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Adventure List

Posted 11-04-2007 at 12:55 AM by wildernesse

A few years ago, I made up a list of 100 adventures that I want to have in my life. I'm mentioned it a couple of times recently, and right now I don't have a good link to it because my blog is under construction. (My usual blog, not this one.)

Anyway, I am currently doing a 30 X 30 challenge for my adventures. Thirty adventures by the time I am 30, which will be in 2009. The adventures that are in italics are ones that have been completed, so you can see that I need to get cracking on this!

• 1. Hike the Applachian Trail.
• 2. Learn to play tennis.
• 3. Go sea kayaking.
• 4. Be a Girl Scout Leader.
• 5. Learn to make fresh pasta.
• 6. Be on an adventure race team.
• 7. Go on a safari.
• 8. Visit Petra.
• 9. Try skiboarding.
• 10. Help with a bird banding project.
• 11. Swim with manatees.
• 12. Compete in a triathalon.
• 13. Reach the 1000 mark on my birding life list.
• 14. Watch whales in the wild.
• 15. Make every recipe in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.
• 16. Learn to make jelly.
• 17. Fly a remote/radio-control airplane.
• 18. Visit a tropical rainforest.
• 19. Own some fancy chickens.
• 20. Build a bird house.
• 21. Run a 10-mile race.
• 22. Collect interesting music.
• 23. Take ballroom dancing lessons.
• 24. Get my pilot's license.
• 25. Take a cruise.
• 26. Know the constellations.
• 27. Clean a fish.
• 28. Ride on a sailboat.
• 29. Own some original art.
• 30. Learn to make rolls from scratch.
• 31. Run a half-marathon.
• 32. Visit each continent.
• 33. Take a camping trip on a bike.
• 34. Read all the Booker Prize winners.
• 35. Learn CPR.
• 36. Write a letter to the editor.
• 37. Learn to drive stick shift.
• 38. Work backstage on a play.
• 39. Volunteer at a nature center, teaching kids about critters.
• 40. Milk a cow.
• 41. Win a prize running.
• 42. Learn to make pottery on a wheel.
• 43. Take voice lessons.
• 44. Learn to weave.
• 45. Have a home that welcomes guests.
• 46. See a coral reef.
• 47. Visit the pyramids.
• 48. Go crabbing.
• 49. Volunteer at an animal shelter.
• 50. Watch the sun rise from a mountain top.
• 51. Volunteer with a group that promotes literacy.
• 52. Visit Stonehenge.
• 53. Ride a mechanical bull.
• 54. Visit Angkor Wat.
• 55. Go on a canopy/tree-top tour.
• 56. Take a train trip.
• 57. Make a quilt.
• 58. Learn to speak Spanish.
• 59. Learn to play the mandolin.
• 60. Ride a century.
• 61. Visit every national park.
• 62. Go snow skiing.
• 63. Go camping at least 3 times a year.
• 64. Try rowing.
• 65. Take a hot air balloon ride.
• 66. See a volcano erupting.
• 67. Visit the Taj Mahal.
• 68. Create a scholarship.
• 69. Hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back.
• 70. Go on an international Habitat for Humanity build.
• 71. Work on a political campaign.
• 72. Swim with sting rays.
• 73. Go tubing.
• 74. Visit the Great Wall of China.
• 75. Figure out my ancestors who came to the US.
• 76. Have a fish pond.
• 77. See three plays a year.
• 78. Run for local office.
• 79. Take golf lessons.
• 80. Have a beautiful garden in each season.
• 81. Learn to fly-fish.
• 82. Learn to rock climb.
• 83. Serve on a committee at church.
• 84. Get a Masters in Ecology.
• 85. Have a dog and teach it tricks!
• 86. See a monkey in the wild.
• 87. Visit Macchu Picchu.
• 88. Knit gloves.
• 89. Learn to make flowers out of icing.
• 90. Sew something I would wear.
• 91. Learn to juggle.
• 92. Participate in a Christmas Bird Count.
• 93. Learn to ice skate well enough to do a jump.
• 94. Visit the Haggia Sophia.
• 95. Pass the bar.
• 96. Drive a dog sled.
• 97. Visit all 50 states.
• 98. Learn to roll a whitewater kayak.
• 99. Learn swimming strokes.
• 100. Be part of a dinner party club.

