Comment on Northern Girl in the South

I just posted a comment on Northern Girl in the South's blog about Heat Moon's encounter with Miz Alice. She talked about a quote from the reading. Alice Middleton says that Education is thinking, and thinking is looking for yourself and seeing what's there. Although I do agree with this statement, I do not agree with the way Heat- Moon went about finding himself. I know I would never pack my life away and drive across the country. I also do not think I could live in the type of isolation that Heat-Moon did.