bucket list

1. Write a book
2. Travel to all 50 states and all 50 capitols
3. Go on a bar crawl
4. Really learn Spanish…
5. Go back to Carhenge in Nebraska
6. Swim in the Devil’s Pools at Victoria Falls
7. Drink a glass of Dom Pérignon
8. See a Shakespeare play at the Globe
9. Rescue a pet from a shelter
10. Stroll the Tokyo Ginza at night
11. Overlook the Hong Kong Bay from Victoria Peak
12. Sail the Adriatic Sea and Island hop in Croatia
13. Stay in a castle in Ireland and be pampered
14. Have/ attend a bachelorette party in Las Vegas
15. Single-handedly grant a wish at Make a Wish
16. Swim in each of the world’s major seas
17. Take all of the hikes in the “Best Hikes with Dogs” book
18. Go back to the North Pole in Colorado Springs
19. See the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the theater
20. Spend a night in the Ice Hotel in Sweden
21. Go on a road trip, coast to coast, with no particular destination, by myself, in a jeep, with the top down, and the music blaring
22. Paint something fabulous enough to hang on my own walls
23. Get a tattoo (no matter how small)
24. Tip a cow (I know it’s cruel)
25. Overcome my fear of snakes
26. Get a GIANT bouncy castle for my birthday when I turn 30
27. Spend one whole day  watching all of my favorite animated Disney movies
28. Travel to all 7 continents
29. Build an igloo
30. Frolic through a meadow with someone I love
31. Read a dirty romance novel
32. Party with Rockstars
33. Cook a really expensive, classy five course meal
34. See the sites/ remains of the 7 wonders of the ancient world
35. See the sites/ remains of the 7 natural wonders of the world
36. See the 7 new wonders of the world
37. Bong a beer
38. Dye my hair
39. Take a trip around the world
40. Buy mom flowers and tell her I love her on a random day
41. See the World’s largest ball of twine in Darwin, MN
42. See the World’s largest ball of paint in Alexandria, IL
43. See the World’s largest bureau in High Point, NC
44. See the World’s largest Lava Lamp in Soap Lake, WA
45. See the World’s longest breakfast table in Battle Creek, MI and go back to Cereal City
46. See the World’s smallest museum in Superior, AZ
47. Stay in the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park
48. Be and audience member at a sitcom
49. Attend a demolition derby
50. Meet an Elvis
51. Stay in a water hut in Bora Bora
52. Climb the Great Wall of China
53. Shoot a gun at a shooting range
54. Ride a bull, mechanical or real
55. See a wax museum
56. Ride the biggest roller coaster in the world
57. Go to Disneyworld resort in Tokyo and to Disneyland Paris
58. Take a windjammer cruise
59. Attend mike the headless chicken days in Fruita, CO
60. Be on the receiving end of a ‘Hollywood’ dip kiss
61. Make out with a handsome, random stranger wearing a cowboy hat
62. Finish my reading list
63. See the Mona Lisa
64. Buy/ wear/ borrow/ steal a Birkin
65. Join a protest with signs and all
66. Go to the Olympics
67. Skydive (of course)
68. Find a 4-leaf clover
69. Participate in the fruitcake toss in Manitou Springs
70. Jet-set somewhere fabulous with less that 24 hours notice
71. Hold a koala
72. Swim with the Dolphins
73. Go to Mardi Gras in the Big Easy
74. Travel at least 20 days a year
75. See the Kinetic Sculpture Race in Boulder
76. Get a free t-shirt and my picture/ name on the wall for eating something huge or ridiculously spicy
77. Ride in hot air Balloon, in Steamboat Springs
78. Go aboard an aircraft carrier
79. See Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany
80. Meet Woody Paige
81. Save some polar bears in the Arctic before it’s too late
82. Go skinny dipping
83. Go whale watching
84. Milk a cow
85. Go to SNOWDOWN in Durango
86. Climb a 14-er
87. See the Northern lights
88. Ride in a blimp
89. Travel through Lijiang and Shangri-La in Yunnan, China
90. Run through the sprinklers at night with friends
91. Put a message in a bottle
92. See/ participate in the Cardboard Box Derby Race in A Basin
93. See the solar eclipse
94. Travel to Venezuela and see Angel Falls
