I am in a similar situation. I am planning a tour with my gf, who has been on a bike maybe 5 times in her entire life. I have one primary goal for this tour: When it's all said and done, she will look back on it as one of the best adventures she has ever had. My motives are selfish - I want her to love touring so she will want to do more of them with me.

We are going to ride roughly 1,000 miles, loaded. The preliminary schedule is for an average of 30 miles/day, taking two days off per week. Edit: And we'll adjust that up or down according to her needs, up to and including packing it in and going off somewhere to do something else. If she's not having fun, I won't be either. And in that case, at least we tried, and I'll plan to ride alone on my future tours.

As far as what to do with our down time, we'll bring a couple of small games, a few books, work on our journal and explore the areas in which we find ourselves.

I'm fairly certain that a schedule such as you laid out would send her packing home within a day or two, and I'd probably join her.

It's not just about the riding.