Best and Worst

CAMPGROUNDS:

Best :

Bandon State Park, OR

Tall Chief, WA

Munising KOA, MI

Ledgeview RV, NY

Gulf State Park, AL

Oak Mountain State Park, AL

Mississippi River State Park, AR

Gulpha Gorge Campground, AR

Worst :

Butte KOA, MT

St. Bernard State Park, LA

Mission RV Park, TX

FOOD:

Best pizza: Grateful Head Pizza….Hot Springs AR

Best ice cream: Big Spoon Creamery, Birmingham, AL

Best dessert: Semifreddo, Bottega Restaurant, Birmingham, AL/ Cuban Bread Pudding, Hot Tin Roof Restaurant, Key West, FL

Best BBQ: SAWS Southside, Birmingham, AL

Best wings: Quarter Circle 7 Ranch, Alpine, TX

Best coffee: Baby’s Coffee, Key West, FL

Best appetizer: Focaccia/Stracciatella, Catherine and Mary’s, Memphis, TN

Best cupcake: Fat Bottom Girls, Hot Springs, AR/ Silo Bakery, Waco, TX

Best tortillas: Theresa’s Mosaic, Tucson, AZ

Best tamales: Fat Mamas Tamales, Natchez, MS

Best burritos: Marfa Burritos, Marfa, TX

Best deli sandwich: Bordo, Marfa , TX

Best chicken sandwich: Amsterdam Brewery, Toronto, ON/ SAWS, Birmingham, AL

Best key lime pie: Kermits, Key West, FL

Best tacos: Nana’s Kitchen, Tucson, AZ/ Kansas City Taco Tour

Best overall dining experience: Post Hotel, Lake Louise, AL/ Bird and Jim, Estes Park/ Latitudes, Key West, FL/ CoopersHawk, Des Moines, IA

Worst overall dining experience: Loose Moose, Toronto, ON

Worst breakfast: Cracker Barrel, Elkhart, IN

BARS:

Tip-a-few, Grand Haven, MI

Rye, Kansas City, MO

The Garrison, Lake George, NY

The Ohio Club, Hot Springs, AR

Lucilles, Austin, TX

White Buffalo Bar, Marathon, TX

Worst tequila sunrise: Duffy’s Bar, Lake George, NY

MARKETS:

Front Street Market, Butte, MT

St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, ON

Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, PA

The French Grocer, Marathon, TX

GROCERY STORE:

Fine Foods, Tucson, AZ

HIKES:

Fern Canyon, Redwoods National Park

Johnston Canyon, Lake Louise

Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park

Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park

The Beehive Loop, Acadia National Park

Chapel Rock, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park

The Desk, Alpine, TX

Ooh Ahh Point, Grand Canyon South Rim

VINTAGE LODGE/ HOTEL:

Lake McDonald Lodge, Glacier National Park

Emerald Lake Lodge, Yoho National Park

State Game Lodge, Custer State Park, SD

The Gage Hotel, Marathon, TX

Hotel Paisano, Marfa, TX

BOOKSTORE:

Fabled Bookshop and Cafe, Waco, TX

LIVE MUSIC:

Duval Street, Key West, FL

Beale Street, Memphis, TN

Tucson Folk Festival, Tucson, AZ

PUBLIC ART:

Little Rock Sculpture Garden, Little Rock, AR

Murals, Alpine, TX/Tucson, AZ

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

DRIVES:

Avenue of the Giants, Redwood State Park, CA

Hwy 299: Shasta to Pacific Coast, CA

Icefields Parkway, Banff and Jasper National Parks

Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park

Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park

Mt. Lemmon Highway, Tucson, AZ

SUNRISE:

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park