The List
The. List. As I like to call it. You know what it is. Everyone has one. Also known as a “kick the bucket list”, “bucket list” or “reaper list”. Long before the Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson movie, Bucket List, people had their own “list”, even if it wasn’t written and stored in a capsule or better yet, posted on a blog. It is sometimes a place and sometimes an activity. No two people’s list are the same, but one thing remains the same, it never needs an explanation. And with that, I present to you my list; which I expect to add to and then mark off as I do them. Please comment about items on your list and even things on this list that you’ve already done.
- Take a ride in a submarine
- Start a non-profit
Write a novel- Be a published author
- Hang Glide at Kitty Hawk
Take a cruise (Yes, I’m a travel writer and have never taken a cruise)- Compete in the U.S. National Toboggan Championships
- Dog sled
- Trek Machu Picchu
- Climb a 14er
- Cave Dive at the Cave of Swallows in Mexico
- Drive the length of the Baja Peninsula
- Go diving for treasure
- Take a hot air balloon ride
- Take a hot balloon ride…at sunset…while making out with a significant other..in Africa.
- Yacht/sail through the Caribbean
- Go snowmobiling
- Build a beach cottage
- Live in a beach cottage
- Track Gorillas
- Go tornado chasing
- Drive a gondola, but not wear the scarf and hats like they do at the Venetian in Vegas.
- Raft down the Colorado River
- Be on The Colbert Report
Live as an expat- Play a round of golf at St. Andrews
- RV across North America
- RV around Australia
- Drive the Autobahn
- Go to the FIFA World Cup Championship
- Go to the Super Bowl
- Catch a fish or shark that is taller than me (above 6’3″)
- Throw the opening pitch at a Major League Baseball Game
- Swim with penguins
- Attend the final round of the PGA Masters at Augusta National
- Dive the Titanic
- Go spelunking
Visit the motherland of the U.K.- Live for a season in the U.K.; where I go to the pub everyday, eat fish and chips and Bangers and Mash, drink Guinness and sing and dance
- Get published in one of the big fish (National Geographic, CN Traveler, AFAR, etc.)
- Be on a Travel Channel TV show
- See a concert at Red Rocks
Get off my plane and see someone holding a white sign with “Spellman” on it- Go waterfall rappelling
Start my own business- Black water raft through the caves of New Zealand
- Start a magazine
- Operate a bed and breakfast
- Develop an iPhone app
Learn to surf- Go base jumping down the Cave of Swallows
- Sled down a volcano
Eat from 100 food trucks in San Francisco.- Compete in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
Road trip the Pacific Coast Highway.Go to the Olympics…as an adult.- Visit every state in America.
- Learn to snowboard.
- Start and operate my own winery…or distillery…or brewery. Something that has to do with making money from drinking.
- Get my scuba diving certification.
- Go sky diving.
- Fly an airplane.
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Quite a few similarities we have, Spence. If you fly to LA/OC next time, let me know. I’ll pick you up with a white sign with your name written on it! LOL
Operate a Bed & Breakfast – I love this 1. When I was in 10th grade I took an entrepreneurship class and the mock-business I opened was a B&B. Although, lately I want to open a mid-range hostel (not straight budget $4.00/night but not high class way up $ a night) . Where? I’m not sure yet. But, I could just see myself settling down when I’m older and that be how I make my living & live my life. I’d never stop writing of course
still long list to go
Spencer! If you ever come visit me in Colorado we can knock 2 of these off! Concerts at Red Rocks are amazing and perfect! Rafting down the Colorado is also an experience that needs to happen!
Love this list. I am inspired by you again. Thanks.
Thanks Sarah. Rafting down the Colorado is definitely on my list. Will let you know when I make Colorado happen!
Let me know when you are ready for that hang gliding at Kitty Hawk! We are on the other side of NC and I would be glad to go with you!!
Awesome! Love Kitty Hawk. Thanks Aaron!
I think we need to get together and help you out with this list. Far too few crossed off for my liking. Happy to help with 42, 49 and 53, I didn’t even know it was possible to dive the Titanic until I just had a quick google search….you best start saving for that one though $60k is out of my budget.
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Number 37 is my favorite….Have not done a full season, but many days and nights….Uk list is not complete without a weeks pub crawl in Dublin….
What an ambitious and adventurous list! Definitely got some inspiration rolling for me to actually write down my own list:)
You can knock out #1 when you are on Maui! http://www.hawaiidiscount.com/tours/maui/submarineandglassbottomboatrides/atlantis-odyssey-adventure.htm
Thanks Liz! I’m hoping to when I go to Hawaii (And Maui) for the first time in a few weeks!
I storm chase in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota come May, June, July, August. If you are in the far north, let me know and hopefully we can knock of chase a tornado.
Fabulous choices ! By the way, when you cross them out as “done” – see that you hyperlink with a storyline of the results say – visit Motherland UK – where exactly were you ? Love to join you on number 59
Lady Tamaya
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