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 get to it!!
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
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. Hold, pet, and feed a stingray (April 2009)
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
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
49. See the Swiss Alps (August 2016)
50. Go to 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
We have done 6 continents and have completed a few on your bucket list. I do note that you have not done our country Australia. You have missed your chance to do one of the best in the world, climb the “rock”, however Central Australia still has plenty to offer. Most people come to Australia and only go to the cities. We travel Australia with a caravan and shun all cities for the wide open spaces.
Toured Canada and Alaska in Moho for 8 wks and the western National Parks in Moho for 90 days. Back to the States next Feb to do a 60 day Moho in the Eastern States.
Hi Norm-You’re right, I haven’t been to Australia YET. I plan on going, don’t worry. Why do you say I’ve “missed my chance to climb the rock”? I love wide-open spaces and cities alike. I don’t shun either so that I can discover everything equally. I do have my preferences like everyone, but I think there is so much to be seen and to learn from both nature and the city. I hope you enjoy your upcoming US tour and thanks for reading! 🙂