Here’s our ever-growing Bucket List. We’ve provided a link to video, blog or pictures of thing we’ve already done. We also have links to some of the events and festivals that are on our Bucket List.
PLEASE add your suggestions below. Our rule is that once we accomplish one thing on our list, we have to add something else to it.
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Drive a convertible down Route 66
Drive from LA to San Francisco on the Pacific Coast Highway
Ride a kayak in Hawaii
Ride a Fan Boat in the swamp
Cattle Drive
Attend Rodeo School
Ride a Cable Car in San Fransisco
Drive the Ocsar Mayer Weiner Mobile
Raft down the Colorado river in the Grand Canyon
Go clamming in New England
Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist Tour
See the change of colors in the fall in New England
Ride in a hot air balloon
Pilot an airplane
Ride in a helicopter
Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
Skydive
Parasail
Bungy Jump
Zorbing
Hang Glide
Learn to Surf
Witness a shuttle launch
Ride a segway
Scuba Dive
Dog Sledding
Zipline
Snow Skiing
Snow Boarding
Photo Safari
Rock Climbing
Sail from Maine to Miami
Catch a shark or sailfish
Ride in a fighter jet
Shoot a machine gun
Ride worlds largest roller coasters
Pilot a Riverboat
Pan for Gold
Walk on a glacier
Climb a mountain
Ice Fishing
Ride an elephant
Ride a camel
Mongol Rally
Nature
An active volcano
A tornado
Amazon Rain Forest
Check out haunted stuff
See the aurora borealis (Alaska)
See the Worlds Largest Urban Bat Colony
Visit
Hawaii
Italy – Tuscany
Sedona, AZ
Prague
London
Ireland
The Grand Canyon
The Holy Land
Africa – photo safari
Every state in USA
Mount Everest
Panama Canal
China
Japan
Eiffel Tower
All of Europe
Egypt
Alaska
Australia – hold a kuala bear
Go to the top of Empire State Building
Go to the top of Sears Tower
Visit Alcatraz
Visit the Biltmore House
Visit Fire Island
Ice Hotel
Under Water Hotel
Graceland
Alaska Pipeline
Every Continent
Every Country

Celebrity
Meet various celebrities
Jam with a rock star
Meet a president
(or former president)
Interview Katie Couric Skype with Richard Branson on a Virgin Flight
Meet a Corporate Giant (Bill Gates, Steven Jobs etc.)
Meet a famous director (Steven Spielberg, George Lucas) Meet a comedy icon (Tim Conway, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Carol Burnett)
Hang at the Bravo Club House with Andy Be a Magicians Assistant
Tug on Carol Burnett’s ear and/or have Carol Burnett tug on my ear
Meet Mark Burnett (creator of Survivor, The Apprentice etc.)
Meet Gary Larsen (the Far Side)
Meet Jazz great, Dave Koz
Meet Kelsey Grammer
Meet world record holders in random stuff
Meet Food Network Chefs
Meet Travel Channel Stars
Meet Little Debbie
Meet Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods)
Meet Samantha Brown
Have coffee with Geraldo Rivera

Culinary
Wine Harvest in Tuscany
Eat a taco in Mexico
Eat Swiss cheese in Switzerland
Eat a pizza and make pasta in Italy
Eat sushi in Japan
Eat Skyline Chili in Cincinnati
Eat a Belgian Waffle in Belgium
Eat a Frankfurter in Frankfurt
Drink beer in Ireland
Eat Chicken Kiev in Keiv, Ukraine
Drink beer in Germany
Eat flaming saganaki in Greece
Stomp grapes to make wine
Tour a winery
Eat a Key Lime Pie in the Keys
Cook with some of the Food Network Stars
Eat with twitter friends
from all 50 states
Eat Buffalo Wings in Buffalo, NY
Eat Polish sausage in Poland
Eat something Bizarre with Andrew Zimmern
Bake a cake with Buddy “The Cake Boss”
Learn to make Goat Cheese

