I used to do a lot more rides where I saw a paved road going off to the right and decided to take it to see where it leads ... and ended up cycling the countryside, sometimes getting lost temporarily, and sometimes doing something like accidently riding a century or other long distance finding my way back. Where I live now, it's a bit more challenging to do that because this area is very hilly and you could end up on some monster climb.

However, we will look at a map and decide to head off in this direction on a Saturday to see what there is to see over there, and another direction on the Sunday to explore a different area. If there's something out there to see, even better!