Adventure

  • Skydiving (18th birthday with my dad, 40th birthday in Cabo)
  • White water rafting (Snake River, Jackson Hole WY 1997)
  • Scuba diving (see "Dive Sites" below)
  • Zipline (Costa Rica and Belize)
  • Fly a helicopter (2018)
  • Ride in a hot air balloon (Napa Valley 2012, Serengeti 2015)
  • Ride in a race car on the Daytona 500 track (Daytona 2002)
  • Sleep in a cave (Wadi Rum 2018)
  • Parasailing (Hawaii 1998, 2003)
  • Paragliding (Germany 2004)
  • Live aboard a boat (San Juan Islands 2000, Antigua 2024)
  • Cliff jumping (Hawaii)
  • Kite-surfing (Morocco 2009)
  • Rope Swing Into Water (Canada)
  • Cave exploring (Belize, Iceland, Cuba, Slovenia, Lebanon)
  • Tobogganing (Switzerland)
  • Bungee jumping (Cabo San Lucas 2023)

Creativity/Skills/Personal Growth

  • Start a blog www.lustforlifeandadventure.com
  • Learn to knit
  • Sew my own clothing
  • Make a handmade gift
  • Crochet a blanket
  • Get a motorcycle license
  • Get a certificate in photography (UW 2018)
  • Do professional modeling
  • Become a first responder (lifeguard, ski patroller, rescue diver)
  • Sell my photos online (not just to people I know)
  • Learn to fly a plane

Dive Sites

  • The Blue Hole | Belize
  • Mary’s Place | Roatan, Honduras
  • Mnemba Island | Zanzibar, Tanzania
  • The Red Sea | Jordan
  • Lands End | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
  • Andaman Sea | Thailand
  • Hawaiian Islands | HI, USA
  • Dalmatian Islands | Croatia
  • Dos Ojos (Nicte-ha) | Tulum, Mexico

Entertainment

Festivals

  • Saint Patricks Day | Ireland
  • Semana Santa | Spain
  • Oktoberfest | Germany
  • Indian Wedding | India
  • Thanksgiving at Plymouth Plantation | MA, USA

Finance/Luxury

  • Buy a house
  • Have a healthy retirement account
  • Have a Positive Net Worth
  • Have No Credit Card Debt
  • Invest in the stock market
  • Own a pair of designer shoes
  • Set up an emergency fund
  • Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort
  • Stay in a 5-Star Resort
  • Earn 6 Figures Per Year
  • Own Investment Real Estate
  • Have No Consumer Debt

Food

  • Attend a Beer Festival
  • Attend a Clam Bake
  • Attend a Pig Roast
  • Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
  • Cook a Traditional Dish from a Different Culture
  • Cook Without a Recipe
  • Drink a Bottle of Trendy Champagne
  • Drink Juice from a Fresh Coconut
  • Drink Moonshine
  • Eat a Meal Cooked by a Celebrity Chef
  • Eat an Insect
  • Have Afternoon (High) Tea
  • Grow a Vegetable Garden
  • Take a Cooking Class
  • Eat at a Michelin 3-star Restaurant

Food: Fine Dining

  • The French Laundry | Yountville, California (met Thomas Keller) 2020 (3 Michelin stars)
  • Hisa Franko | Kobarid, Slovenia (met Ana Ros) 2017 (awarded 2 Michelin stars in 2019 & a green star)
  • Boka | Chicago 2021 (1 Michelin star)
  • Central | Lima, Peru 2021 (1 Michelin star)
  • Varoulko | Athens, Greece 2021 (1 Michelin star)
  • Eleven Madison Park | New York, New York 2022 (3 Michelin stars)

Food: Weird

  • Alligator (Savannah)
  • Alpaca (Peru)
  • Bear (Seattle)
  • Beef Tongue (Slovenia)
  • Bison (Montana)
  • Bone Marrow (Slovenia)
  • Crickets (Seattle)
  • Durian (Singapore)
  • Eel (Seattle)
  • Elk (Seattle)
  • Escargot (Seattle)
  • Flowers (Slovenia)
  • Foie Gras (Napa - The French Laundry)
  • Frog Legs (Singapore)
  • Heart (Boston)
  • Kudu (Namibia)
  • Lutefisk (Seattle)
  • Octopus (Seattle)
  • Oryx (Namibia)
  • Rabbit (Slovenia)
  • Raw Oysters (Seattle)
  • Sea Urchin (Chicago)
  • Silk worm (Thailand)
  • Springbok (Namibia)
  • Sweetbreads (Slovenia)
  • Wild Boar (Seattle)
  • Whole squid (Portugal)
  • Zebra (Namibia)

