You know what? Those "'oh why don't we just go out for a bit' types of drives" are a heck of a lot of fun on a bike. Its much easier to stop at places of interest and change course than being stuck in a car. For example, in the summer there are wild berries growing alongside the road. In a car you just woosh past, on a bike you can stop and taste and maybe do some serious harvesting if they taste good at a particular spot.
Agreed-actually we only need to go 1/2 way down our road to harvest berries! Our neighbor gets inundated with black and red raspberries every year. My wife vac packs them for smoothies through the winter, and I use them to brew a nice raspberry ale that I like.