These are the types of rides I like to do. However, my wife is not as much of a cyclist as I am, and I get more of a rush doing these rides when it's just me, my bike, and whatever I can carry in my bags, so to have her drive out and meet me would kind of defeat the purpose. I do miss her at day's end, though.
The good thing is that she is very much into attending weekend and weeklong meditation retreats, so what I do is plan my rides for the times when she is away on one of those.