Number 3 Will Happen Soon.

I have had a bucket list since I was young. I am not sure if it is Punishment to share it or an incentive to go for it, to make it happen. I am hoping the latter is true. There are often obstacles to overcome to get where we want to be. It is not always easy to “just go for it”.

There are a lot of things I have done in my life, many were from my bucket list. (You can see some of the things I have completed from my bucket list here.)

Today, I am very happy, content and satisfied. Life is good. It matters not if any of these items are checked off (well # 2 and 6 are important, # 19 is driving me crazy and I am going to drive my partner crazy if I don’t complete #39).  

Having an opportunity to do a few of the following things will be the Cherry On Top of a great new life with a wonderful man.

1. Go for a Hot Air Balloon ride
2. Eat a healthy and balanced diet. (Work in progress)
3. Go skinny-dipping in the moonlight. Completed July 25 2016 on my Birthday.
4. Go to the Symphony
5. Go to an Opera
6. Hike at least 5km 3 times per week. (started in 2012 and still doing it.)
7. Go dog sledding
8. Ride a Segway
9. Go to a Jazz Festival in a big city
10. Take a cruise on the Amazon River
11. Explore Chile
12. Take dancing lessons
13. Hike the Bruce Trail
14. travel to India and the Himalayas
15. See a polar bear in the wild.
16. Win a photography competition
17. Sleep in a yurt.
18. Learn to cross-country ski.
19. Learn to Juggle. (a work in progress, but not looking good.)

    

    That’s me climbing a very high cliff

20. Visit San Francisco and ride the cable car
21. Repel down a very high cliff ———>
22. Go hang-gliding
23. Travel to Asia
24. Eat in a sidewalk cafe in Paris
25. Go on a meditation retreat
26. Get my Scuba Diving license
27. Fly first class
28. Learn to recognize 10 constellations.
29. Dip my toe in the Arctic Ocean.
30. Visit all 50 American States    (been to 28)
31. Travel the Oregon Coast
32. Fly a plane (take a flying lesson).
33. Go to the Olympics
34. Go bird-watching at Point Pelee park during the fall or spring migration
35. Win a writing contest
36. Learn to identify poisonous and edible plants in the wild
37. Join an organization with a humanitarian cause
38. Organize all my old photos (a large box full) into albums.
39. Photograph an owl in the wild.
40. Learn to identify mushrooms in the wild.

What about you? are there things you want to do?, Places you want to go? something you want to learn? Write it down, make a list, share it and perhaps you will enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes from checking it off your list. Remember, it is not punishment if you can’t complete all the dreams, it is only important to have a dream.

Here are  a couple of photos of bucket list items that are checked off.

Photographing Loon chicks has been a dream for many years.

Grosbeak Lake in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada’s Arctic.

My Group of Seven copy

Elephants on the Masai Mara in Kenya

Seeing a Lion in the wild on Masai Mara

Western Brook Pond, Newfoundland, Canada

Bryces Canyon, Utah

The Church through the arches in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Singing karaoke