The Bucket List

I started this lifetime To Do list, so I could put all of the ideas floating in my head down in one place. I consider this to be a living list, so I expect it will be constantly changing and growing. Interestingly enough, with my four months off, I'm not hitting any of them.  Oh well, no need to be so goal-oriented...

1. Travel to India (2020), New Zealand, Cuba, Colombia (05/2016), Namibia, Syria, Israel (Old Jerusalem) (May 2014)
2. Safari in Africa (January 2014)
3. The Annapurna Circuit
4. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
5. Visit/Train/Backpack the Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) in Mexico
6. Travel on the Trans Siberian Railway
7. Route 1, Baja California, Mexico
8. Visit Zion (5.2011) (do the Narrows) (9/2012), Bryce (05/2011), Canyonlands (6/2019), and Arches National Parks (6/2019)
9. Visit Glacier National Park and Grand Teton National Park (8/2016)
10. Mesa Verde National Park to see the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi
11. Hike the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim
12. Hike the John Muir Trail 
13. Hike the Wonderland Trail 
14. Travel in an Airstream
15. Be a volunteer park ranger at a U.S. National Park
16. Rent a U.S. Forest Service Fire lookout/Ranger cabin: http://www.viamagazine.com/weekenders/Great_Rooms04.asp http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/reservations/
17. Stay in a Lighthouse as a lighthouse keeper: http://uslhs.org/resources_be_a_keeper.php 
18. Camp on Angel Island
19. See the Monarch butterflies in Pacific Grove or Santa Cruz, CA  (December 2013) or Michoacan, Mexico
20. Backpack from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley
21. Backpack Grand Canyon of Tuolumne in Yosemite (7/2010)
    
22. Backpack the Lost Coast, CA 
23. Visit all the National Parks (thanks, Renee!)
24. Do a silent retreat (12/2019)
25. Run a half marathon (2 in 11/2011, 11/2015, 5/2016)
26. Do a longer sprint triathlon
27. Learn to speak Spanish fluently
28. Finish crocheting a full-size afghan (and all the other projects sitting in my closet)
29. Sew a quilt
30. Learn to play the guqin
31. Cook potato leek soup  (March 2017)
32. Cook beets (April 2018)
33. Learn to lead climb/get my lead climbing certificate
34. Learn to telemark ski
35. I'm taking suggestions!