Quote Originally Posted by ridebikeme View Post
Sounds as though you are headed in the right direction. Would posting some info about this with your LBS or a club help to find some people to ride with? There may be others who are interested as you are and are looking as well...
My bike shop already knows as they are the ones who gave me the information and a contact to help me find places to go scouting out potential rides. I've also posted something on the local women's mtb meetup group, and there are a couple of women interested.

There is a mtb association of course, and I've been on that forum but right now everyone is so focused on single-track. There is a gravel road race on Thanksgiving weekend, but I wouldn't want to slow down someone training for a 60+ mile brutal gravel race. This is in the same area where I want to ride, but I know I will be slower. With all of the injuries and time off the bike this year I don't have the climbing legs I should at the end of the season and that area has some STEEP gravel roads!