I like these kinds of threads.
My commute is 9 miles in the morning, through a tiny town and onto rural two lane roads, 55 mph speed limits and no shoulders. But little traffic too: this morning I didn't get passed by any cars, and only met two going the other way, neither on the gravel section. I have a brief bit through pasture land before I turn onto a gravel road with little rolling hills through forested (douglas fir, mostly) land and a creek, then back onto pavement and up over a big ridge through mixed pasture and forest, some oaks by that point in addition to the conifers. Then down the ridge into Dallas where I catch a bus to ride the other 41 miles of my commute, if I am working in Stayton that day. Today I went into down town Salem and caught a city bus out to my work place. This afternoon I'll ride back down town and catch the commuter bus again, but I'll get off before Dallas so that I add miles. My total ride home will be about 18 miles.