Hyacinth Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 We're on a long road trip now and I hought I'd pass the time by writing a bucket list. I must be terribly borng because so far the only thing I have is to see an owl in the wild (like in Owl Moon). Oh, and to take a trapeze class. Anyone care to share their lists? Clearly I need inspiration. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Mine would pretty much all revolve around travel. I still need to get to Alaska as it's the only one of the 50 states we haven't been to. Ideally I'd like to visit every country, but in reality, some are more appealing than others: China, esp Terra Cotta warriors Tahiti Australia Italy various islands like Bonaire Antarctica I'd love to see a Whale Shark up close and personal while diving and various well known reefs. But I can't really think of anything non-travel related in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroe1 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 All I have left is death, itself. Everything else, done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Oh, you could come to our house to see owls in the wild. We have several who live around us. Spend one night at our campsite and you'd likely knock that one off. Last year we also came upon two different varieties in a tree when we were walking our fence line. It was really neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 All I have left is death, itself. Everything else, done. Are you serious? That would drive me crazy... but I suppose with travel junkies, there's always somewhere else to go and discover. If one didn't have that addiction, there'd be a bit less in the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroe1 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Are you serious? That would drive me crazy... but I suppose with travel junkies, there's always somewhere else to go and discover. If one didn't have that addiction, there'd be a bit less in the bucket. Yep, there was not much in the bucket left by the time I realized I was supposed to have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Mine revolve mostly around travel A few of them are kind of morbid too. 1. I want see the caves and prehistoric cave paintings in Dordogne France.2. Become fluent in French and two other languages. 3. Visit Pompeii and Herculaneum 4. Go on a Jack the Ripper Tour 5. Visit the Catacombs in Paris 6. See Vlad the Impaler's Poenari Castle even though it is mostly ruins. 7. I would love to do a complete castle tour of Europe. 8. I would really like to touch Stonehenge during sunrise to see if it's magic, even though I know it has tight security.9. And I will throw in time travel because although I know it is impossible, I hold out hope that someone will figure it out ;) (only back though, I have no desire to see the future). 10. Get enough money to be able to accomplish my bucket list ;) I am sure there are a lot more those are my main ones at the moment. ETA: I don't know why my font is so different. It is bugging me :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Yep, there was not much in the bucket left by the time I realized I was supposed to have one. Thinking back even to my youth, my bucket list items were places I wanted to go and things I wanted to see (Pearl Harbor is one I distinctly recall - been there as of 2006 - would go again). I never had plans for any specific job or to get married or whatever. I did know I wanted kids, but other than that, I can't think of any item I felt I must have or class I wanted to take or similar. It's always been travel. I suspect with an unlimited bank account I'd always have more places I'd want to visit as I don't always need the "famous" or popular. Then too, with an unlimited bank account I'd be making rounds to various places to see what "good" I could secretly do with some of those $$ for individuals, charities, or communities. I wouldn't want that part to be "known" though - and it would still involve travel for personal investigating. It's all interesting to think about and the timing was great to have it come up on a day when I'm home by myself mostly relaxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I think when you are in the throws of raising kids, it is hard to have a bucket list. I have never really made one. However, I had been all the way around the world by the age of 21, so there are only few places I still have not visited. My list would be that my kids would be able to see the places I have seen. I have also done almost all the schooling on my list. I had one more degree to pursue but at this time, I think I will be letting that go for a variety of reasons, one of which is that people in that field were recently let go in droves around this area. My bucket list right now consists of selling this house and moving, getting my boys through college, and getting back to the work environment I love and enjoy. I would love for that to be back in CA, but again, I have to let some of the bucket list go and that is another one I have just had to realize won't happen. Maybe I think more in terms of goals than bucket lists. