We are so lucky and blessed to live near a one-lane gravel road. Yeah, sure, in the summer it's dusty and you have to wash the car more often, and in the winter it's toward the bottom of the list for the plow guys.
But y'know what? Driving on a gravel road makes you slow down and take your time instead of ripping along and developing "highway hypnosis." If there are oncoming drivers or riders, you pull halfway off the road so you can both pass. It's usually a neighbor, and you smile and wave or maybe stop and chat for a few seconds. And if it's a stranger, you smile and wave, too, because that's just the way you behave out here. (Yes, usually you get a funny look.) I like to think it's a tiny taste of the way life used to be before we all became so insular and plugged into earphones.
And, let's face it, it's a heck of a lot of fun dodging ruts and potholes.
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