Giving Back

  • Give blood
  • Plant a Tree
  • Send a Care Package to a Soldier
  • Volunteer at an animal shelter
  • Adopt an elephant

Health/Fitness/Sports

  • Go to the Women’s World Cup (Vancouver BC 2015)
  • Complete the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (2017)
  • Complete the Tough Mudder (2012)
  • Go to the SuperBowl (Seahawks vs Patriots, AZ 2014)
  • Learn to Surf (Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, El Salvador, Massachusetts)
  • Participate in a 5k Race (Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure)
  • Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga
  • Attend the Copa America tournament (Seattle 2016)
  • Fly on a trapeze
  • Win fantasy football
  • Attend the MLS Cup (Seattle 2019)
  • Take a Self Defense Class, Krav Maga

Hikes/Walks

  • Mt Kilimanjaro | Tanzania
  • Mt St Helens | Washington
  • Mailbox Peak | Washington
  • Inca Trail | Peru

Hotels

  • The Four Seasons (Beirut, Lebanon)

Local (Pacific Northwest)

  • Space Needle
  • Pike Place Market
  • Smith Tower
  • Columbia Tower
  • Alki Foot Ferry
  • Fremont Troll
  • Lenin Statue
  • Deception Pass
  • San Juan Islands
  • Science Center
  • EMP (MoPop)
  • Great wheel
  • Kerry Park
  • Snoqualmie Falls
  • Ride the ducks
  • Long Acres Mile @ Emerald Downs
  • Victoria Clipper to Victoria B.C.
  • Hoh Rain Forest
  • Leavenworth
  • Sol Duc Falls/Hot springs
  • Ruby Beach
  • Scenic Hot Springs
  • Palouse Falls

Local (New England)

  • Bar Harbor | Maine
  • Boothbay Harbor | Maine
  • Camden | Maine
  • Cape Ann | Massachusetts
  • Cape Cod | Massachusetts
  • Cape Elizabeth | Maine
  • Fenway Park | Massachusetts
  • Freedom Trail | Massachusetts
  • Lexington & Concord | Massachusetts
  • Plimoth Plantation & Plymouth Rock
  • Salem Witch House
  • The House of Seven Gables
  • Hammond Castle | Massachusetts
  • Kennebunkport | Maine
  • Minute Man National Historic Park | Massachusetts
  • Newburyport | Massachusetts
  • Park Loop Road | Maine
  • Portland Head Lighthouse | Maine
  • Russel Orchards | Massachusetts
  • Strawbery Banke | New Hampshire
  • Sugarbush Farm | Vermont
  • The Strand | New York
  • Wiscasset | Maine
  • Woodstock | Vermont

Miscellaneous

  • Solve a Rubiks Cube
  • Own an Original Piece of Artwork
  • Saber a Champagne Bottle
  • Have a White Christmas
  • Swim in a naturally hot river
  • Smoke a Hookah
  • Live in another state
  • Take a cross country road trip
  • Survive a blizzard (2022)

National Parks

  • Acadia | Maine
  • Badlands | South Dakota
  • Cuyahoga Valley | Ohio
  • Glacier | Montana
  • Grand Teton | Wyoming
  • Haleakala | Hawaii
  • Indiana Dunes | Indiana
  • Mt Rainier | Washington
  • North Cascades | Washington
  • Olympics | Washington
  • Seguaro | Arizona
  • Yellowstone | Wyoming

Travel: General

  • Backpack solo through Europe
  • Fly first class (El Salvador > Miami)
  • Go on a safari (Tanzania, Namibia)
  • Self-drive on safari (Namibia)
  • See the Northern Lights (Iceland)
  • Sleep on an overnight train (Europe, Morocco)
  • Study abroad (Pécs University; Pécs, Hungary)
  • Walk on a glacier (Mt Rainier)
  • Drive on the other side of the road (Namibia)

