A late afternoon/early evening ride this summer with my wife on our tandem. We took a ride after work, and hit the sweet spot when it seemed that everyone was at dinner. There was little traffic, and we climbed up through some woods in the late afternoon sun. The weather was perfect, warm but not hot, little noise, low angle sun through the trees so the woods looked cool and mysterious, it was one of those zen rides when everything seemed to work out well. We did a more challenging climb that I'd been hesitant to do on the tandem and it was easier than I'd feared, we made it without gasping. Then the descent around the other side of the loop, and back home. It was only about 1.5 hours, strenuous in spots but not close to our limits. We looked at each other after and agreed that that was a good ride.