What's happened to the lazy Sunday drive?

In Revelstoke, B.C., a “lazy Sunday drive” meant something very different than the stereotype of a slow, inconsiderate driver. The essay recalls how, in the 1960s, a father would announce that the family might “take a run somewhere” after breakfast, with the route largely decided by the road. The trips became “crop checking,” moving east toward Trans-Canada Highway work over Rogers Pass or up Mount Revelstoke’s 21 switchbacks. There were rides “down South” to Arrowhead via cable-driven reaction ferries. The writer calls it geography and family affection disguised as idleness.