Best Time to Drive

By far, the best time to drive is between 6pm and 8pm. The light is gorgeous, bathing the landscape in a rich, warm glow. Shadows lengthen, deepen, and reveal contours you would have missed at high noon. The air has a cooler quality, perfect for driving with your arm out the window (admittedly, hard to do going 75 on the interstate). And of course, the traffic is less. Jazz and bluegrass fill my minivan and I’m perfectly content. I’m sure this light exists in the early morning too, but come’on, who wants to drive at 6am? Did we forget that I’m a college student? I don’t even know what 6am looks like.