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	So your profile picture is proof of adventure achievement! So awesome. I have just the smiley to upload in your honor.
	Posted 11-04-2007 at 02:23 AM by livius drusus

	I love your list. There's so many things on there that I'd like to do as well! Especially the pilot's license one.
	Posted 11-08-2007 at 03:34 PM by curses

	You definitely have the best list. Have you made progress on the making rolls?
	Posted 11-11-2007 at 11:15 PM by biochemgirl

	That list is awesome. I hope you accomplish each and every one of them, and have a lot more unexpected adventures along the way.
	Posted 11-23-2007 at 02:36 AM by One for Sorrow

Now I understand the emoties in your signature. What a great motivation to get things done! Which of the ones you've accomplished are you most proud of?

Of your list here's what I've happened to get done:

Quote:

11. Swim with manatees.
35. Learn CPR.
37. Learn to drive stick shift.
38. Work backstage on a play.
48. Go crabbing.
76. Have a fish pond.
85. Have a dog and teach it tricks!

11: I was sent to Homestead AFB after hurricane Andrew. On a rare moment of not working I got to swim with a manatee. It was a very placid moment. They are gentle sea cows.

35: I learned CPR a number of years ago and at a recent safety meeting learned that a lot has changed.

37: Only my current vehicle is an automatic. 8D

38: Does grade/junior/high school and a short stint with a group on an AFB count?

48: Having lived on the gulf coast it would have been impossible for me not to have gone crabbing.

76: I actually can't take credit for it. It was my dad's pond and it didn't have fish in it when I was around. :sadcheer:

85: What if it's someone else's dog? I taught Snickers (Chesapeake Bay Retriever) how to climb out of the pool.

Posted 12-22-2007 at 03:36 AM by BrotherMan BrotherMan is offline

Of these on your list, I have done the following (with exceptions) (then again, I'm 52, I've had more time):

• 2. Learn to play tennis.
• 17. Fly a remote/radio-control airplane.
• 18. Visit a tropical rainforest. (Venezuela)
• 20. Build a bird house.
• 22. Collect interesting music. (my collection is eclectic)
• 27. Clean a fish.
• 28. Ride on a sailboat.
• 29. Own some original art.
• 35. Learn CPR.
• 36. Write a letter to the editor.
• 37. Learn to drive stick shift.
• 40. Milk a cow.
• 41. Win a prize running. (won a shoeshine kit for winning a sack race)
• 44. Learn to weave. (used to weave potholders)
• 45. Have a home that welcomes guests.
• 49. Volunteer at an animal shelter. (worked for a vet one summer)
• 50. Watch the sun rise from a mountain top. (also sunset)
• 56. Take a train trip. (15 miles from Newton to Wichita)
• 57. Make a quilt. (helped wife make quilts for Xmas)
• 58. Learn to speak Spanish. (badly)
• 61. Visit every national park. (I'm still working on that one)
• 62. Go snow skiing.
• 63. Go camping at least 3 times a year. (used to, now too spoiled to sleeping indoors)
• 64. Try rowing.
• 73. Go tubing.
• 75. Figure out my ancestors who came to the US.
• 79. Take golf lessons.
• 85. Have a dog and teach it tricks!
• 98. Learn to roll a whitewater kayak.
• 99. Learn swimming strokes.

These I would like to do:

• 1. Hike the Applachian Trail.
• 23. Take ballroom dancing lessons.
• 24. Get my pilot's license.
• 25. Take a cruise.
• 32. Visit each continent.
• 46. See a coral reef.
• 47. Visit the pyramids.
• 52. Visit Stonehenge.
• 97. Visit all 50 states.

Posted 12-29-2007 at 07:51 AM by Dingfod Dingfod is offline

It is fun to see that other people have accomplished some of my adventures! I think everyone should have an adventure list!

As for what adventure I am most proud of, it has to be the camping trip by bike. My dad and I had a great time, and I think I surprised him by enjoying myself so much (even though it was all my idea). He keeps hinting that we should finish our trip! I liked having time just with him, and I love self-sufficient little travels like this. If you want to read about our trip, I wrote about it on my private blog--here is a link to the archives. You'll have to scroll to the bottom and read in backwards order of display.

Posted 01-11-2008 at 03:41 AM by wildernesse wildernesse is offline