My Bucketlist

Everybody has one . . .

That list of dreams they hope to make a reality before they take their last breath on earth.

My bucket list of no different, it is full of things I long to do and places I daydream about seeing. I realize that actually completing my eternally long bucket-list in one lifetime is pretty much impossible, unless I became independently wealthy(like 10 years ago) and didn’t have to work another day in my life. Even then, I would have to be traveling nonstop pretty much for the next 50 years to tick off every item on my bucket list. Sounds great to me, but I realize that isn’t realistic. Honestly, as long as I am actively checking things off for the rest of my days, I will be satisfied.

Without further ado, my PARTIAL list(in no particular order), because it will take some time for me to transfer the ENTIRE list from my journal to my blog . . . believe it or not, there are close to 300 items on my list. 😬

1. See a narwhal in the wild*
2. Kayak with orcas in the wild(Orcas Island, Washington)*
3. Horseback ride on the beach* – I did this in California & Costa Rica
4. See the northern lights in Iceland* (Jolee wants to see the northern lights ANYWHERE)
5. Swim with sharks – I did this in Hawaii, the Bahamas & Fiji
6. Visit Fiji
7. Soak in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland*
8. Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Fiji
9. Visit Australia*
10. Scuba dive The Great Barrier Reef*
11. Visit the Whitsundays*
12. Sleep in a Treehouse* – I did this in Madagascar
13. Eat parmesan cheese IN Parma Italy
14. Get scuba certified* – I did this while I was living in Maui in 2000
15. Kayak or SUP in bioluminescent waters*
16. Float in the Dea Sea
17. See the southern lights
18. Visit the Cooke Islands
19. Hike half Dome in Yosemite National Park*
20. Run a marathon
21. Take Jolee to a BIG concert* – Mothers day weekend, Taylor Swift
22. Visit Machu Picchu* – with Jolee
23. See a seahorse in the ocean while scuba diving or snorkeling
24. Watch Jolee graduate from high school
25. Live on a tropical island – Hawaii for almost 5 years
26. Watch a World Cup game LIVE
27. Get proposed to
28. Find out my exact genealogy
29. Visit every country in my genealogy
30. Visit Dracula’s castle in Romania*
31. Visit Antarctica
32. See a sloth in the wild* – Costa Rica
33. Take Jolee on a missions trip* – Hawaii
34. Step foot on every continent
35. Swim with Jelly’s in Palau*
36. Explore Madagascar*
37. Sleep in a glass igloo in Scandinavia
38. Swim with whale sharks in the wild* – Jolee & I did this together in Mexico
39. Explore Borneo Malaysia* – with Jolee & my dad
40. Go Sand boarding – In Huacachina Peru with Jolee
41. Go on a tiger photo safari in india*
42. Visit Zanzibar
43. Gorilla trek in Rwanda or Uganda*
44. Swing on a jungle swing in Bali*
45. Visit Chiapas Mexico
46. Visit the Seychelles
47. Cruise the Galapagos
48. Soak in a hot spring in Greenland
49. Go snow kiting in Iceland
50. Get Jolee Scuba certified*
51. Horseback ride in Patagonia
52. See Iguazu Falls
53. See Victoria Falls
54. Go Glamping* – many places/times
55. Ride in a sea/float plane over BEAUTIFUL waters – Fiji
56. Explore Gabon and watch the surfing hippos
57. Spend time in the Amazon rainforest*
58. Ride in a hot air balloon* – in Napa, CA with Jolee
59. Hike on a glacier – Iceland
60. Go dog sledding*
61. Float in the dead sea*

*Also on Jolee’s bucket list. Jolee has her own bucket list, some things we have in common and some we don’t. Those items which we have in common have an * next to them on my list.

I will continue to transfer items over time as time allows, many have been checked off but I still have a loooong ways to go.

Want to help me check one of these off?  Want to join me as I check one of them off? Let’s talk!