Events/Festivals
Fashion week in New York City
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
New Year’s Eve in Times Square
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Fashion Week in New York City
St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Oktoberfest in Germany
Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Running wit Bulls in Pamplona
Tomatina (Tomato Food Fight)
Memphis in May International Festival
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – NYC
Tournament of Roses Parade – Pasadena, CA

Sports
See all four major bowl games – live (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta)
See a Super Bowl
See a World Series
Attend the Kentucky Derby
Drive a NASCAR
See a College football game in as many different stadiums as possible
Tailgate at a big-time collage football game
Tailgate at the Superbowl
Play golf in Scotland
Attend the Masters Golf Tournament
Play golf on a PGA Tour course
Train at the PGA Village

Learning
Learn to Ski
Learn how to Grow a Garden
Learn to Beat-Box
Learn to Mediate
Learn to Dance

Make a Difference
Make somebody laugh every day
Help someone start a business
Film a documentary
Help someone realize their dream
Help make someone famous
Help someone fulfill their bucket list
Help someone get out of debt
Miscellaneous
Appear on a national TV show
Go one year without wearing socks
Shop at a Pawn Shop
Own a Viking Range
Visit the Twitter headquarters and thank them
Google myself in Google headquarters
Write a book
Write a screenplay
Write a hit song
Crash an event
Get a makeover from a Drag Queen
Ring the Closing Bell on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in NYC
Prank a telemarketer
Prank a celebrity and/or politician









