+10. This is exactly what I was going to suggest. I recently went on a week long vacation with my wife through northern AZ and southern Utah. In the early mornings I would get on my bike and ride out of whatever small town we were in... in a direction we had already agreed upon. I had no destination... just "down the road..." She would eventually wake up (she loves to sleep in... so this worked great for us) and head down that same road and catch up to me.

I had nice cool early morning rides in some very pretty country. The motorists were good to me along the way, and I saw some land that I had never seen before... and I wasn't in a hurry to get to work or anywhere else.

Once the wife caught me, I did a quick sponge bath wipe down... and we went for brunch in the next town that looked suitable.

Never repeated a road, so it really refreshed my cycling "jones," if you will.

You can do the same thing touring, but doing it this way allowed us to both enjoy what we liked the most. Me, a nice bike ride in the early morning... her, sleeping in. Us... traveling to different places at our pace.