Travel with Charley

After being on the road for a few months John Steinbeck and his dog Charlie saw much of the U.S. He also gave many opinions and his thoughts on many occasions, such as: mobile homes and how he adored them, Canucks and how they made great soup, and finally the Lonesome Harry episode who was a man cheating on his wife.
The mobile homes he saw were "wonderfully built homes" equipped with everything one needed, such as toilets, washing machines, and stoves. He said he believed people liked these because we as a country are no longer a "country of roots". …