In May my wife and I will drive from far northern California to St. Louis (for our daughter's graduation on May 15) and back. The plan is to take our bikes, take our time, and do a number of one-day bike rides along the way. For example, we might drive for a few hours, set up camp and go for a bike ride. Or we might drive, camp, and go for a long bike ride the next day.

So in this thread I'm soliciting specific bike rides or routes. Ideally, I'll store a bunch of these on the computer, and every day we can plan a few days in advance. You can provide a mapmyride.com or bikely.com route, or just describe it. I'm looking for some of the best rides in the country.

We can take our time and roam far and wide. That is, the rides do not need to be along a straight line between home and St. Louis. Anything in this area could work:



Here are our priorities for the bike trips:

1. Good roads (smooth pavement)
2. Low traffic
3. Non-city
4. Opportunities for pie
5. Loop preferred
6. 40-80 miles round trip
7. Campground close to the route

Also, if there are any organized rides that might work, please let me know.

Thanks!