Travel: Domestic

  • Wine tasting in Napa Valley | California
  • Fall foliage in New England | New England
  • See bears and bison in Yellowstone National Park | Wyoming
  • Go to Grand Prismatic Spring | Wyoming
  • Grand Ole Opry in Nashville | Tennessee
  • Tour the National Mall and Smithsonian | Washington D.C.
  • Ski Aspen | Colorado
  • See the Cubs at Wrigley Field | Illinois
  • Go to the top of the Sears Tower | Illinois
  • Red Rocks Amphitheater | Colorado
  • Eat Maine Lobster | Maine
  • The Freedom Trail | Massachusetts
  • Walk the Las Vegas Strip | Nevada
  • See the Statue of Liberty | New York
  • Stand in Times Square | New York
  • Catch the ferry to Ellis Island | New York
  • Go to the top of the Empire State Building | New York
  • Tour Graceland | Tennessee
  • Go walking on Beale Street in Memphis | Tennessee
  • Drive the Road to Hana | Hawaii
  • Attend a luau | Hawaii
  • Hollywood Walk of Fame | California
  • Spend a day in Powell's Books | Oregon
  • Cape Canavral | Florida
  • Have fun at Walt Disney World | Florida
  • Take a picture at the Southernmost Point in the Continental US | Florida
  • Drive down the Florida Keys | Florida
  • Tour Alcatraz | California
  • Watch a gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Arizona
  • Visit Pearl Harbor | Hawaii
  • Take a walking tour in Savannah | Georgia
  • Learn to surf on Ohahu | Hawaii
  • Take an architecture boat tour in Chicago | Illinois
  • See the 9/11 Memorial | New York
  • Grand Central Station | New York

Travel: International

  • Taj Mahal | India
  • Float on the backwaters of Kerala | India
  • Chichen Itza | Mexico
  • Tour a Windmill | Holland
  • Soak in the Blue Lagoon | Iceland
  • Snorkel the Silfra Fissure | Iceland
  • Sagrada Familia | Barcelona, Spain
  • Hagia Sofia | Turkey
  • Blue Mosque | Turkey
  • Serengeti | Tanzania
  • Visit the Masaai | Tanzania
  • Blue Lagoon | Iceland
  • Plitvice Lakes | Croatia
  • Mostar Bridge | Mostar, Bosnia
  • Angkor Wat | Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • Sahara Desert | Morocco
  • Neuschwanstein Castle | Germany
  • Burj Khalifa | Dubai, UAE
  • Havana | Cuba
  • Petra | Jordan
  • Float in the Dead Sea | Jordan
  • Stay in a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum | Jordan
  • Baalbek | Lebanon
  • Byblos | Lebanon
  • See the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace | England
  • Gardens by the Bay | Singapore
  • Canadian Rockies | Canada
  • Deadvlei | Namibia
  • Quiver trees | Namibia
  • Etosha National Park | Namibia
  • Fly over the Nazca Lines | Peru
  • Visit the floating islands of Lake Titikaka | Peru
  • Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
  • Acropolis | Athens, Greece
  • Swim in a cenote | Mexico

Wildlife

  • Swim with whale sharks (Cancun 2008)
  • Go whale watching (Seattle 2018 grays, Boston 2021 humpbacks)
  • See elephants in the wild (Tanzania 2015, Namibia 2019)
  • Kayak with dolphins (Hawaii 1998)
  • Play with a baby howler monkey (Belize 2008)
  • See a quetzal, scarlet macaw and toucan in the wild (Costa Rica 2007)
  • Pet/swim/dive with sharks (Belize 2008, et al)
  • Feed a stingray (Belize 2008)
  • See all of Africa's Big 5 (Tanzania 2015, Namibia 2019)
  • Swim with crocodiles (Tulum 2023)
  • Dive with bull sharks (Playa del Carmen 2023)
  • Dive with hammerheads (Gordo Banks, Cabo 2023)
  • See flying fish fly (Antigua, 2024)

TOTAL: 292

jan 9 2019 ∞
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