What is your life list (bucket list)

Visit all 50 states. Only have about 9 to go.
Visit all 13 Canadian provinces/territories. Only 5 to go.
Visit Scandinavia (I don't include Denmark).
Meet Gordie Howe.
Fly the Atlantic.
Visit Australia.
Attend a Bayern Munich home game.
Visit my homeland - Isles of Lewis and Harris.
Drive a lap at Laguna Seca.
Fly a helicopter.

I could probably come up with a few more. These leap to mind.
 
flyersfan31 said:
Visit all 50 states. Only have about 9 to go.
Visit all 13 Canadian provinces/territories. Only 5 to go.
Visit Scandinavia (I don't include Denmark).
Meet Gordie Howe.
Fly the Atlantic.
Visit Australia.
Attend a Bayern Munich home game.
Visit my homeland - Isles of Lewis and Harris.
Drive a lap at Laguna Seca.
Fly a helicopter.

I could probably come up with a few more. These leap to mind.
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That's more like it! I figured we would have a lot more people here with cool ideas of things to do before they died, to be honest.
 
Bungee launch in a vintage glider off of the Wasserkuppe
 
flyersfan31 said:
Visit all 50 states. Only have about 9 to go.
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Done
Visit all 13 Canadian provinces/territories. Only 5 to go.
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8 left
Visit Scandinavia (I don't include Denmark).
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Done. And Denmark, too.
Meet Gordie Howe.
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I'd settle for Ovie.
Fly the Atlantic.
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Sigh. Unless riding in the back seat of A G-IV counts.
Visit Australia.
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Done
Attend a Bayern Munich home game.
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Not done.
Visit my homeland - Isles of Lewis and Harris.
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Done (the homeland part, not Isles of Lewis and Harris)
Drive a lap at Laguna Seca.
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Does Donington Park count?
Fly a helicopter.
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Done. Bell jet ranger. But PIC only through the sole manipulator clause.
I could probably come up with a few more. These leap to mind.
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Visit Maccu Piccu
Easter Island
Antarctica
Climb Washington Monument
Cruise the Alaska inner passage
Do the Rhone on a houseboat
Space flight (I can dream, can't I)

I know there are more, plenty more.
 
Capt.Crash'n'Burn said:
Next time you visit the central coast of California, you can go to Solvang and claim that you've been to Denamrk. :D
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Cool, I can say I've flown myself to Denmark then! Solvang was one of the first places I visited as a private pilot (flew into Santa Ynez Airport).
 
Everskyward said:
Cool, I can say I've flown myself to Denmark then! Solvang was one of the first places I visited as a private pilot (flew into Santa Ynez Airport).
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If you were after Bo Derek, I got there first. X-P

One of the things I'd like to to is go to Scotland and visit every distillery in the country. Of course I might die of cirrhosis of the liver, but that's just a danger that I'll have to contend with. :D
 
wsuffa said:
Done

Does Donington Park count?
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I think that's an adequate substitute!!!!

I've driven Texas Speedway, but not being a Nascar fan, it didn't really rank for me. Driving the Winston Cup car, well, that's high on the list of life's rushes, and I think the adrenaline is still flowing 10yrs later, but the venue could have been Anyoval, USA.

Here's a question for your list, Bill:

Does flying the Alaska Inner Passage count? :)
 
flyersfan31 said:
Here's a question for your list, Bill:

Does flying the Alaska Inner Passage count? :)
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Sure. Actually, it may be even better. It's something I would like to do before I sell the plane. We'll see if it happens. For a variety of reasons, I couldn't to the grand Alaska tour with the Commander group a few years ago.

If you ever get the chance to visit Donington Park, you MUST do the museum. It's got a collection of real race cars (none of that Nascar junk ;) ) that's second to none. At the time I was there, most (if not all) the cars were in running condition. Not that just anyone could drive them..... From personal experience, it's an outstanding exhibit and well worth the time/money to see. Link to Wikipedia article
 
flyersfan31 said:
Visit all 50 states. Only have about 9 to go. Done
Visit all 13 Canadian provinces/territories. Only 5 to go. 7 down, 6 to go
Visit Scandinavia (I don't include Denmark). Norway, Sweden and Denmark, still have Finland to go
Meet Gordie Howe.
Fly the Atlantic. As PIC? Nope. As self loading cargo? Many times.
Visit Australia. Twice. You'll love it.
Attend a Bayern Munich home game.
Visit my homeland - Isles of Lewis and Harris.
Drive a lap at Laguna Seca.
Fly a helicopter.

I could probably come up with a few more. These leap to mind.
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wsuffa said:
Visit Maccu Piccu Sounds good.
Easter Island That, too.
Antarctica Why not?
Climb Washington Monument BTDT
Cruise the Alaska inner passage BTDT, you'll love it.
Do the Rhone on a houseboat Sounds relaxing.
Space flight (I can dream, can't I) I share that dream

I know there are more, plenty more.
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Get my IR (this fall!)
See more of Australia than just Sydney and Cairns
Ireland
 
wsuffa said:
Visit Maccu Piccu
Easter Island
Antarctica
Climb Washington Monument
Cruise the Alaska inner passage
Do the Rhone on a houseboat
Space flight (I can dream, can't I)

I know there are more, plenty more.
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I have a ways to go to hit all 50 states. Ditto Provinces in Canada. Guess I should start spending more time on our continent. :crazy:

I have visited most of my homelands. (Ireland, Scotland, Germany). Not Sweden - yet. I have visited Austria a few times but not Hungary (yet - but will see Budapest in late November). I did visit Prague many years ago, but technically my Great-Grandmother (who insisted to her dying days that she was Austria-Hungarian and not Slovak) was from what is now Slovakia but in 1902 when she moved here was clearly A-H. So technically I am not sure I can say I visited that particular homeland because the part of the world she was from was closer to Bratislava than anything else I've visited so far. I suppose with the terrible accident in Hungary, now, I could change out and go to Bratislava or even back to Prague.

