A wise man told me that you should judge the quality of an area's riding by the 1 hour rides, not the 5 hour rides. The point being that almost anywhere you can get to cool areas on a long ride, but your day-to-day riding is going to be a lot more affected by the roads near your house. In that case, I'm pretty lucky, because I have some sweet 1 hour rides. Here are some pictures from my bike walk last week when I didn't need to train, but just wanted to get out and enjoy the day.