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Learn to play guitar Read about a zillion books See my kids truly successfully reading not just at grade level but even beyond grade level (dyslexia really bites sometimes) Travel to about a zillion places Tackle Trig and Calculus successfully Find a way to convince large groups of people to fix their cats so that millions of unwanted cats don't have to be put down every single year Restore my parents old home Spend a weekend watching several old movies with my brother while eating lots of leftovers and not worrying about anything going on outside our house like we did one weekend as kids (Key Largo, Forbidden Planet, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Get a degree See the grand canyon and the redwood forest Visit a tropical island (again) Seeing all my children reach independence Have a pleasant old age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Rome Egypt New Zealand Creating a watercolor quilt that is actually sheet music...maybe Debussey or Mozart Moving from this place Finishing my Master's Degree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lifeoftheparty* Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 So, I one of those people who wants to see and do everything there is to do- except go to space- just never had the desire to do that one... So, I'm looking at everyone else's list, and adding that stuff to mine, lol!! - The new item on the list is to get a sailboat and sail to the Bahamas and Caribbean- thanks to that thread about living on a boat :) - get back into my excellent-Army-days shape - run the Disney marathon - see the Aurora Borealis - boat ride on the Amazon, and stay for a while in one of those rainforest resorts - Carnival in Rio de Janeiro - Bora Bora - scenic train ride across Canada - Machu Pichu and the Orient Express train there - Iceland There's more.... really, I want to see and do everything that I possibly can while I'm here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 So, I one of those people who wants to see and do everything there is to do- except go to space- just never had the desire to do that one... Me neither. Space terrifies me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lifeoftheparty* Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Me neither. Space terrifies me. Me too!!!! I think people who want to go where there is no air to breathe are nuts!! And this is weird- (outer) space makes me feel claustrophobic.... Like, watching movies that take place in space, or thinking about being out there... It makes me feel claustrophobic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Me too!!!! I think people who want to go where there is no air to breathe are nuts!! And this is weird- (outer) space makes me feel claustrophobic.... Like, watching movies that take place in space, or thinking about being out there... It makes me feel claustrophobic. Yep. I just imagine floating out into endless nothingness and can't breathe. Just visualizing it almost gives me an anxiety attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I'd go to the moon if it were still an option and I could get in line... I'd go visit the Space Station too, but the moon would be my first choice. Mars would likely take too much time from other travel, but I'd consider it. Since we scuba dive, I'm not opposed to going places where one needs special equipment to breathe. The scenery and diversity are amazing. The Manta Ray night dive in HI where a manta actually ran his "wing" over my head touching it was a super special moment, but there are others... and my bucket list would include many more dives as well as above-water options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Mine has two items. Travel and see all 50 states Survive DS's bucket list. DS's bucket list includes: Bungee jumping Sky diving Learning to use and using a wing suit and they just get more fun as the list goes on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 My items are mostly travel-related with the exception of --learning to play piano well enough to accompany singing --speaking another language with a decent amount of fluency (language tbd lol) --successfully ridding myself of a fear of deep water so that we can try cruising to interesting places So travel: --Alaska next summer (like creekland, it will be my 50th state to visit) --Australia: Great Barrier Reef, the outback, the place on the west coast with the funky hillock-like bacterial mounds (will return and edit this once I can goggle) --New Zealand: hiking, national parks --staying a few nights in a $$$$$$$ overwater bungalow somewhere in the South Pacific with dh :) --Easter Island --Taj Mahal --Angkor Wat --all of Egypt, including floating on the Nile --African Safari, the type where you stay in schmancy tents and take multiple jeep rides --a month-long self-catering holiday in England, Scotland, and Wales --a couple months of train travel throughout Europe, ahhhhhhh --Pompeii, the Sistine Chapel --Greece... --seeing penguins in their native environment --Victoria Falls --Galapagos --Machu Picu --Iceland for the geology --fjord cruise either South America or Norway and so on :D Now I'll go back to read everyone's lists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I'm rather boring. I have no real desire to travel. I'd love to see these places, but I loathe flying to the point that the desire to see these places that require air travel is rather dull, lol. I want to see my children have children, or live their dreams otherwise. I want to live long enough to help my husband get through the inevitable passing of his own father. Although they live far from each other, their bond is strong, they talk almost daily, and it will completely devastate my husband when his father dies (it will devastate all of us, but I really worry about how my husband is going to handle it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemiSweet Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I want to do all the things! Like a few people most of mine include travel, but we're fortunate that we'll be knocking a couple awesome ones out in the next couple years. Thailand/Cambodia (just for Angkor wat) (November this year) Korea (also November) Tahiti/Bora Bora (next March or April) the real goal is to stay in one of those thatched roofed cabins over the water Ireland (in 2 years, probably with England, unless dh gets orders to Europe which we just found out is a possibility) China esp Shanghai Japan All of Europe Panama Canal (I lived there as a kid but would really like to go back) Go on a cruise Bungee jump Parasail Skydiving (maybe, I go back and forth on that