A Not-so-Lonesome Dove

Watching the sun rise over Pinedale, Wyoming, with Larry McMurtry

When the going gets tough, I mostly want to get out of town. It’s the ultimate way to change the subject: Change your location.

My dad taught me how to do it, as the travel maestro in my family. He had a fairly big-deal job as an accountant at General Electric, but every summer he escaped the number crunching for a two-week family vacation.

When I was …