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Take a cruise through the Mediterranean.
Go Skydiving!
Put my girls through college (without student loans)!
Golf at Pebble Beach Golf Course
Travel the World
Cruise the World
Own an Audi Q7
Visit Australia.
Own a Boat.
Run a 5k.
Write a Book.
Participate in the 3 day Breast Cancer Walk.
This will be growing!
My bucket list:
Visit every continent (every country is ambitious)
See the Northern Lights
Hike the entire Kalalau trail (in Kauai)
Watch a boxing match ringside
Experience Oktoberfest in Germany
Lots on my bucket list, but here’s the highlights:
Visit all seven continents (3 done)
Make a pilgramage to Mecca… er… Graceland.
See the space shuttle launch
#NUTS!!
TO DO:
Hot air ballooning
Key West
New York
New England States
Jazz Fest, New Orleans
Mediterranean Cruise
New England Cruise
Victoria, B.C.
Make a sand angel on a beach
Have a book signing
Publish a book
Go to Hawaii
Raft down the Colorado river in the Grand Canyon
Niagra Falls Maid of the Mist Tour
See Aurora Borealis
Look through a really big/strong telescope (again)
Have a spa day
A week at Canyon Ranch Spa
Be on a rowing team
Play a song on my Ukelele
DONE:
Sail to Catalina and spend night on Boat
Ride in dinghy
Sailing
Canoeing
Ride on a segway
Visited Plantation homes
Explored Pacific Coast
Played in Pacific Ocean
Played in Atlantic Ocean
Played in Gulf of Mexico
Lake Louise/Banff/Roger’s Pass
Mardi Gras
Canyon Ranch Spa, Tucson, AZ
Flew in twin/ single prop plane
Drove Police Cars
Talked on Police radios
Police Victim Advocate
Quilt Museum Docent
1st place/Best of Show Quilt
Been in a Parade (Red Hats, Parrot Heads)
Drove/Rode in Pontoon boats
Walked Bolder Boulder 10 K and Fairmont School’s 3K
Helicopter ride & landed on glacier
Circled summit of Mt McKInley
ATVed
Dog Sledded
Whale watched
Salmon bake
Alaska Rail and Cruise
14 course meal on cruise
Champagne breakfast on ship balcony
Sang Karaoke
Snowmobiling
Fiesta Bowl
Cotton Bowl
Flew into Houston from B.R. to Astrodome for a Astro vs Atlanta Braves game
Hank Aaron hit a home run (Tenneco paid for our skybox)
School at Instituto IberAmericanos, Saltillo, Coah, for 6 weeks
Saw rings of Saturn in a large telescope
San Francisco; Ghiradelli Square, Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Br.,etc
Los Angeles; lived there 3 yr
Met Dustin Hoffman, Buddy Hackett, Monty Hall, Stephanie Powers, “John” from TV show “Lost”
TP’d Grant Park from Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL
Things I’ve Won:
SlimBodyCoach.com Cruise to Caribbean
Margaritaville Frozen Concoction maker
Byers Ice Cream party for 100 people
Werther’s Chocolate, 60 pkg.
Joe’s jeans and tote bag
Margarita Sensations CD
Swim Skinny CD
Brent Burns CD
$7500 furnace from Applewood PHE
Visit Europe
SNUBA yes, sNuba, not sCuba
Dip my feet into black and pink sand beaches.
Visit Tahiti
Fly on a double decker plane.
Metal detect on a large expanse of beach in Florida
Attend a UFC event.
Take a 20+ night cruise
Ride a Segway
Go on an archeological dig
Pan for gold
Go gemstone hunting
Find a meteorite
Find an arrowhead
See the Indy 500
Attend the World Series
Attend the Superbowl
Go to Hawaii
See a shooting star
See Alaska
See the leaning tower of Pisa
kiss my husband in every state
My bucket list
Visit every continent
See the Pyramids
See Machu Picchu
See Angkor Wat
Create my own Travel TV show
Buy a house/large gift for my parents
Meet the #NUTS crew
Visit as many countries as possible
Open my own hostel
I could go on!
I have pretty much only won little prizes. nothing substantial @pizzalogger #NUTS
chichibeans at aol forgot my email above
Bucket List
Positively impact a stranger’s life
Be a guest on Oprah
See a Space Shuttle launch
Safari in Africa (need to see hippos in the wild)
See the aurora borealis
Get my private pilot’s license (working on it!)
Own and fly (and land) a pink Hello Kitty seaplane
Fish Canadian trophy waters
Visit Block Island
Hold my grandchildren (I’m willing to wait 10 years for this one)
Love and be loved completely
My top six are:
1) Visit Ice Hotel in Sweden
2) Tango in Buenos Aires
3) Zorbing in New Zealand
4) Heli-hiking in Banff
5) Gorilla trekking in Rwanda
6) Hot air baloon over Cappadocia
I have lots more but these are the top priority for me. #NUTS
Here’s part of mine:
Skydive
Snow ski in Austria
Compete in a barefoot water ski tournament
Help deaf schools in developing countries
Barefoot water ski backwards on one foot
Give a presentation to thousands of people
Write books that will touch and change lives
Bucket list:
Visit every continent (6 done already)
Watch a Shuttle launch
Get to space
Write a book
Learn Spanish
Learn to sing then sing in public
Have photographs published in National Geographic
Here it is
all written out pretty
http://cgodzwa.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/bucket-lists/
Here are a few I will get accomplished!
Octoberfest in Germany
Hot Air Balloon Ride
Ski Utah!
Get to the moon…
Sail around the world
(live on a boat)
Gondola ride in Venice
Heli Skiing
Write about travel for the rest of my life!
I love your bucket list! Please keep us posted on your progress. Good Luck!
I love what you guys are doing!!!! My husband and I are on our own journey after deciding that we were unhappy with the mundane work schedules and day day have to’s. We love wine and decided to learn more about it so we quit our jobs, bought and RV and set off to tour the country with a goal of visiting 365 wineries in 365 days. (with our dog) We are just about 6 months in and on the other side of the country! Its been a wild ride and something we will have forever.
So now here is my bucket list:
Skydive
Visit all the wonders of the world
Eat every cuisine that is native to its country
Write a book or books about our year long adventure
Learn Spanish and French
Stay friends with everyone I have met and will meet along this journey.
Master food and wine pairings:)
Thanks Katie for sharing your bucket list. I love what y’all are doing – can’t wait to read your book!!
It’s indeed a good post, helped me a lot.
I’ve been visiting your blog for a while now and I always find a gem in your new posts. Thanks for sharing.
Great post, I love Gorillas such grace and beauty.
Stop and visit me when you are in your convertible driving down rout 66 in Missouri.