April 26, 2010

It’s time to make my new list of things to do before I die. I decided to link to all of them mostly through Wikipedia, because as sad as this sounds… there are probably a lot of people who have never even heard of some of these places.

In no particular order….

1. Finish visiting all 50 states… The ones I haven’t been to are: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (HOW THE HELL HAVE I NEVER BEEN TO NJ?), New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. And I have also never been to Washington DC.

2. Arctic Circle (somewhere where I can see the polar bears, Northern Lights and go run with sled dogs)

3. Croatia (I would like to stay in one of the lighthouses)

4. Galapagos Islands

5. Easter Island

6. Pamplona, Spain (Running of the Bulls)

7. Southern New Zealand

8. El Bulli Restaurant (when it re-opens)

9. I definitely want to hit Antarctica again.

10. Ice Hotel in Sweden (but I will settle for Quebec if I have to)

11. Russia (Moscow? I dunno yet)

12. Gorilla Safari, Uganda

13. Greek Islands (already been to Mykonos)

14. Hot Air Ballooning (I am terrified of fire!)

15. SCUBA (haha! Let’s try this again sometime)

16. Italy

17. Mardi Gras, New Orleans

18. Carnival, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

19. Niagra Falls (I think my parents went here on their honeymoon)

20. Thailand and other places in Southeast Asia. (not sure exactly, possibly Vietnam?)

21. Maldives

22. Maccu Picchu (of course, who doesn’t have this on their list?)

23. Stay in the Treehouses in OR.

24. Sphere hotel in Vancouver.

25. Costa Rica

26. Belize

I am sure more will come to mind. But this is a pretty ambitious start. I have some of these slated for this year already