This Tuesday (8-26) I am riding up to Kennesaw, GA. I'm gonna meet a buddy in Lake City, FL then plan to take 41 from there at least as far as Perry then maybe 341 up from there. Y'alls description of the ride up 41 sounds great. Anyone got any good routes up around the west side of Atlanta to the Dallas area? Prefer not to have to run the Atlanta 500 (I-285) on my bike. Dr Doolittle hope to meet up with you next week.
Hopefully I won't insult anyone too bad but the west side of Atlanta is pretty flat and boring. I ran an errand south of the airport last month and had planned a route just like you to avoid the interstates. I got so bored I hopped on I20 east to I285 and just put up with the traffic to get on home. Going right through town isn't too bad as long as you avoid rush hours - they have the HOV lanes that allow bikes so you can pretty much zip right through.