one) I don't have a long list per se, I just like going and doing, I'm an introvert though so I require lots of downtime too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I'd go to the moon if it were still an option and I could get in line... I'd go visit the Space Station too, but the moon would be my first choice. Mars would likely take too much time from other travel, but I'd consider it. Since we scuba dive, I'm not opposed to going places where one needs special equipment to breathe. The scenery and diversity are amazing. The Manta Ray night dive in HI where a manta actually ran his "wing" over my head touching it was a super special moment, but there are others... and my bucket list would include many more dives as well as above-water options. Are yoiu tempted to stay at school with boys 3 and take marine bio with him? I'm tempted. I applied to 6 LAC's with top flight music departments and 6 uni's with top marine bio departments because that was my other passion. I went right to the deadline choosing since my California school offered as much in scholarships as the music school I ended up choosing. I've been teaching a 4H marine bio class for 4th through 6th graders this year and having the time of my life! But, I've never been diving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Learn to play drums - kit plus hand drums like the djembe Learn to speak fluent Swahili Get a degree Get a job that I adore and that is of some lasting value to the world (or trip and fall face-face - first into a pile of money so said job could be wholly volunteer :) ) Go to a professional soccer match Travel to Kenya, Madagascar, pretty much as much of Africa as possible, Italy, Greece, Hawaii, Ireland, Iceland, Brazil etc. Create an animal rescue and rehabilitation sanctuary Move to the country and become a part-time hermit :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Most of mine involve travel too. So many places, I can't really pick a favorite. publish a novel finish my bachelor's go to Japan with ds and use my Japanese language skills well enough to not make a fool of myself spend time in the UK doing some genealogy work. There are a couple of castle ruins in the mix, and supposedly a cottage still stands from the 1500s, one that my ancestors owned. Last time I checked the owners allowed visitors, I think it's still a private residence. own a Jeep Wrangler take ds to Colorado to ride a train and see the mountains travel around the country either by RV or camping out of a mini-van or SUV or Jeep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Are yoiu tempted to stay at school with boys 3 and take marine bio with him? I'm tempted. I applied to 6 LAC's with top flight music departments and 6 uni's with top marine bio departments because that was my other passion. I went right to the deadline choosing since my California school offered as much in scholarships as the music school I ended up choosing. I've been teaching a 4H marine bio class for 4th through 6th graders this year and having the time of my life! But, I've never been diving. I don't know that I want ALL the academics anymore, but I wouldn't mind auditing and going along on ALL the field trips. Of course, I'd also love to sit in on his college's January class that Elie Wiesel (author of Night) teaches, so I'd really have to decide between an awesome field trip or an awesome class! I'm a little bummed today that hubby and youngest are out diving now and I'm still at home due to issues left over from the brain tumor thing, but at least they are just diving at the quarry (rather a boring dive comparatively). I'm left to surf the web (not all THAT bad, but...sigh). My issues BETTER be over and done with by the time we spend our month in the Bahamas this winter! (Checking another place off my bucket list in the process...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 We're on a long road trip now and I hought I'd pass the time by writing a bucket list. I must be terribly borng because so far the only thing I have is to see an owl in the wild (like in Owl Moon). Oh, and to take a trapeze class. Anyone care to share their lists? Clearly I need inspiration. Thanks. Or nurse a baby owl, like "Owls in the Family." I love the trapeze idea in theory, though whenever I get a little silly at the park with the dc and swing on a monkey bar, I realize very quickly that my arms and shoulders would never be able to sustain the forces of my swinging body! That's for much, much younger and lighter people!! I want to get a sea kayak and paddle around the rivers and lakes here, then take it on our vacations to the Jersey Shore and paddle in a beautiful, calm bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 My bucket list is very long, mainly comprised of holidays to take, crafts to try, books to read, food to try and self actualising. It's enough to keep me occupied for several lifetimes, if money allowed. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 My bucket list is very long, mainly comprised of holidays to take, crafts to try, books to read, food to try and self actualising. It's enough to keep me occupied for several lifetimes, if money allowed. :p I definitely prefer a bucket list that is never completed to one that is. When I have extra time and/or $$, I want to be able to reach into that bucket and check off a new gem and I want many, many choices to choose from. ps It worked out well that I didn't go diving today... they saw a snake... I can live without that experience. I want to see fish and other normal marine organisms of various sorts. I detest snakes. They are #1 on my list of natural things I could live without. BUT the possibility of seeing a snake on hikes or diving won't prevent me from going in the future. I prefer to remain optimistic, and we do have some cool pics of rattlers and a Lyre snake we saw, but seeing more is not something in my bucket as "wishful