95. See Ayers Rock in Australia
96. Travel on the Trans Siberian Railroad
97. See the running of the bulls and a real bullfight
98. Run in a marathon
99. See the medieval Abbey Mont-St-Michel in France
100. See Stonehenge
101. Complete a triathlon
102. Travel to Antarctica
103. See the Ice Sculpting in January in Breckenridge
104. See Bishop’s castle in Pueblo
105. See a game in all of the professional baseball stadiums
106. Ride an elephant
107. Take kids to Disneyland for the first time
108. Ride in a dog sled
109. See the derby and place a bet (and wear a ridiculous hat… and drink a mint julep)
110. Be an extra in a movie
111. Ride in a De Lorean
112. Bungee jump off a bridge
113. See the Kremlin in Russia and spend a day in Red Square
114. Take a cruise along the Li River
115. Travel to a 3rd World Country and change someone’s life
116. Build a house with Habitat
117. Stay in the Claim Jumper B&B in Crested butte
118. Cut my hair for ‘Locks-of-Love’
119. Watch all 6 Star Wars movies in order, in 1 sitting… lots of popcorn
120. Win a radio contest
121. See as many places in 1,000 places to see before you die, before I die
122. Go white water rafting in Colorado
123. Earn a college degree
124. Talk my way out of a speeding ticket
125. Bike around Martha's Vineyard
126. Do something completely selfless for someone else
127. Learn to snowboard
128. Ski down a double black diamond run… oh boy
129. Take my mom on an African Safari
130. See the old hanging mill/ mine outside of Marble, Colorado in the Crystal City ghost town
131. See all of the films that have won Oscars for Best Picture
132. Take my kids to the Bucksnort outside of Pine and drink root beer
133. Visit Salem, MA
134. Visit Loch Ness
135. Pay a highway toll for the person behind me
136. Drink a glass of Port Wine in the House of Port in Spain
137. Meet a U.S. president
138. Plant a tree
139. Stay in Dubrovnik, Croatia and walk the city walls, get lost in the backstreets, and enjoy local cuisine at an outside cafe
140. Trek the Colorado Trail
141. Stay in the Cinderella Castle Suite at Disney World
142. Win a state championship ring
143. Ski in the Swiss Alps
144. Buy a house
145. Camp in a tree house
146. Become a teacher
147. Drive over and take picture atop all of Colorado’s mountain passes
148. Catch a foul ball/ home run at a ball park
149. See the temple of the Emerald Buddha in Thailand
150. Travel through Kashmir Valley in India, taking pictures everywhere I go
151. Drive along the Amalfi Coast in Italy and stay in a really expensive B&B
152. Go to a World Series
153. Go to a Super Bowl
154. Go to a U.S. open
155. Go to a Stanley Cup
156. Go to a Masters Golf Tournament
157. Go to a NBA Championship
158. Go to Wimbledon
159. Go to a MLS Championship
160. Go to a Lacrosse (indoor & outdoor) Championship
161. Go to an Arena Football Championship
162. Go to a WNBA Championship
163. See Kathmandu Valley in Nepal
164. Visit every country in Europe
165. Catch a fish
166. Kiss the Blarney stone
167. Go to a monster truck rally
168. See Versailles in France, along with the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, & Notre Dame
169. Go to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
170. Go to a WWE wrestling match
171. Let someone feed me grapes off the stem
172. Give a LARGE gift to charity – anonymously
173. See the Great Barrier Reef
174. Become a vegetarian/ vegan for 6 months
175. Take a Nile River Cruise through the Valley of the Kings
176. Walk El Camino de Santiago in Spain
177. See el Alhambra in Spain and bask in the Sun on the Canary Islands
178. Drive 100 mph on the Autobahn
179. Spend Christmas somewhere tropical and decorate a palm tree
180. See Petra in Jordan
181. Read a great book in one day in a hammock
182. Go to Carnival in Rio
183. Hike to Macchu Piccu
184. Sleep under the stars
185. See Chichen Itzla on Yucatan in Mexico
186. YELL Happy New Year at Times Square… just once
187. Drink beer in Munich for Oktoberfest
188. Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau while drifting in a canoe
