Diamonds amongst the gravel we tread on.

I must say driving can be one of the most bland, boring, absolutely mind numbingly disgusting waist of time things, a person can do. However it can be one of the most strangely fascinating, awe-inspiring, never want it to end, experiences one can have.

When one drives it, for the most part is about routine. We drive to work every Monday at 7 A.M.(I say we even though I am jobless at the time of writing this.) or we go to school. It is the same trip, the same time, the same cup of bad coffee and sometimes you find yourself getting cut off by the same person every morning drive.

Other times you have to drive through just plain terrible locations, like Iowa... Need I say more?

Often times especially for me as I have to drive an hour to get to Denver, I can't get over the same thing aching in the back of my mind, "I could be doing something else, rather then doing this". Or "I was supposed to have a flying car that could go to Jupiter and back in an afternoon by now. What is taking science so long?"

But there are other times in a car that I can't help but notice make life so fun.

Filling up your car is a consequence of driving.  If you drive this experience is unavoidable. This is an unknown to most, fantastic time to people watch. Most people will never notice because for some reason people have a strange "elevator syndrome" that causes them to not look at each other when they grab that petroleum pump. Thus you can take advantage of this and can often catch a person doing something quite amusing. Like a person silently rehearsing a conversation they are going to have with another person.

Other times you find yourself in a place that is majestic. Utah, Colorado, California and many other places that are not Iowa.  I just drove through Utah which is mostly desert, however, there are such cool rock formations which you just can't find anywhere else. Beautiful red rocks, archways and erosion forms it can be breath taking.

Not often, but sometimes you drive through a place, playing a song, or at a time, or with a person, and you wish it would never end. These moments can be some of the saddest or most joy-filled of your life. They are strange and rare gems of the mundane. I can't explain the experience entirely, its like dreaming yet you are wide awake. The car is, at those times, the only place that you would want to be and it wouldn't matter where you were driving.

Even if you were driving through Iowa.