thinking." I'll take the owls or whale sharks or even great whites (from a safe cage) instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 DH and I like bucket lists. DH isn't allowed to do most of his until the kids are older (sky dive, climb a mountain). I think my items are less dangerous. * Learn to scuba dive * Go to Australia and New Zealand * Relearn how to sail * Go on a multi-day sailing trip (Caribbean or Hawaii) DH and I both want to take the kids on a Galápagos Islands trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I want to go to all the places. Also, I want to have a second career that's something different from the last one. I should probably get on that within the next couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Great question and great answers! Mine are: Visit Vatican City Make some other pilgrimage (don't know where) Knit and/or crochet a blanket Become better read, mostly philosophy and politics Become a regular 5K runner Must add more! I'm sue DH will flesh it out a bit. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I definitely prefer a bucket list that is never completed to one that is. When I have extra time and/or $$, I want to be able to reach into that bucket and check off a new gem and I want many, many choices to choose from. ps It worked out well that I didn't go diving today... they saw a snake... I can live without that experience. I want to see fish and other normal marine organisms of various sorts. I detest snakes. They are #1 on my list of natural things I could live without. BUT the possibility of seeing a snake on hikes or diving won't prevent me from going in the future. I prefer to remain optimistic, and we do have some cool pics of rattlers and a Lyre snake we saw, but seeing more is not something in my bucket as "wishful thinking." I'll take the owls or whale sharks or even great whites (from a safe cage) instead. I'm with you!!! Snakes nned to stay away from my bucket list. They will not stop me from fulfilling a dream, however I am also not against carrying a flame thrower and machete to end them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I really don't have a bucket list. Life has taken me on many interesting adventures, and I am quite confident that as long as I am interested and actively engaged life will continue to be an exciting journey of discovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I want to go to all the places. Also, I want to have a second career that's something different from the last one. I should probably get on that within the next couple of years. Ideally, my second career would be travel... then writing about it. I don't particularly want to be a TV travel host with all the cameras and sound bites and second takes, but going somewhere anonymously, experiencing it, then sometime later writing about it - and doing THAT for a living would be fun. However, it's not too likely with all the free info one can find on the web, so it's mainly in my dreams. I'm with you!!! Snakes nned to stay away from my bucket list. They will not stop me from fulfilling a dream, however I am also not against carrying a flame thrower and machete to end them! Not me! I have hubby carry the machete, hoe, shotgun, or weapon of his choice to dispose of the creatures - but only on our property. I have ethical issues doing it when I invade their property via hikes or whatever, so we merely watch them there - except once - when one dared invade oldest's bunk at a campsite. That was more instinct on hubby's side than thought to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I'm still sad that I missed going to Venice when I did the European trip with my parents. I realized a few years ago that the city will probably sink before I get there, though. So, I don't feel good about putting it on my bucket list. I would dearly love to go to New Orleans and spend a couple of weeks exploring all of the history. I'm looking forward to seeing my son graduate from college. Someday, I would like to publish a novel. (I'll have to write one first, of course.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Travel, travel, travel... I have serious wanderlust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lifeoftheparty* Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Yep. I just imagine floating out into endless nothingness and can't breathe. Just visualizing it almost gives me an anxiety attack. I think we are long lost twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I want to cross the country in a plane on July 4th so I can see fireworks from the sky. I want to take my daughter to visit China, the country of her birth. Travel. I'll go anywhere really. I'm easy that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Road trip across America in an RV (no bed-buggy hotels for me.) A perfect Christmas morning with tinsel and piles of presents and a special breakfast and everyone wearing new jammies they opened the night before. To become a librarian Better posture For my living area, attic, basement, shed, and overgrown yard to all be completely decluttered and clean at the same time. (Living area and attic just got done.) To write a book and get it published To be strong and lean so that as I age I'm not incapacitated from being too weak To keep my picky eaters alive long enough for them to take over their meal preparation entirely on their own. Picky eaters--ugh. (I'm one myself, so I do understand, but it's a pain for there to be 3 picky eaters in one house. Four if you count the cat.) Visit Europe Take one bus trip a year to NYC Watch a movie at the drive in theater that's about 45 minutes from my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Well, I checked one item off this June - 12 day trip to Israel. The rest • redo high school The Well Trained Mind Way, including a writing course such as Classical Writing. • attend St John's College • see