My Bucket List

Along the same theme as my last post on how to live a good life, I'm attempting some serious goal-setting via a bucket list.  Inspired by Maggie Mason (aka Mighty Girl), I've decided to start a list of things that I hope to do before I'm too old (or too dead) to enjoy them.

Please share: what's on your bucket list? 

Here are my first 38 things to do (since I'm 38 years old), in no special order:

1. Drop into a halfpipe.  (Disclaimer: I have learned to snowoboard, but I can barely connect my turns -- so this halfpipe goal is kind of a big deal.)
2. Ride a wave on a surfboard.
3. Learn to sail.
4. Drive the Road to Hana, Maui.
5. Visit Italy (all of it, but especially Rome and Lake Como).
6. Visit Norway (and the rest of Scandinavia too, why not?!).
7. Tour Australia from Sydney to Perth.
8. See the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
9. Drink coffee in Seattle, Washington, USA.
10. Visit Costa Rica.
11. Tour parts of the British Isles I haven't seen: Wales; Scotland; Ireland.
12. Go on Safari in Kenya and/or Tanzania.
13. Take my daughter to Tokyo, Japan.
14. Spend a year in Provence, France (though I'd settle for a week).
15. Gamble in Monte Carlo.
16. Take my son fishing in Alaska.
17. Visit the Hawaiian Islands I've not yet visited: Maui, Molokai, Kauai and the Big Island.
18. Savor a romantic bungalow vacation in the Seychelles.
19. Hike part of the Appalachian trail with my kids, camping along the way.
20. Take my daughter to NYC for a mom-daughter week alone to take in at least 5 Broadway shows together.
21. Take my son to see the Yankees in spring training in Tampa.
22. Take my family on an RV trip to see the Grand Canyon.
23. See the green flash.
24. See the Northern Lights.
25. See the Midnight Sun.
26. Visit every Mission in California with my family.
27. Attend the Sundance Film Festival.
28. Experience Burning Man.
29. Live in an oceanfront abode.
30. Publish a novel.
31. Take singing lessons.
32. Obtain a motorcycle license and a Vespa.
33. Give a talk at TED.  (This presumes I've done something worthy of talking about at TED...)
34. Make photo baby books for my kids.
35. Re-read the Great Books.
36. Compete consistently at a 4.0 level in tennis.
37. Learn to make a variety of chocolate truffles.
38. Ring in my 70th birthday by sittting on a park bench in Central Park with my beloved.  (You know: "Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly?  How terribly strange to be 70." - Simon & Garfunkel)

 ... to be continued ...