Even on straaaaaight roads, this is why I ride. Riding through morning shadows you can feel the air temperature change and smell the undisturbed moisture from the dew. Riding past a bakery, or a diesel repair shop, you just get more and deeper sensory stimulation. And, it can be a safety feature. He started weaving and clamored to the side spewing something I didn't want to ride through.
Small towns are wonderful places to visit.
So why not stop and say hello. One dramatic change to the land in the vicinity of the Big Sioux River that borders South Dakota. West of there, the farms were wide fields with no trees between. East is where trees windbreak the fields and huddle around the houses. Sorry, MN friends, but within a couple of miles the bozo count went from 0 to 3.