Love RWGPS for exploring new areas but like you experienced it can have it's own mind sometimes. Like you group rides have been a lot fewer the last couple of years. I still like going long and my goal is to keep doing it as much as I can. But I enjoy roads with less hills now, a lunch stop somewhere, slower speeds and maybe a road or area I haven't ridden before.
We used to do "double our age rides" for our birthday but not sure about that as the years are adding up. One year we did 211 miles so maybe I should bank some of those for future years**********
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