The long weekend is here and that means Summer starts nowish! In celebration, I am launching my fourth annual 100 Days of Summer LET’S DO IT list where I try and make the most of the sweetest but shortest season. I may not get it all done, but here’s hoping… And, I hope you can join in on some of the fun.

Note: I always start with the ones I’ve yet to complete… There are also pick-ups from previous years because awesomeness is always worth repeating.

1. go on a sail boat***
2. watch an outdoor movie***
3. see Shakespeare by the Sea***
4. fly a kite***
5. ride a slip & slide**
6. visit magic mountain**
7. make homemade ice cream*
8. hike Cape Chignecto*
9. go to a country fair*
10. ride shot gun in a car driven by Amanda*
11. have a water balloon fight* 
12. have fresh flowers in the house always*
13. tube down a river*
14. buy a summer dress*
15. mow the lawn*
    ***
16. golf (the real deal golf. not mini)
17. go to a concert
18. surprise someone
19. cheer for someone
20. hike the Skyline Trail
21. swim in a lake
22. swim in the ocean
23. dive into water
24. go to Eliot & Vine
25. go to the Shore Club
26. go to Chain Yard Urban Cidery
27. start a bullet journal
28. start designing my 2018 calendars
29. spend more time on my front porch
30. host a strawberry shortcake cocktail party
31. host a bbq
32. borrow Jill’s pizza oven and host a pizza party
33. sunrise at the beach
34. sunset at the beach
35. have a lunch date
36. have a brunch date
37. have a post-work beer date at the Stillwell beer garden
38. go prom-watching in the Public Gardens
39. order a pizza and eat it in a park
40. bike across the MacDonald bridge (if it EVER opens!)
41. bike a trail
42. hike a trail
43. run a trail
44. run by the ocean
45. run across the MacDonald bridge (if it EVER opens!)
46. go for a run and jump in the water right after
47. pop a wheelie
48. go berry picking
49. make raspberry jam
50. sleep in a tent
51. ride a roller coaster (or some other carni ride)
52. spend an evening on an outdoor patio
53. wash and clean my car (inside too)
54. run laps on a track
55. run with a run club
56. train for a marathon
57. rollerblade on the Oval
58. visit the Discovery Centre
59. play croquette
60. visit Hope for Wildlife
61. night swim
62. drink my morning coffee outside
63. accidentally get a sunburn
64. picnic with a basket and blanket
65. celebrate with sparklers
66. grow tomatoes
67. have a campfire
68. dance in the rain
69. make iced coffee
70. run through a sprinkler
71. make peach pie
72. make rhubarb pie
73. make key lime pie
74. rent kayaks
75. selfie with a lighthouse
76. selfie with a lobster trap
77. selfie in a boat
78. hear bag pipes
79. watch a parade
80. leave the province
81. leave the country
82. cut my hair
83. tie dye
84. watch fireworks
85. toss a frisbee
86. clean my office
87. eat from a food truck
88. only use the clothesline
89. make cedar-planked salmon
90. drink beer from a cooler
91. drink beer from a pitcher
92. go to a yard sale
93. go tidal bore rafting
94. ice cream on the Halifax waterfront
95. try hot yoga
96. visit McNabs Island
97. take a water taxi
98. plant a tree (or shrub)
99. play hooky
100. write my 40 before 40 list

NOTE: *2016 not complete **2015/2016 not completed ***2014/2015/2016 not completed.

The rules are simple. Summer starts this weekend (the long weekend of May) and ends on the last day of September. Here are my lists from 2016 / 2015 / 2014