Maybe you could fit in some S24O (sub-24 hour overnight) trips?

http://adventurecycling.org/resources/Petersen_S240s.pdf

I've done a few around the Seattle area, sometimes extending my range
by going multi-modal and using the bus, train, and/or ferry.

--Matt

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> John's message about things having been quiet on the list lately had
me thinking about the fact that I've had nothing to report (I've
pretty much only been a lurker here anyway, but largely due to having
nothing to report).
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> I spent most of the summer planning out this multi-day singletrack
epic that never ended up happening. Between work and family and
mending the house and all of that sort of business, it seems like I
don't go sleep in the woods very often.
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> Can anybody offer up any tricks or tips on how to make the time/find
the time/convince a non-adventuring partner that it's time well spent?
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