30 of My Best Adventures

Posted on March 4, 2014 Updated on March 4, 2014

One of my favorite WordPress blogs is Bucket List Publications by Lesley Carter.  She has the right attitude and the get-go to live a full life that she’ll never regret.  Recently, Lesley challenged her readers to make their own “Top 5 Bucket List.”  Something short and doable in a hectic world.

As someone who’s never actually sat down and put pen to paper on a bucket list, I thought that I should first recall some of the most exciting experiences of my life before I look to the future.   So, giving leeway for my memory, here are my top 30 of a lifetime! (Not in any order of importance!)

1. Did touch-and-goes in a Blackhawk on a snow-top mountain, Kosovo

2. Admired the Mona Lisa, The Louvre, Paris, France

3. Climbed a rock, only to rappel back down a cliff leading straight into a kayak, L’Al’Legne, Belgium

4. Slept inches from the home of a monster, Loch Ness, Scotland

5. Played on a glacier, Briksdalsbreen, Norway

6. Took an off-road jungle tour, Kualoa Ranch, O’ahu

7. Watched Old Faithful let off some steam, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming

8. Went to the top of a mountain, Gstaad, Switerzerland

9. Ate pirogues in Boleslawiec, pasties in Newquay, enchiladas in Juarez and drank hefeweizen at the Brauhaus and gluhwein in Wiesbaden.  Too many are the gastronomical delights!

10. Petted an alligator, Beaumont, Texas

11. Saw the musical Grease performed live, London’s West End, England

12. Cruised a river aflame, Rhein River, Germany

13. Watched the ‘boys ride the bulls, National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas, Nevada

14. Drove on a dangerous mountain pass, Macedonia to Albania

15. Hydroplaned on the open water, English Channel, Calais to Dover

16. Rode bareback in a desert monsoon storm, San Pedro River Valley, Arizona

17. Glided on a bullet train, Thalys, Brussels to Paris

18. Sailed on a Catamaran, Honolulu, Hawai’i

19. Became a United States Marine, Parris Island, South Carolina

20. Hiked along the North Rim, Grand Canyon NP, Arizona

21. Got my first tattoo, Budingen, Germany

22. Looked down on the Colorado Rockies from the cockpit of a C-130, Chicago to L.A.

23. Rode my horse in a PRCA Grand Entry and Rodeo Parade, El Paso, Texas

24. Collected rocks and minerals 1,000+ feet under the surface of the earth, Meikle Gold Mine, Carlin, Nevada

25. Cruised a BMW on the German Autobahn

26. Bouldered the day away, Coronado National Forest, Oracle, Arizona

27. Lived in an extinct volcano, Aliamanu, O’ahu

28. Rambled the Scottish Highlands

29. Rode the coasters, Roller Coaster Capital of the World, Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio

30. Spent an entire year traveling fulltime in an RV

Wow, that was more difficult than I expected!  So many more locations and countries and experiences are bouncing in my head–far too many to list here.  My life has truly been an adventure thus far!

And now, to accept Lesley’s challenge …

Co-posted from Dusty’s Musings, Writing my own Bucket List.