Ok. So I was able to procure a 70 pally to help me level my mage/priest team before my RFA runs out next Tuesday.

This pally doesn't have the greatest gear. No Kara pieces, just a bunch of PVP blues and 360+ Bsmithing crafted armor items.

I'm able to clear SM relatively easily and am about to hit 40 on all of my toons. I read in a similar post that I can take my team to Stratholme at 45 and basically keep doing what I'm doing now there.

I was told to skip ZF. Is Stratholme the correct instance to go to and if so, what parts to you gather to burn down? I've actually never quested or instanced it myself as I've never had a pally and my lock's (my original toon) spells don't work well with skeletons. Where do you go when you enter the instance for maximum boosting? What areas do you avoid?