Here are our ever-growing Bucket Lists – Adventure, Travel, Foodie, and Other. When we check something off one of our lists, we move it from the TO DO column to the DONE column. We will link to the photos, videos, and blog posts associated with each Bucket List item as we get them uploaded. We also have links to some of the events and festivals that are on our Bucket List.
Our rule is that once we accomplish one thing on our Bucket List, we have to add something else to it… and we can’t die until we complete our list!
We get our Bucket List ideas from YOU so PLEASE add your suggestions in the comments below!
TO DO
Photo Safari in Africa
Go Glamping
Learn Ballroom Dancing
Cattle Drive
Catch a shark or sailfish
Ride in a fighter jet
Shoot a machine gun
Ride world’s largest roller coasters
Climb a mountain
Ice Fishing
Curling
Ride an elephant
Ride a camel
Stomp grapes to make wine
Ride a Bobsled
Zorbing
Hang Glide
Scuba Dive
Dog Sledding
Sail from Maine to Miami
DONE
Ride in the Ocsar Mayer Wienermobile
Swim with Sharks
Fly to the Summit of Mt. McKinley
Bungee Jump
Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
Parasail
Swim with Whale Sharks
Attend an Alabama Football Game
Tailgate at a LSU Football Game
Learn to Snow Board
TO DO
The Holy Land
Panama Canal
Mount Everest
Empire State Building
Vist Alcatraz
Visit the Biltmore House
Visit Fire Island
Ice Hotel
Under Water Hotel
Nova Scotia
Australia
Ireland
Singapore
Japan
Egypt
Africa
South America
All 50 states (7 to go)
New England in the Fall
Drive a convertible down Route 66
DONE
Grand Canyon
TO DO
Eat Swiss cheese in Switzerland
Eat sushi in Japan
Eat Skyline Chili in Cincinnati
Drink beer in Ireland
Eat flaming saganaki in Greece
Cook with some of the Food Network Stars
Eat Polish sausage in Poland
Eat something Bizarre with Andrew Zimmern
Bake a cake with Buddy “The Cake Boss”
DONE
Eat Key Lime Pie in Key West
Eat a Belgian Waffle in Belgium
Eat Chicken Kiev in Keiv, Ukraine
Drink beer in Germany
Eat a Frankfurter in Frankfurt
Eat Ribs in Memphis, TN
Drink wine in Tuscany
Eat French Onion Soup in France
Eat a taco in Mexico
Eat a pizza in Italy
Eat Buffalo Wings in Buffalo, NY
Eat a Pretzel in Germany
Eat Hungarian Goulash in Hungary
Drink Port wine in Portugal
TO DO
See an active volcano
See a tornado
Amazon Rain Forest
Check out haunted stuff
See the Aurora Borealis
Jam with a rock star
Meet a president
Meet a famous director
Meet a comedy icon
Be a Magicians Assistant
Tug on Carol Burnett’s ear
Meet Gary Larsen (the Far Side)
Meet Travel Channel Stars
Meet Little Debbie
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
New Year’s Eve in Times Square
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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
Tailgate at every stadium in the SEC
Attend the Rose Bowl
Attend the Orange Bowl
Attend the Fiesta Bowl
Attend a Super Bowl
Attend the Kentucky Derby
Play golf in Scotland
Attend the Masters Golf Tournament
Learn how to Grow a Garden
Learn to Mediate
Film a documentary
Help someone realize their dream
Help make someone famous
Go one year without wearing socks
Own a Viking Range
Tweet from the Twitter headquarters
Google myself in Google headquarters
Write a book
Write a hit song
Ride a Cable Car in San Fransisco
Raft down the Colorado river
Go clamming in New England
Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist Tour
DONE
Meet Food Network Chefs
Meet Mark Burnett (The Apprentice etc.)
Meet Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods)
Have coffee with Geraldo Rivera
Meet Jazz great, Dave Koz
Meet Kelsey Grammer
Tour a winery
Help someone fulfill their bucket list
Appear on a national TV show
Shop at a Pawn Shop
Stay at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel
Ring the NADSAQ Closing Bell
Be an Honorary Peabody Duckmaster
Attend a Sugar Bowl game
Attend a World Series Game
See the Worlds Largest Urban Bat Colony
Attend Fashion Night Out in New York City
Meet a corporate icon
What’s on your bucket list? What should we add to ours?
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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.
Hi Sandi and Rick,
Thanks for sharing this list. Perhaps I can help if you’re headed over to Asia or for the remaining 8 US states (France too, but it seems you made your way to Paris?)
If you’re interested in quality photos, videos and storytelling on top of traditional travel tips:
http://www.ooaworld.com
Thank you so much! I love your website! Safe Travels!
1: Take my sister on a vacation to where ever she wants to go
2: Visit the 10 most haunted locations in world (with my sister)
3: Be on the side line of an NFL game taking action shots
4: Visit and document historical locations: buildings and even towns!
and more..
Great list Alice! I’m gonna have to add the sidelines of an NFL game to mine. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Rick,
This is such an amazing and inspiring website.
I am writing all the way from Bali Indonesia.
These are a few things you can maybe add to your bucket list!
Watch the kecak dance on the stunning Uluwatu cliff
Having a palm reading by the shaman from eat pray love
Go experience an epic sunset at the tanah lot temple (partially submerged in the ocean) from time to time
All sound worthy of any bucket list. Thank you so much!
49 Done and One To Go “North Dakota