Wednesday, January 23, 2008

My bucket list, or at least a first attmept at it

I thought it would be interesting to do and see if I could come up with 100 things that I would like to do before I step out in front of the big bus. I decided on 100 because that is what my co-worker did, the little over achiever that is. So you can tell in some places where I was reaching just a bit or trying to fill slots. None the less, enjoy. And let me know what you think or what you would put on your list.

1. Visit all 50 states. Stay at least over night.

2. Visit all of the continents. Stay at least over night, see more than a resort, eat local cuisine.

3. Shoot a hole-in-one

4. Shoot a round under par

5. Read the bible cover to cover

6. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef

7. Visit the Equator

8. Cross the International Date Line by water

9. Write a book

10. Write a movie

11. Learn to play well enough to write and record my own music

12. Have dinner with Sammy Hagar in Cabo!

13. Build a home myself

14. Open a restaurant

15. Open a studio/gallery

16. Catch a shark (Actually land the fish)

17. Visit the Holy land

18. Visit Russia, Italy, Poland, Greece, Spain, France, England, Ireland, Tahiti, Australia, & Scotland

19. Learn to fly a plane

20. Play Augusta National

21. Race in the Baja 1000

22. Learn to rock climb

23. Visit both the north and south poles

24. Start a company, more than small business

25. Play in a pro-am

26. Build the "Supertruck"

27. Visit all of the Major League Baseball parks, NFL Stadiums, & NHL Arenas

28. Put my kids through college

29. Run a marathon

30. Wind-surf

31. Surf the North Shore in Hawaii

32. Visit Mount Rushmore

33. Bench press 1.5 times my body weight

34. Play TPC Sawgrass

35. Go on a vacation with just my wife without her having any previous knowledge

36. Visit Vatican City

37. Drive on the Autobahn

38. Visit an active volcano

39. Visit Mt Everest, at least attempt to climb it

40. Go white water rafting

41. Visit Tequila Mexico, the mother land!

42. Visit Niagara Falls

43. Hike down to the floor of the Grand Canyon

44. Invent something

45. I wanted to fly on Concord but British Airways nixed that for me

46. Walk on the Great Wall of China

47. Visit the Himalayas

48. Camp in Yosemite & Yellowstone National Park/visit Ole' Faithful/See the redwood trees in Redwood National Park

49. Take a boat around the world

50. Learn to play the piano

51. Run for a political office

52. Attend a Superbowl

53. Attend the World Series

54. Attend the Stanley Cup Finals

55. Attend Wimbledon

56. Attend the Masters

57. Attend the U.S. Open (hook me up Brandon)

58. Kiss the Blarney Stone

59. Tour the Louvre

60. Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty

61. Go on an African Safari

62. Drive Route 66

63. Speak and write a foreign language fluently

64. Visit the Bermuda Triangle

65. Own a fully automatic machine gun

66. Go to Q school

67. Anomalously pay off something for a stranger

68. Get in shape too and compete in a triathlon

69. Go on tour

70. Fly with the Blue Angels

71. Become a chef

72. Float in the Dead Sea

73. Attend the Kentucky Derby (Ahmm Leigh Ann, I am photographing your wedding after all ?)

74. Go to an NCAA Championship Game (football)

75. Dive a shipwreck

76. Sell a photo to a national magazine

77. Attend a Hollywood Movie Premier/Walk down the red carpet

78. Stay in the Stanley Hotel (where "The Shining" was filmed)

79. Attend Carnival in Rio

80. Run with the Bulls

81. Visit the pyramids

82. Ride a camel

83. Ski the Alps

84. Interview someone that interest me

85. Own a Lamborghini

86. Own a jet

87. Own a yacht

88. Play golf in Scotland

89. Go on a hot air balloon ride

90. Own a hot rod shop

91. Repel down a building

92. Design and build my dream home

93. Start a charity

94. Scuba dive in every ocean and sea

95. Visit Amish country

96. Shoot a Robin Hood (one arrow into another)

97. Write a report/article that gets published

98. See the Northern Lights

99. Play Tennis well enough to compete

100. Cave exploring

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