189. Sit on a Jury
190. Learn to Ballroom
191. Take a yoga class…
192. See Jerusalem and the Wailing Wall
193. Eat Fish n’ Chips in London… and take a picture in a red phone booth like the terrible tourist I am
194. Write a fan letter
195. Ride a camel in the desert
196. Visit Kelly in Greece and see the Acropolis at the Parthenon and Delphi
197. Go to the Potala Palace in China
198. Touch Dinosaur tracks
199. Sit in the Senate/ House of Reps
200. Brew beer in my closet
201. Camp at the Great Sand Dunes like my parents
202. Hear the Elk bugle in Rocky Mountain National Park
203. See a launch of the space shuttle
204. Have my portrait painted
205. Jump on the ski train
206. See the Banaue Rice Terraces in Philippines
207. Throw a BOMB ass party… spared no expense
208. Stay in a really expensive pent house hotel room
209. Go up to Mother Cabrini’s Shrine in Morrison? Don’t know why, but I have always wanted to go!
210. See a concert at Red Rocks
211. Go to a huge open air music festival
212. Bon fire at the beach ALL night
213. Bet $500 on red in Vegas
214. Donate blood/ plasma
215. Get thrown out of a bar
216. See Teotihuacan outside of Mexico City
217. See a cricket match
218. Sing at a karaoke bar
219. See Angkor Wat in Cambodia
220. Dance on the bar… Coyote Ugly style
221. See a real opera… like can’t understand a thing, in French kind of Opera
222. See the Karnak Temple in Egypt
223. Hike to the top of Seven Falls in Colorado Springs
224. Get it on to “Lets Get it On” by Marvin Gaye
225. Go to the Forbidden City in Bejing
226. See the Bagan Temples and Pagodas in Myanmar (Thatbyinnyu, Ananda, and Shwezigon)
227. Go to a street carnival dressed in costume
228. Confess my sins to a priest
229. Be a total ski bum for one season
230. Walk the suspension bridge at the Royal Gorge
231. Put flowers on Grandma’s grave
232. Spend all Day at the Tattered Cover, Downtown Denver
233. Spend a week in Tucson at Spring Training
234. Have a signature recipe for ‘potlucks’ that people always request
235. Go to the Greeley Stampede
236. Put together a 3D puzzle
237. Hike to Hanging Lake
238. Take a trip on a Greyhound
239. Crowd surf
240. Take pictures of Rice Terraces in Bali and visit one of the 10,000 temples there
241. Become friends, and meet in person, with someone on the internet
242. Do donuts with the hand brake in a iced parking lot
243. Drive all the way along historic Route 66
244. Read all 7 Harry Potter books, cover to cover, back to back, one right after another
245. Learn to fly fish, and take my dad one last time
246. Go to the Denver Stock Show
247. Go to the Ice Festival in Ouray
248. See Iguazu (Argentina/ Brazil) and Victoria Falls (Africa)
249. Be DEBT FREE
250. Have a star named after me/ name a star for someone
251. Make a pilgrimage
252. Camp at the Grand Canyon
253. Show up at the airport with a carry on and passport and jump on the first flight available
254. Take a year off
255. Take ‘Beatles’ pictures on Abbey Road with three friends
256. See area 51
257. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
258. Fly first class
259. See the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
260. Smoke a Cuban cigar
261. See a show on Broadway
262. Drive a zambonie
263. Sing Summer Nights behind the stands at Marshall High in California
264. Stay up all night JUST to see the sun rise the next morning
265. Go to a Dude Ranch
266. See Goslar in Germany
267. Vacation in Bonaire off the coast of Venezuela
268. Go to Easter Island to see the Mai statues
269. Hike and raft through the Fjords in Norway
270. Hike and raft through the Fjords in New Zealand
271. See the Terra Cotta Warriors
272. Travel the canals in Venice
273. Catch fireflies in a jar
274. Stay in Heidelberg Germany and see the Castle there
275. Become a member of the Mile High Club
276. Shock everyone at my High School Reunion
277. Test drive a car I CANNOT afford
278. Drink beer in Hofbrauhaus beer house in Munich Germany
279. Do an underground Pub Crawl in London
280. Meet a random in a Foreign country who doesn’t speak English and convince them to cook me a meal/ let me crash
281. Hike through Mosel Valley Germany
282. Solve a rubix cube
283. Ride the Fort Collins Trolley
284. Visit Pergamon Museum in Berlin Germany
285. Go streaking through the oval at CSU
286. Go to a Star Trek convention
287. See a lunar eclipse
288. Hand toss pizza dough like in the movies
289. Take dad to see the Indy 500
290. On a Saturday night at 2 am, wait in line for a cheese steak at the birthplace of Philly's signature sandwich… Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia, PA
291. Buy a round for the entire bar
292. See the Rose Parade and go to the Rose Bowl
293. Take a fabulous picture of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and ride on the rail cart in the city
