BillyBob, I enjoyed reading this post. I have been thinking about this topic too.

Before I read this I wrote a post called "Creating the details" bringing up this same idea (though much more abbreviated). I enjoy flying in my LDs but I haven't had enough details lately to make them very memorable. So I made the goal to remember details. And the next LD, I did not fly but just looked around and took in the details of my surroundings. And I'd say I woke up more satisfied than if I had just randomly flown around.

This is something I really want to practice.