Originally Posted by
Walter S
Biking, walking, and driving are all radically different as far as the experience and mental state that I have during the activity. It is virtually like being in a completely different place if you drive up a road in a car versus ride the road on a bicycle or walk up that same road. You might as well be in a completely different place.
+1
Hyper-mobility causes you to miss practically everything and see very little. The OP appreciates the super-structures created for the motorist from a different perspective. In a sense, everything has it's beauty.
The reason people backpack is to see the world at 2 miles per hour.