Bucket List
Yep, I have a long and ambitious bucket list! Thankfully, I’ve already gotten started because I have a long way to go. If it’s crossed off, some awesome experience took place, and if not?
Well, let’s go!!
- 1. Visit all 7 continents
- 2. Visit every country
- 3.
Visit all 50 States (5 more to go!)(April 2019) - 4. Ride in a hot air balloon
- 5. Skydive
- 6. Get scuba certified
- 7. Cage dive with great white sharks in South Africa or Australia…or BOTH!
- 8. Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
- 9.
Spend NYE (aka My Bday) in NYC to watch the ball drop(December 2016) - 10. Attend Oktoberfest in Germany
- 11.
See the Cherry Blossom trees blooming in Japan(April 2023) - 12.
Walk the Great Wall of China and toboggan down(March 2014) - 13.
Have British afternoon tea in London(April 2019) - 14.
Swim with dolphins in the wild(Summer 1997) - 15.
Swim with sharks(December 2015) - 16.
Petronas Towers in Malaysia (April 2023) - 17.
Go to the Olympics(Summer 1996) - 18.
Ride a camel(July 2009) - 19. Bathe, feed and play with an elephant at Patara Elephant rescue farm in Thailand
- 20.
Go to the college football National Championship game(January 2011, January 2014)
- 21. Go to the Super Bowl
- 22. Pet a tiger
- 23.
Be in a movie(multiple times from 2012-2014) - 24.
Go to a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field(July 2013) - 25.
Fenway Park in Boston(June 2019) - 26.
Complete a half marathon(December: 2011, 2012, November: 2014, 2017) - 27. Pet and feed a kangaroo in Australia
- 28. Hold and feed a koala bear in Australia
- 29. See Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio
- 30. Visit Norway in January for its spectacular winter scene
- 31. See and photograph Mt Everest in Nepal
- 32. See and photograph Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
- 33.
See and photograph Mt Fuji in Japan(November 2019, April 2023) - 34. Hike up above and behind the Hollywood sign in LA
- 35. See and photograph the Taj Mahal
- 36. See the Holy Land
- 37. Swim in the Dead Sea
- 38. Swim in the Sea of Galilee
- 39. Be baptized in the Jordan River
- 40. See and photograph the Big Blue Hole in Belize
- 41.
Find all of the Sound of Music filming locations in Austria(December 2018) - 42. Go to Window of the World theme park in Shenzhen, China (130 of the world’s most famous landmarks in one park)
- 43. Go to the Tulip Festival in Washington state
- 44.
Drive across the US(2005, 2006) - 45.
Go to Chelsea Market in NYC (home to the Food Network!)(February 2018) - 46. Go on an African Safari
- 47.
See and photograph Machu Picchu in Peru(May 2017) - 48.
Go to Austria and find the famous Sound of Music Mountain(December 2018) - 49.
See the Swiss Alps(August 2016) - 50.
Go to the Palace of Versaille(July 2018)
- 51. Visit Easter Island
- 52. Galapagos Islands
- 53.
See the French Alps(August 2016) - 54. Go to the top of Burj Khalifa in UAE
- 55. Eat sushi in Japan
- 56.
Have pizza, pasta and limoncello in Italy(July 2015) - 57.
Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower(July 2010, July 2018) - 58. Fly into the Arctic Circle and get the certificate
- 59.
See the northern lights dancing in Iceland(October 2018) - 60.
Swim between 2 continents in Iceland(October 2018)
- 61. Swim with sea turtles and get pictures WITH them while swimming
- 62. Go to Patmos where John was exiled and see the cave where he wrote Revelation
- 63.
See and photograph the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps(August 2016) - 64.
Paraglide from 10, 180 ft with the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland(August 2016) - 65.
See and photograph Mt McKinley in Alaska(August 2012) - 66.
See and photograph Mt Rainier in Seattle, Washington(August 2012) - 67.
Be a watchmaker in Geneva, Switzerland(August 2016) - 68.
Make my own chocolate in Vevey, Switzerland (home of Nestle!)(August 2016) - 69.