the Northern Lights • see an active volcano • visit Israel several more times, each with a different focus (modern Israeli history, Roman history / ruins, churches, Biblical history, archaeology, the list goes on!) • more travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Raise happy and healthy young men Grow old with my husband Join the mile high club Publish a novel Take cooking and wine classes at the CIA Get my private pilot's license Travel: Israel Cinque Terre, Italy Easter Island Greek Islands Turtle Island, Fiji Galapagos, Ecuador India Egypt China Safari in the Serengeti Machu Pichu, Peru Thailand Argentina/Brazil -- Iguazu Falls Panama Canal Australia Niagara Falls Have a garden, a vineyard, some chickens and horses Run a no-kill animal shelter Read a bazillion books, mostly fiction Learn Latin and Hebrew Complete an Ironman triathlon Re going to space, I would do it in a heartbeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Every time I read this thread I think of multiple people I could join up with on their lists... And it makes me want to pack a backpack, grab the credit card (what we always use on trips, then pay off later), and hop in the car - with the first destination probably being the airport. We do get to go to the airport tomorrow, but it's to pick up middle son who's returning from the Ivory Coast. How I longed to go with him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I would like to do a world tour, traveling around visiting my far-flung friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I told dh I would just need 30 minutes notice before leaving on a trip---that's enough time to get the passports out of the safe, transfer my credit card/license/insurance card into my travel bag, throw clothes and toiletries in a bag (and my kindle), and call my sister to let her know where we're going. I was serious :D If he didn't have alerts set up for the credit card, I would totally surprise him with a trip. We crossed a major item off dh's list with our trip to China last month. He's been wanting to travel there for thirty years! The Great Wall was on my list; the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Great Wall were on dd's list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lifeoftheparty* Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 So, most things on my bucket list, I actually think I might get to do, eventually... But there is one item I'm pretty sure won't happen... On the travel channel, I saw a show about this cruise ship that's a retirement village. You pay a couple million and you get to live on the cruise ship that then goes all over the world. One week you live the French Riviera, the next week you live in Greece. It sounds WONDERFUL!!! But I just don't see it happening.... It's still on my list though, in case I ever win the lottery.... In case I ever start playing the lottery... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 My big bucket list: 1. Climb Kili 2. Hike the AT 3. Hike the Colorado Trail 4. Visit Peru 5. Visit Alaska DH and I have been making Summer Bucket Lists for a few years. These include little goals or challenges that we want to meet. This Summer's list included: 1. Have a real martini 2. Hike over 100 miles 3. Visit three local state parks 4. Try something new We have almost completed them all. 1. I had a Chocolate martini from a new, local martini bar; DH had the James Bond. 2. We have hiked 97.7 miles so far. Not bad since I had a stress fracture in my left foot and couldn't do much for a couple of weeks. 3. Three state parks visited - we found some lovely parks north of where we live. 4. Rode the alpine slide at a local ski resort. This was really fun and was a first step in overcoming my fear of ski lifts. Have fun making your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 So, most things on my bucket list, I actually think I might get to do, eventually... But there is one item I'm pretty sure won't happen... On the travel channel, I saw a show about this cruise ship that's a retirement village. You pay a couple million and you get to live on the cruise ship that then goes all over the world. One week you live the French Riviera, the next week you live in Greece. It sounds WONDERFUL!!! But I just don't see it happening.... It's still on my list though, in case I ever win the lottery.... In case I ever start playing the lottery... Was this the ship? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_The_World I saw it docked at a small European port, and I could tell it was't a regular cruise ship so I looked it up. What a fascinating concept :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lifeoftheparty* Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Was this the ship? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_The_World I saw it docked at a small European port, and I could tell it was't a regular cruise ship so I looked it up. What a fascinating concept :) Yes! I think that's it!! It doesn't mention being for people in retirement- so maybe I was imagining that part... But it looks so cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yes! I think that's it!! It doesn't mention being for people in retirement- so maybe I was imagining that part... But it looks so cool!!! The article also doesn't mention the cost. I suspect it's a wee bit more than our mortgage, and in retirement, we're expecting the mortgage to be paid off, so expenses are less. I'm thinking our bank account and living on - or retiring to - this ship might not mesh well together unfortunately. It otherwise sounds awesome though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I remember reading (on a cruise forum maybe...not sure as it was over a year ago) that the annual fees alone were staggering. It is for sure for the super-wealthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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