Yes, I think it has to do with not really taking in your surroundings as it's so familiar to you it doesn't register in the brain.
On the other hand, I can drive to somewhere I haven't been but once for donkey's years and remember my way round quite intricate turns and junctions. SWMBO often asks how, and I really can't answer that.
For instance, a couple of months ago we were driving about on the south coast. I don't know if you're familiar with the Pagam Beach holiday home estate, many of which were and a few still are made up of disused railway carriages. I went with a friend of mind to his parent's place there in the late 1960's, just once. with nothing much to go on I succeeded in finding the address with nothing to go on but vague memories and remembered land-marks.
But I sometimes can't remember where I left the TV remote.
Experience; is something you gain, just after you needed it most.
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
