Love it !! I also like a simple plan, pick a general direction and go. Sometimes, I do some planning, pick a general direction and see what there is to be seen in that direction too. Different, yet the same...as long as it's in the saddle.
Very nice word picture. I can’t ride like that. My brain does not work that way. I’m never lost and I know the whole day or even week before I start. I guess that takes some of the romance and mystery out of it but I love the puzzle that comes out perfectly as planned.