Date of Visit: February 24, 2026
Location: Proteus Brews, Greenbelt, MD
Rating: 👍
After visiting Greenbelt Park as we headed up to Fort McHenry, we found Proteus Brews to get some coffee (and hot chocolate for Nora).
I enjoyed the Vanilla Cinnamon Latte. Mom, I think, had a mocha (she ordered while the rest of us were trying to decide).
Dad had a pour over coffee of the Coast Rica Gesha.
See full list of Our Koffee Trail stops here and Our Koffee Trail Google Maps list here.
Date of Visit: February 15, 2026
Location: Benjamin's Bakery & Cafe, Surfside Beach, SC
Rating: ❤️ (Love)
After Dad got back from church, he picked Mik and I up to get coffee. We decided to go to Benjamin's Bakery & Cafe as it was the next on our list that of places we want to go that was open on Sunday.
As he was hungry, Mik got the Ricky Bobby bagel sandwich, which has sirloin, egg, and cheese. He enjoyed it, although it was kind of messy.
I did not plan to get anything because I already had breakfast, but I forgot about their paczki, which I used to get regularly at their farmer's market booth. With Paczki Day coming up, we also preordered some to pick up on Tuesday.
Date of Visit: December 7, 2025
We had a few days between Grandpa's funeral in Illinois and our planned trip to Florida, so we decided to make it a leisurely three-day drive and include a stop at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. Dad decided that leisurely meant he could take time for a car wash after church before we left the hotel that morning and we only got to the park around 3:30pm, so we didn't end up with much time to explore past the visitor center.
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See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.
Date: January 3, 2026
Location: Clockwise Coffee, Yemassee, SC
Rating: ❤️ (Love)
We discovered Carolina Cider Company when we went down to Hilton Head in 2021. Since then we've stopped a couple other times on our way to Florida, but we don't remember ever getting coffee here. The last few times we knew they had a coffeeshop, but we passed by when it was closed.
This trip we didn't plan on doing an Our Koffee Trail stop because for time sake we started with Starbucks when we left Myrtle Beach. However, we ended up at the Carolina Cider Company as a bathroom stop and Mik wanted a jug of Peach Cider, so with Dad ordering while I was getting the cider, the stop only a few minutes longer to also end up with coffee.
Mom had a White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha and I had a Brown Butter Rosemary Latte. I told Dad he should start using rosemary from our garden in the coffee at home.
See full list of Our Koffee Trail stops here and Our Koffee Trail Google Maps list here.
Date of Visit: December 28, 2025
Location: Jungle Safari Mini Golf, Myrtle Beach, SC
We had some mini golf coupons expiring at the end of the year and decided to use one before it got cold again and they expired. The Jungle Safari Mini Golf seemed most interesting of the options as the others were mostly pirate themed, which seems to be the most common mini golf course theme.
We really enjoyed the variety of the holes with different layouts, hills, and obstacles. The various animal statues along the course also made it a nice scenic course to play.
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Date: December 9-12, 2025
Location: Joffrey's Holiday Coffee Challenge, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Rating: ❤️ (Love)
For the 2025 Holiday season at Walt Disney World, Joffrey's has a Holiday Coffee Challenge for Annual Passholders. Mom, Mik, and I decided to try them all.
On our second park day, we started at EPCOT and got Yuletide Log Mochas (latte with dark chocolate sauce and marshmallow syrup) while we were eating our way through EPCOT and doing the Holiday Cookie Stroll.
Also on our second park day, we park hopped over to Hollywood Studios to ride Toy Story Mania and try the Cookie Butter Gingerbread Latte (latte with cookie butter syrup, cinnamon syrup, and spiced brown sugar syrup).
We started our third park day at Magic Kingdom. While waiting for our Jingle Cruise return time, we got Cheerful Elf Lattes (latte with peppermint and vanilla syrup).
After Magic Kingdom, we headed over to Disney Springs to do the Christmas Tree Stroll and finish Joffrey's Holiday Coffee Challenge with Santa Thumbprint Cookie Lattes, which was my favorite. For completing the challenge, we got luggage tags.
See full list of Our Koffee Trail stops here and Our Koffee Trail Google Maps list here.
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