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WoW - What a ride!


In 2010 this electronic format may be much more suitable for my "Bucket List" than the two pieces of paper I seem to always be unable to find! Hopefully I will be able to locate this site, barring future "senior moments" of course.


"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming WOW-What a ride!" - Anonymous



1. Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

2. Visit Petra, Jordan

3. Visit the Great Pyramid, Valley of the Kings, Abu Simbel, Luxor and sail the Nile

4. Climb the Great Pyramid

5. Take a cruise

6. White water raft the Grand Canyon

7. See the Northern Lights

8. Get my CCRN

9. Ride the Cumbres/Toltec train in the fall

10. Visit Dinosaur National Monument

11. Climb the Pyramid at Chitzen Itza, Mexico

12. Have coffee on top of the tallest pyramid in Tikal at sunrise


14. See the curvature of the earth

15. Swim with dolphins

16. Participate in a medical mission

17. Climb Mt. Whitney, CA---completed July 12, 2010


18. Ride the Napa Wine Train

19. Visit Monument Valley

20. Fly at Mach 1

21. Get a tattoo

22. Visit the Plains of Nazca, Peru

23. Ride a hot air balloon

24. Whale watch in a small boat

25. Ride a zipline - Completed May 28, 2011 at Kapalua, HI.  

26. Read the "Last Lecture"-Completed August 2, 2010. Excellent read!

27. Go Parasailing


29. Give a total stranger a $100 dollar bill

30. Get a degree in Ceramics

31. Learn to rock climb

32. Truly understand the General Theory of Relativity

33. Achieve an altitude of >63 miles (Astronaut Wing territory)

34. Visit every state in the United States

35. Win an award for a piece of my pottery

36. Visit Yellowstone

37. Become fluent in conversational Spanish

38. Climb Half Dome in Yosemite

39. Climb the "Three Saints" in southern California. Mt. San Antonio ( completed July 19, 2010 @ 10,064 Ft.) , Mt. San Jacinto (completed Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 10, 834 Ft.) and Mt. San Gorgonio (completed Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11, 503 Ft.).


Mt. San Antonio
Mt. San Gorgonio
Mt. San Jacinto
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