I will be visiting Machu Picchu at the end of the month (big travel coming up this fall. Monterey Peninsula first, a few weeks later M-P, then a few weeks after that Vienna and Budapest).

Easter Island definitely! Might even try to coincide it with a solar eclipse or something.

Antarctica for sure - and I'll do it from New Zealand.

Haven't gone up the monument which is sad because on a good day I can probably see it from work.

I have spent time near the Rhone and I've had Cotes du Rhone wines, does that count?

I have already been one of the first people to see the sunrise on a given day (August 30, 2005) so I'm happy about that. That wasn't already on any list, but, I did it and I'll take it.
 
flyersfan31 said:
Visit all 50 states. Only have about 9 to go.
Visit all 13 Canadian provinces/territories. Only 5 to go.
Visit Scandinavia (I don't include Denmark).
Meet Gordie Howe.
Fly the Atlantic.
Visit Australia.
Attend a Bayern Munich home game.
Visit my homeland - Isles of Lewis and Harris.
Drive a lap at Laguna Seca.
Fly a helicopter.
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I've visited all 50 states but not that many countries.
I think I've been to 6 of the 13 Canadian provinces and I'm typing this in Canada.
I've never flown the Atlantic, either as a passenger or in an airplane I'm flying, although I've flown the Pacific (actually the Bering Sea) and have done a takeoff and a landing in Russia.
I've visited the homeland if you mean Japan, but that was pretty unexpected and recent.
I have a commercial helicopter add-on although most people don't know that and it's even hard for me to remember that I do.

The only place I've been to which I can remember having set as a particular goal is the Galapagos Islands.
 
woodstock said:
I have a ways to go to hit all 50 states. Ditto Provinces in Canada. Guess I should start spending more time on our continent. :crazy: I notched #50 (Alaska) on a mileage run. All the others were work or pleasure travel.

I have visited most of my homelands. (Ireland, Scotland, Germany). Not Sweden - yet. I have visited Austria a few times but not Hungary (yet - but will see Budapest in late November). I did visit Prague many years ago, but technically my Great-Grandmother (who insisted to her dying days that she was Austria-Hungarian and not Slovak) was from what is now Slovakia but in 1902 when she moved here was clearly A-H. So technically I am not sure I can say I visited that particular homeland because the part of the world she was from was closer to Bratislava than anything else I've visited so far. I suppose with the terrible accident in Hungary, now, I could change out and go to Bratislava or even back to Prague. I'd stick with Budapest, but that's just me. I do want to do more of Eastern Europe/Central Asia sometime.

I will be visiting Machu Picchu at the end of the month (big travel coming up this fall. Monterey Peninsula first, a few weeks later M-P, then a few weeks after that Vienna and Budapest). I wanted to do Machu Picchu last year but the details didn't work. Maybe next year. I've got Japan on the list for a repeat - this time to stay in a Ryokan.

Easter Island definitely! Might even try to coincide it with a solar eclipse or something. Eclipse would be fun. But I'd settle to just visit. Stonehenge was worth the visit.

Antarctica for sure - and I'll do it from New Zealand.

Haven't gone up the monument which is sad because on a good day I can probably see it from work. It's pathetic that I grew up in DC area and live there now. I've never been. And I DO see it every day out my office window.

I have spent time near the Rhone and I've had Cotes du Rhone wines, does that count? Not for me - the river boats are a special ride. Great food, frequent stops, outstanding wine. I have likewise been near the Rhone many times, so the boat trip would be special.

I have already been one of the first people to see the sunrise on a given day (August 30, 2005) so I'm happy about that. That wasn't already on any list, but, I did it and I'll take it. Outstanding.
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The one I missed - and doing so reminded me that there will not always be a "tomorrow" - was taking the Concorde across the pond.
 
wsuffa said:
...If you ever get the chance to visit Donington Park, you MUST do the museum. It's got a collection of real race cars (none of that Nascar junk ;) )
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Good to see I'm not the only one here who can't stand SNORECAR.

Real race cars either go in a straight line, or turn both directions.
 
wsuffa said:
The one I missed - and doing so reminded me that there will not always be a "tomorrow" - was taking the Concorde across the pond.
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That was my reasoning for browbeating my wife to let me do it. I told her "When it goes out of service, I will regret not having flown on Concorde for the rest of my life." I don't know if it was the browbeating or the logic, but she caved.:wink2:

Along those lines, though, I never went to the top of the WTC. I've been to Sears Tower and Empire St Bldg, always figured I'd get around to the WTC. :nonod:

Clarification on the Atlantic -- I want to do the flying. I've let other folks take care of it for me on a number of occasions.:blueplane:

And with regard to my "homeland" - I come from a very small Scottish Clan. Not a ton of us out there. However, if I go to the northern reaches of the Outer Hebrides (out of the way and godforsaken a place though that may be), not only does everybody know your name -- everybody HAS your name. :D
 
my father grew up there too :D and my grandfather.
 
quite a lot of the last 2 or 3 generations of my family is buried about 1/2 mile from my parents house.

with several lines of my family traced back to the 1600s in America and the Condon side (Irish I guess) we don't really know much about geneology wise I really don't have much interest in tromping around Europe for family reasons.

My real interest going to go to Europe would probably be to participate in a World Gliding Championship (now theres a 'bucket list' item!) or to fly at the Wasserkuppe in Germany. Otherwise I figure there is plenty of cool stuff to see in the US.
 
Be able at an early enough age to buy a 40-50ft cruising sailboat, and leisurely cruise the word. Go when I want, stay in port when I want.
 
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