The book encourages you to visit two areas: Anna Maria Island and the Mountains of North Carolina. It's not your typical guidebook, but a personal guide to what the author considers to be the very best of these two wonderful and very different worlds. The focus is on those lesser-known areas and activities and pleasures that await visitors and new residents alike. Included is historical information about the two areas as well as what to do, where to go and how to get there. You will also find information on the types of accommodations available and how to find them and suggestions on what to eat and where to eat it. Included are reviews and listing of their favorite eating places and more than two dozen recipes that are more-or-less indigenous to the two areas. The author and his wife live an abundant life and want to share it with all who will love it and appreciate it as much as they do.