Bucket List 101

I've had a running "bucket list" since I was about 16-years-old. It's been adapted and changed over the years, and I'm sure it will continue to. Blue = items on the list which have been completed. I am going to try and find pictures for each one and continue to edit this post through the years. So (as for today), here are the 101 things I want to do before I die:

101. Be in 4 places at once
100. Ride in a hot air balloon

99. Go into space
98. Visit the Great Wall of China
97. Swing on a jungle vine
96. Touch the Statue of Liberty
95. Hike through at least 100 of the nation's 391 parks: Moab, Canyonlands, Check. Near future: Alcatraz, Yellowstone, Zion's, Dinosaur, Grand Canyon
94. Walk on lava
93. Invent something
92. Shoot the game winning basket

91. Visit every continent
90. Start a fire without matches
89. Visit the Garden of Gethsemane
88. Be in a commercial
87. Visit Mount Rushmore
86. Win a sweepstakes or contest
85. Be in a pageant
84. Speak another language fluently
83. Spend the night somewhere haunted
82. Shake the President’s hand
81. Walk on the red carpet
80. Fly a plane

79. Go sky diving

78. Drive or ride in a race car
77. Set a record in the Book of World Records
76. Visit the Ruins
75. Go to a Red Sox game @ Fenway Park

74. Ride on a dog sled
73. Ride in an Amish Buggy
72. Be woken up by a kiss
71. Visit the Eiffel Tower
70. Sleep over night on the beach
69. Watch a butterfly hatch

68. Carve my name in a tree

67. Ride on a sprinting horse
66. See the “Hollywood” mountain

65. Ride in a helicopter
64. Go white water rafting
63. Ride in a taxi in NYC
62. Ski down a black diamond hill

61. Be on ESPN

60. Ice Skate in Central Park

59. Go on a cruise
58. Visit the pyramids in Egypt
57. Create my own fragrance
56. Have one of my children underwater
55. Become scuba certified
54. Visit the Great Barrier Reef
53. Create a new recipe & have it appear in a cookbook
52. See the Golden Gate bridge
51. Walk 1000 miles
50. Publish a book of poems
49. Win an eating contest
48. Make my own ceramic pot
47. Go on a safari in Africa
46. Visit the Brooklyn Bridge

45. Be in a magazine
44. Design and sew something with no pattern
43. Hike to Havasupai
42. Stay in a 5-Star Hotel
41. Hold a million dollars in my hands
40. Be the volunteer for a research study
39. Kiss a complete stranger
38. Be in a half-time show
37. Publish a greeting card
36. Skip rocks by a river on the railroad tracks
35. Learn to play chess
34. Hold a monkey
33. Pet a jungle cat
32. Touch a tarantula
31. Learn how to country swing dance

30. Spiderman kiss
29. Have a food fight

28. Go see a broadway show in New York City

27. Try on a ring from Tiffany’s
26. Find a 4-Leaf Clover
25. Volunteer in a 3rd World Country
24. Become a member of the "Mile High Club"
23. Polar Bear Jump
22. Ride a jet ski

21. Eat sushi

20. Dive into a pool of Jell-O

19. Go hunting, shoot something & eat it
18. Take a hike through the Amazon Rainforest
17. Buy a real fur coat
16. Ride an elephant
15. Be in a [big city] famous parade
14. Donate 100 pints of blood
13. Run a marathon
12. Serve on a jury
11. Be on a game show
10. Cliff jump
9. Watch the Olympics...live

8. Teach someone a life skill

7. Swim with dolphins, and kiss one
6. Breathe fire
5. Witness a live surgery
4. Collect the entire 50-state quarter set
3. Stay a night in a white house on the coast of Greece
2. Go to a concert with backstage passes
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