Do you have a Bucket List?! I started my list many years ago, and it seems to grow a lot faster than I’m able to cross things off!
I go back and forth between the overwhelm of wondering if I’ll ever get close to crossing ALL of these items off my list to feelings of amazement of this great big beautiful world God created.
Current Bucket List
Here is my current Bucket List that I’m adding to on the regular:
Go on a ski trip to Japan
Explore Europe
Do a Sydney Harbour Twilight Bridge Climb
Walk *some* of the Great Wall of China
Go paragliding
Go to the summer and winter Olympics
Attend a World Series game (preferably see the Cubs play)
Go to a Super Bowl
Stay in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora AND the Maldives
Travel to 40+ countries
Take the kids on a mission trip
SUP in Tahiti
Go on a Footsteps of Jesus tour in Jerusalem
See the Northern Lights from an igloo in Finland
Spend the night in a castle
Attend a taping of the Ellen Show
Visit our Compassion sponsor children
Attend the Cannes Film Festival
Wear a big hat at the Kentucky Derby
Complete an obstacle race as a family
Learn to play the acoustic guitar
Visit all 50 states (5 to go!)
Ride in a hot air balloon in Turkey
Attend Hillsong Conference with my husband
Live in Australia…again
Host a foreign exchange student
Take kickboxing or Krav Maga lessons
Ski the Swiss Alps
Stand in awe at Victoria Falls
See a game at the world’s biggest soccer stadium in Brazil
Go on a cruise through the Greek Islands
Experience the nightlife in Dubai
Walk the Golden Bridge in Vietnam
Stay at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Parasail over Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos
Go on a river cruise
Write and publish a cookbook
Learn a new language
Visit all 7 continents (3 to go!)
Participate in an electric/glow run
Take a ride on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight Train from Los Angeles to Seattle
Go for a hike in Acadia National Park
Attend a Cheeseburger in Paradise Beach Party in the Bahamas
Float in the Dead Sea
Dip my toes in every ocean (2 to go!)
Walk through the Christmas markets in Europe
Make new friends at Oktoberfest
Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
Take a boat ride around Lake Como
Take a cooking class in Italy
See the cherry blossoms in Japan
Swim with whale sharks in the Philippines
My husband and I got bitten by the travel bug early in our marriage 17+ years ago. We have been blessed to travel to some beautiful parts of the world and cross a lot of items off the list.
Things We Have Checked Off Our Bucket List
Here are some adventures my husband/family and I have checked off the Bucket List:
Jump out of a perfectly good airplane
SCUBA dive the Great Barrier Reef
Cuddle a koala
Feed a kangaroo
Start a business
Swim with turtles in Hawaii
Take a mud bath in New Zealand
See a musical on Broadway
Go on a three-month long road trip around the USA
See a cirque du soleil show in Vegas
Breathe in the fresh air of Pike’s Peak
Hike to a waterfall
Complete the Bondi to Coogee costal walk
Complete a triathlon
Walk the Sorrento Millionaires Walk
Complete a Tough Mudder
Drive the Great Ocean Road
Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
Kiss an elephant in Thailand
Snorkel in a cenote cave in Mexico
Zipline through a rainforest
Shop at the Mall of America
Spend a day at Whitehaven Beach
Drive 30A
Visit baseball’s Hall of Fame
Camp on the beach at Doheny State Beach
Explore Antelope Canyon & Horseshoe Bend in AZ
Stand atop Mount Wellington
Drive on Rainbow Beach
Feed the wild dolphins in Tin Can Bay
Relax at Bebe Spa in Fiji
Drive through a redwood tree in CA
Ride the luge in NZ
Freeze my face off at an ice bar
Watch the morning ascent at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Ride in a helicopter over the South Pacific Islands
Tour the Sydney Opera House
Attend the Chicago Cubs Spring Training in Mesa
See a koala in the wild
Take the kids to Disney
Drink wine with friends in Napa
Hold a sloth in Honduras
Survive the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali
Snorkel beneath the Saint Lucia Pitons
Walk the Trail of Lights in Austin
Cut down our own Christmas tree
Get soaked on the Maid of the Mist in Niagara
Walk to the Byron Bay lighthouse
Watch the NYE Fireworks live in Sydney
Mail a letter from the world’s only underwater post office
Hold a just hatched sea turtle in Australia
Ride in a Tuk-Tuk
Swim in the Marina Bay Sands infinity pool
Visit the gum wall in Seattle
Complete a half marathon
Cuddle a sled dog in Alaska
Have a drink at the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke
Complete the Noosa National Park coastal walk
Hike through Watkins Glen State Park
Drive down Lombard Street in San Fran
Have breakfast in a bath overlooking the ocean
Stand in awe at the Grand Canyon
Hike to the Wine Glass Bay lookout
Spend a weekend in the most isolated city in the world – Perth
Watch the platypus in Eungella
See the Phillip Island Penguin Parade
Explore the Atlantis Bahamas
Sail to an island
Feel small under the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons
Get a tattoo
Spend an entire summer at the beach
Is there anything you think I should add to our list? Let me know in the comment section!