Trying to get back into the tandem thing. I am looking for a perfect ride. For us, this means about 25-35 miles with minimal climbing. Nice scenery and low traffic. It is also important to have interesting things around/along the way. We are willing to drive for the right ride. Our perfect ride so far is to ride West Dry Creek from Healdsburg to Bella and tour a few wineries along the way. Some variation of this ride: http://spokefolk.com/rides/yoakim.asp After the ride, we can tour more wineries by car, stroll around downtown Healdsburg, go over to Jimtown for lunch, etc. My stoker is big into food/wine and that sort of thing.

We had many great rides like this during our honeymoon in Provence. But they were a little on the hilly side.

Does anyone have any other rides like this to recommend? I think wine country is best for this because the riding is scenic and you know there will be lots of wine tasting and good food options on or near the route. We've also tried this in Livermore, but the scenery isn't nearly as nice (no offense to the locals) and a lot of the riding was on boring roads.

Remember, for her to have a good time (at least while we are getting back into it), it must not be epic and can't have too much climbing. About 500' per 10 miles would probably be OK.

Thanks and tell me if I am dreaming here...