The object of these rides is to ride the perimeter of their respective state. By driving the required Cities/towns in order, you'll more or less draw the outline of the state. These rides do not care about the cities or towns in between the required ones except you can't leave the state (Hence the use of Spotwalla). In Texas for example, you can make several stops for fuel before you get to your next required city/town. Some of the stops just require photos of a Visitor Center sign. Some a DBR. They also intentionally put Paris, TX as a required city to keep you from traveling on the Interstate through Dallas across North Texas. This makes these ride a bit harder to complete, but you do get to see Americana. I recently did a BBG, all on the Interstate, but I much prefer doing SS's through the back roads. I plan on eventually doing all of these Ride Arounds and have already planned my routes in Basecamp. I am also working on routes of the states that are not listed such as Arizona. The problem with Arizona is that the Grand Canyon is in the way. In order to get to the North West corner, you have to leave the state, which is not permitted. I guess I'll have to find a dirt road or trail across miles of uninhabited terrain to complete this one. One of the ride around states ride (Can't remember which one), in one of its corners, has a very small town (4 or 5 buildings) with only one business and it isn't a convenience store or gas station and might not be open on the weekends as a required one to visit. Good luck on your ride.