How does one get “the itch?” What is it that makes a person want to spend their days exploring every last inch of this planet? Are people born with this desire? Do they inherit it? Or is it acquired at some point in life? For me, it was acquired. I didn’t grow up traveling or really even desiring to travel. My family took vacations, but they were rarely to places more than a couple of hours from home, other than the occasional trip to the mountains of North Carolina or Tennessee. So how did I get this overwhelming desire to see the world? I really can’t pinpoint a specific moment or experience. I do remember dreaming of going to Hawaii when I was a…