The Bucket List

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The Bucket List

Postby FireLion » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:04 am

Things I hope to do before I die, hence The Bucket List.

1) Circumvent the U.S. with my trailer (ala William Least Heat Moon, 'Blue Highways').

2) Take a burro ride to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

3) See my grandsons grow up.

4) Live long enough to be a burden to my children! :lol: :lol:

More to come, this is just a start. What's on your list? :thinking:
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Postby rebapuck » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:20 am

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5) take a burro ride to the top of the Grand canyon.

Don't read "Death in the Grand Canyon"
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Postby FireLion » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:28 am

#2 should read 'take a burro ride to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back' lol. Been wanting to do that since I read all of Tony Hillerman's books.
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Postby cherokeegeorge » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:32 pm

great book, Blue Highways :thumbsup:
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Postby Miriam C. » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:47 pm

:thinking: See the Red Woods.
Canoe any path in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.... :( Almost too old.)
Follow the yellow brick road. :thinking:

Go fishing every day while driving across the US in every direction. :twisted:
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Postby Jst83 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:48 pm

1. Travel to the Northern United Kingdom where my ancestors came from.
2. Scuba dive and see a ship wreck.
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Postby Dean in Eureka, CA » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:16 pm

See and hear the Northern Lights.
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Postby hotrod » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:30 pm

Miriam C. wrote::thinking: See the Red Woods.
Canoe any path in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.... :( Almost too old.)
Follow the yellow brick road. :thinking:

Go fishing every day while driving across the US in every direction. :twisted:

I had a great retired couple in my boat who were doing just that. Every stop there were hiring guides to fish with and headed to the east coast from las vegas.. It was a pleasure to share their experiences..fish every day at a different place... :thumbsup:
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Postby Dean in Eureka, CA » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:01 pm

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Postby nevadatear » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:36 pm

see and feel the migration in Africa of wildebeast or just about anything else seen only in Africa from the back of a jeep with only a camera, not a gun.

see the birds of paradise mating display in New Guinea

Travel to all the national parks in my tear, in the US and Canada.

spend a month in australia and new zealand
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Postby High Desert » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:03 am

some of my bigger ones;

ride the Pacific crest trail end to end- in one season

see all 50 states at my own speed, not the speed of business

retrace the path that my ancestors took on the Oregon Trail in 1842

see the Austrailian outback


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Postby Jst83 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:06 pm

Couldn't Help thought of another one.

I want to drive to Alaska following the same route my Mother and Father did in 1959 when they drove up there to get married.
I'll be pulling a teardrop unlike them, they stopped and camped on the side of the road with out a tent. Now that's hardcore roughing it
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Postby Senior Ninja » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:40 pm

Been there, done that..drove the Alaska Hwy back in '69. Used a VW Van, no I'm not a hippie. Camping? Jus' pull off the road at a level spot and start camping. Don't stay too late. Awoke the first morning out from Fairbanks Aug the third to find three inches of snow on the ground! Got out fast.
Would love to do it again with the teardrop.

Bucket list?

More camping.
See my kids with good paying jobs and benefits.
Witness a miracle cure for wife's dementia. (Aphasia)
Pass my General Test for Amateur Radio.
Erect a stealth antenna the HOA never sees. (Flag pole)
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Postby Jst83 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:38 pm

Senior Ninja wrote:Erect a stealth antenna the HOA never sees. (Flag pole)

:lol: Gotta love the HOA

Senior Ninja wrote:Been there, done that..drove the Alaska Hwy back in '69. Used a VW Van


Here's a few pics and why I want to go
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Now this is rustic camping, He so needed a Teardrop :lol:
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Hopefully it was dug before it was needed
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Postby Senior Ninja » Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:31 am

Hi Scott,
Looks familiar.
We took courses at the University of Alaska.
It was great they had some verrrry cheap field trips we took.
Even flew to Barrow and back for forty bucks.
Since they forgot the food the pilot opened the bar and it was a blast.
Have many good memories of the trip and the stay.
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