Make my own Swiss Army knife in Geneva, Switzerland(August 2016) - 70.
Hike and photograph Rainbow Mountain in Peru(May 2017)
- 71.
Cruise the Amazon River(May 2017) - 72.
See the pink dolphins in the Amazon River in Peru(May 2017) - 73. See and photograph every structure by the Spanish architectural genius, Santiago Calatrava
- 74. Live in a Spanish speaking country and complete a Spanish immersion program. Road to Spanish fluency.
- 75.
See the tulips in The Netherlands(April 2019) - 76.
See Mt Rushmore in South Dakota(April 2018) - 77.
Go to Mall of America in Minneapolis(April 2018) - 78.
Glamp in the Sahara Desert(June 2018) - 79. Live in a foreign country.
- 80.
See and photograph Patagonia(March 2019)
- 81. Road trip in Oregon to include Willamette Valley, foodie heaven in Portland, Painted Hills, Mt Hood, Crater National Park
- 82. See and photograph the Painted Hills in Oregon
- 83. See and photograph Mt Hood in Oregon
- 84. Go to Crater National Park in Oregon
- 85. Seven Magic Mountains in Las Vegas
- 86.
See and photograph “Manhattanhenge” in NYC(June 2019, close enough) - 87. Valley of Fire in Nevada
- 88.
Lower Antelope Canyon in Arizona(November 2017) - 89. Arches National Park in Utah
- 90. Bryce National Park in Utah
- 91. Hot Air Balloon Festival in New Mexico
- 92.
Kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland(April 2019) - 93. Cruise through the Panama Canal
- 94.
Eat at a Michelin star restaurant(April 2019) - 95. Gondola ride in Venice
- 96. Photograph the colorful houses in Burano, Italy
- 97.
Eat pizza, pasta, and gelato in Italy(July 2015) - 98.
Drink limoncello in Italy(July 2015) - 99. See and photograph the colors of Malta
- 100.
Custom-made leather sandals in Rome(July 2015)
- 101. Amalfi coast
- 102. Cherry blossoms in Washington DC
- 103. Mask painting in Italy
- 104. Zip the longest zipline in the world in Dubai
- 105. Kayak the 5 bioluminescence bays in the world:
1. Halong Bay, Vietnam
2. Luminous Lagoon, Jamaica
3.Laguna Grande, Puerto Rico(May 2022)
4. La Parguera, Puerto Rico
5. Mosquito Bay, Puerto Rico - 106.
Kayak Phang Nga Bay for Hong by Starlight and Bioluminescence in Thailand(April 2014) - 107.
Zip the longest zipline in the Americas and second longest in the world in Puerto Rico(May 2022) - 108.
Attend Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration(January 2023) - 109. Attend the 100 Years of Wonder Celebration at Disneyland
- 110. Attend Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary Celebration
- 111.
Eat at a Michelin two-star restaurant(Japan-April 2023) - 112.
Eat at a Michelin three-star restaurant(Japan-April 2023) - 113.
Batu Caves in Malaysia (April 2023) - 114. Do an escape room in all 50 states
- 115. D
o an escape room internationally(Malaysia-April 2023) - 116.
Petronas Towers in Singapore(April 2023) - 117.
Stay at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore(April 2023) - 118. Stay at the oldest hotel in the world (in Japan)
- 119.
Eat at Botín, the oldest restaurant in the world (Madrid)(July 2010) - 120. Visit each Disneyland Park all over the world
- 121.
Drink vodka in Russia(August 2017) - 122.
Drink wine in Napa Valley(July 2021) - 123.
Drink pisco sours in Peru(May 2017) - 124.
Drink sake in Japan(April 2023) - 125. Visit Antarctica via flight over the Drake Passage
- 126. Drink Port wine in Porto, Portugal
- 127. Photograph tigers in India
- 128.
See Jewel Changi in Singapore(April 2023) - 129. Attend El Día de Los Muertos in Mexico
- 130. Attend Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
- 131. Do St Patrick’s Day in Dublin
- 132. Celebrate NYE (my birthday) in Tokyo
- 133.
Drive Historic Route 66(July 2023)