are real close, others are just by mere association, but chill enough to get along with nonetheless.
Whether it's by van-pool, caravan, or bicycle camping, they all seem to partake in a lifestyle and employment aspect that I one time partook in as mere, daily routine.

While driving an eighteen wheeler through different states on my own, I mentally logged the aspects and conditions of the varying trips and explained them to persons as an ordinary topic of conversation.
They would first tell me how their work and social life was moving along, then I would fill them in on what state I just went through, or what routing I was given on a particular trip.
As I went into standard detail about the sites and experiences, light or heavy, I came across, I could help but notice the sense of awe and wonder in their eyes as I filled them in.

Here it is, two years after my last, major out-of-state trip and now I witness young kids and old friends packing their bags, leaving school or work for a bit, and "having some fun on the road".
When they return from their trip and back into the fold of regular life, I now hear them explaining their experiences in the style of which I described the past activities of my previous line of employment.

Most of the time while listening, I often wonder, "did I actually stir their creative, travel-bug juices into life?"