It’s all Good, but here’s the best of the best. Put these on your bucket lists:

• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, MI (11 Aug 2018) http://yesdear.life/?p=346
• Biking Ice Age National Scenic Trail through Point Beach State Forest, Two Rivers, WI (27 Aug 2018)
  If you have time, start in Manitowoc, WI
• Sugar and powdered sugar sand Clearwater Beach, FL ( 26 Nov 2018)
• Cayo Costa Key State Park, FL (12 Dec 2018)
• Shelling on Sanibel and Captiva Islands, FL (6 Jan 2019)
• Hoffman Cay, Exumas, The Bahamas
• Pirate’s Lair in the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park, The Bahamas (27 Feb 2019)
• Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA (10 May 2019)
• Hudson River (June 2019)
• Montreal, QC (24 June 2019)
• Baie Fine ‘The Pool’ (31 July 2019)
• Carnaval San Miguel de Cozumel (27 Jan 2020 – 26 Feb 2020)
  9 Feb 2020 Game of Thrones http://yesdear.life/?p=15885
• Discover Scuba (and get PADI certified) with Eric at Challenge Diving San Miguel de Cozumel
• Grafton IL, The Key West of the Midwest http://yesdear.life/?p=13401, Saturday Night in Grafton, IL http://yesdear.life/?p=18399
• Coolest public restroom at Kohler Art Center Sheboygan, WI http://yesdear.life/?p=1085
• Frying Pan Shoals off Bald Head Island Cape Fear NC http://yesdear.life/?p=23472

Best Rum Drinks

• Rum Punch – Lulu’s – Gulf Shores, FL
• Mai Tai – Fathoms – Cape Harbour Marina, Cape Coral, FL (Have Lee make it for you. Jan 2019)
• Key Lime Colada (and the Orange Crunch Cake) – Bubble Room, Captiva Island, FL (6 Jan 2019)
• Mojitos at Sunsets in San Miguel de Cozumel ( 30-Enero-2020)

Not a rum drink but notable

• Key Lime Pie martini at Matt’s Kitchen in Perry Hotel, Stock Island, Florida Keys (17-JAN-2021 Sunday). It knocked all my key lime pie tastings out of the water. http://yesdear.life/?p=21083

Good Eats

• Half-pound jumbo blue crab cake at Chick and Ruth’s Delly, Annapolis (30 May 2019)
• Anything at Spano’s Ristorante Italiano, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
  Winner of Best Italian in New Jersey (3 Jun 2019)
• Butter Tarts from Betty’s at the Peterbourgh, ON farmers market (13 Jul 2019)
• Butter Tarts from the Georgian Bakery in Midland, ON (27 Jul 2019)
• Pretzels at Abigail’s in Grafton, IL (24 Aug 2019)
• Surfing Burrito, Cancun
• The Fish House, Key Largo FL (18-JAN-2021)
• Barbary Coast Bar, Wilmington NC (17-19 APR 2021) http://yesdear.life/?p=23595 (Dale’s contribution to this list)
• Fried green tomatoes with beer cheese, pimentos, banana peppers and basmati vinegar garnish at Persimmons Waterfront Restaurant, New Bern NC.