A couple of awesome summer trips deserve to be recorded here. May 2014: Cayman Islands. Maggie and I went with our friends Mary, Katie, and John to Grand Cayman for just under a week. Highlights: Snorkeling with sea turtles, stingrays, flounder, parrotfish, angelfish, starfish, anemone, urchins. Ending each day with a drink on the beach. Captain Alan! Plantain chips, coconut water, lionfish tacos, ceviche, jerk chicken, mahi mahi, Caybrew beer. Kayaking in a bioluminescent bay. Spending the time with great friends. On the beach at our vacation house near Rum Point. July 2014: Wisconsin. Maggie and I drove out for her dad's retirement party. Highlights: Hiking at Scuppernong, Lapham Peak, and the Minooka dog park. Kayaking at White Fish Dunes/Cave Point and at Lower Nemahbin Lake. The drive through Door County, including Peninsula State Park and dinner at The Cookery. Drinks at The Rumpus Room, dinner at Wolf Peach. Custard at LeDuc's and Gille'