The Joy of Driving

I’m one of those people who really, really loves to drive–but it has to be the right kind of road. City streets and urban freeways don’t do it for me, and flat, straight Interstate Highways bore me into a coma. Real driving is a workout, where you use your transmission, not your brakes, and there’s no such thing as cruise control.

US 60 in Salt River Canyon in Arizona
Photo by Rick Quinn

Turn me loose on one of those wild, western highways that runs through the canyons, follows the rivers, and...