Thanks everyone for your responses so far. Because this is a day and half drive for me, I've been working on a route of around 250-300 miles to make it worth our while. My older touring buddy, and my wife if she attends, would like to stay in hotels if possible, especially if we're to do this in the heat of the summer. So far I'm trying to make use of every trail in the area and below is what I had pieced together a couple weeks ago but I'll need to add a loop or leg.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53351495

Stuart, sorry to hear about your knee but glad you'll be back in the game soon. Also thanks for the info and we'll see if we can't incorporate that into this thing.