What's on your bucket list of things to do before you die?

Wife wants to take me to:
Washington D.C./the Capital Building, Lincoln Memorial, etc..
Niagara Falls
New York City/Times Square
 
Quite a long list for me:
Learn enough French to be well understood in France.

Places to revisit:
Australia, France but to a different area than where we've been, Thailand already planned, Boston already planned

Places to visit first time:
Spain - specifically Barcelona, Germany - Rhine River cruise, in US - Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and similar areas, NYC, California coast (I've seen it several times, husband has not), several places in Scotland and England including Orkneys, Cotswolds, and others.

Also want to do a week-long bike ride somewhere possibly around Brugge, Belgium and into Netherlands, or North England trail, or Scotland, maybe Ireland.

There's more but can't think of specifics and watch tv at the same time. ;)
 
Ride on the baggage carousel at the airport. OK, I'm just a kid at heart.....I like stuff like that.

A couple of years ago, I was shopping at a Walmart that had a huge gently-sloping parking lot. I fulfilled another wanna-do by standing on the bar at the bottom of the cart and "riding" the cart the entire length of the parking lot. Hair was blowing, my dress was billowing out and I was having the time of my life. I was getting "thumbs-up" from other people in the lot. I DID say I was just a kid at heart. The 12-year-old Inner Child gets the 67-year-old Outer Hag in trouble frequently.
 
jujube said:
Ride on the baggage carousel at the airport. OK, I'm just a kid at heart.....I like stuff like that.

A couple of years ago, I was shopping at a Walmart that had a huge gently-sloping parking lot. I fulfilled another wanna-do by standing on the bar at the bottom of the cart and "riding" the cart the entire length of the parking lot. Hair was blowing, my dress was billowing out and I was having the time of my life. I was getting "thumbs-up" from other people in the lot. I DID say I was just a kid at heart. The 12-year-old Inner Child gets the 67-year-old Outer Hag in trouble frequently.
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I need more of your daring-do in my life.
 
jujube said:
Ride on the baggage carousel at the airport. OK, I'm just a kid at heart.....I like stuff like that.

A couple of years ago, I was shopping at a Walmart that had a huge gently-sloping parking lot. I fulfilled another wanna-do by standing on the bar at the bottom of the cart and "riding" the cart the entire length of the parking lot. Hair was blowing, my dress was billowing out and I was having the time of my life. I was getting "thumbs-up" from other people in the lot. I DID say I was just a kid at heart. The 12-year-old Inner Child gets the 67-year-old Outer Hag in trouble frequently.
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How fun! I'm often tempted to do that. What's also fun is skipping like we did as kids. I already jump rope for exercise - good excuse.
 
jujube said:
Ride on the baggage carousel at the airport. OK, I'm just a kid at heart.....I like stuff like that.

A couple of years ago, I was shopping at a Walmart that had a huge gently-sloping parking lot. I fulfilled another wanna-do by standing on the bar at the bottom of the cart and "riding" the cart the entire length of the parking lot. Hair was blowing, my dress was billowing out and I was having the time of my life. I was getting "thumbs-up" from other people in the lot. I DID say I was just a kid at heart. The 12-year-old Inner Child gets the 67-year-old Outer Hag in trouble frequently.
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Can't think of anything. When I lost my husband when I was 23 and he was 40, I decided at that point that I was going to do all that I wanted to do before I got too old to enjoy it . . . and I followed through on it.
 
LogicsHere said:
Can't think of anything. When I lost my husband when I was 23 and he was 40, I decided at that point that I was going to do all that I wanted to do before I got too old to enjoy it . . . and I followed through on it.
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Nothing left? Done it all? I enjoy travel now more than I ever did when I was younger. One reason is because we can for as long as we want without considering work.
 
First off..... I am a horrible traveler... I can enjoy a weekend trip... perhaps tops of 4 or 5 days... then I want to be home with my own things around me. Traveling also stresses me out. I start worrying about missing my flight... forgetting something important... etc... that I don't really enjoy it. I can't relax.. PLUS.. I have 9 animals.. so I'm sort of tied to the livestock..

So... no travel... what else? Who knows.
 
QuickSilver said:
First off..... I am a horrible traveler... I can enjoy a weekend trip... perhaps tops of 4 or 5 days... then I want to be home with my own things around me. Traveling also stresses me out. I start worrying about missing my flight... forgetting something important... etc... that I don't really enjoy it. I can't relax.. PLUS.. I have 9 animals.. so I'm sort of tied to the livestock..

So... no travel... what else? Who knows.
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I see your points. Any artistic talents, etc? I didn't really get serious about photography until I retired.
 
I know how to work and make money.... that's about it... I also like to spend money... but without work.. that wouldn't be a hobby I could maintain.. lol!!
 
I'd like to visit the Scottish Hebrides specifically Uist and Barra...for the first time

I'd like to be able to be fit enough to travel back and forth to Southern Spain for many years as often as I wish.



I'd like to make at least one trip to the USA..

I'd like to be able to upgrade to a really expensive camera and indulge my passion for photography

I'd like to move home to a different part of the country even nicer..

I'd like to be able to continue earning enough in the meantime, without which all these plans cannot come to fruition....and my earliest retirement date is spring 2021....
 
I would love to get in the car and visit as many states as I could. I want to see the Grand Canyon at least one more time,I want to visit Virginia,and the Carolinas,maybe New York. Oh,and I want to visit Crater Lake in Oregon. No excuse as to why I haven`t-hubby know that he better plan a trip there sooner rather than later so he can quit hearing about it lol.
 
QuickSilver said:
You are so right.. that is something that is perplexing me. I just don't know what I want to do. I have never thought much beyond work.
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Do like I do play it as it happens. I never had a "bucket list" and thus never been disappointed at failing to accomplish anything like many surely must do. My plan daily and forever is let life happen.
 
hollydolly said:
I'd like to visit the Scottish Hebrides specifically Uist and Barra...for the first time

I'd like to be able to be fit enough to travel back and forth to Southern Spain for many years as often as I wish.



I'd like to make at least one trip to the USA..

I'd like to be able to upgrade to a really expensive camera and indulge my passion for photography

I'd like to move home to a different part of the country even nicer..

I'd like to be able to continue earning enough in the meantime, without which all these plans cannot come to fruition....and my earliest retirement date is spring 2021....
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My earliest retirement date is 1991....oh wait! I did that already....
 

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