294. Meet Nicolas Cage
295. Visit a nudist colony
296. See all of the Cirque du Solie shows in Vegas (2 DOWN!)
297. Climb to the top of the great pyramid, sit, and watch a sunset/ sunrise (or both!)
298. Dive with sharks (in a cage)
299. Rent a houseboat on Lake Tahoe
300.See the Colorado Monument
301. Meet Frank Warren
302. Spend a week in silence with monks
303. Climb to Everest, maybe not the Summit, possibly base camp? Ok at least see Everest on a clear day!
304. Get a time share with friends
305. Go to Italy and see EVERYTHING with someone I love
306. Visit the caves of Altamira located near Santilliana del Mar in Cantabria, Northern Spain
307. Play paintball
308. Be a “Big Sister”
309. Invest in the stock market
310. Play checkers in Little Havana, Miami
311. See Borobudur in Indonesia and learn about Buddhism
312. Drink coffee at the original Starbucks in Seattle
313. Go to a drive in movie
314. Live in a loft
315. Go to a movie premier
316. Speed date
317. Go to the Galapagos and see giant turtles and finches
318. Visit ground zero
319. Find the damn Hollywood Sign
320. Map my genome/ DNA
321. Spend the night scouring the sky for comets/ shooting stars
322. Donate my body to science
323. Bid on a storage locker
324. Hitchhike
325. Meet Jane Goodall
326. See the Harlem Globetrotters
327. Flatten pennies on a train track
328. Take a scavenger hunt road trip with friends
329. Get bottle service in a flashy club in Vegas or LA
330. Learn to drive stick
331. Go on a winery tour in Nappa Valley in a limo and get TANKED
332. Flip a house
333. Join a wine club
334. Go a year without fast food
335. Get certified in first aid
336. Become a paramedic
337. See a sunrise/ sunset at The Grand Canyon
338. Own a cabin/ Condo in the Colorado mountains
339. Go on a blind date
340. Hike to the “A” at CSU
341. Get married in Vegas (even if I’m just getting married again)
342. See the Taj Mahal
343. Be in Cannes for the Film Festival
344. Do a house swap with someone in Tuscany
345. See a fashion show in Milan
346. Swim in the Dead Sea
347. Go to cooking school somewhere
348. Help a stranger on the side of the road
349. Celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico
350. Meet a Rockie, profess my love, and get an autograph
351. Collect photos hugging all of the Disney characters I can find
352. Slide into second base at Coors Field
353. Pull a fire alarm… hopefully not for a real fire
354. Join the Peace Corps
355. Throw out the first pitch at a baseball game
356. Cliff Dive in Hawaii
357. Feng Shui a room
358. Go to Magic Mountain
359. Host a foreign exchange student/ or students on a retreat
360. Invest in an expensive piece of art
361. Go to a straight up black, singing, praising, Baptist church in the south!!!!
362. Watch a polo match in Griffin Park, California
363. Buy a cake in Baltimore from Charm City Cakes
364. Have a pi phi reunion somewhere fantastic
365. Drink cosmos at the trendiest bar in New York City I can find with good girlfriends… possibly sing ‘Memories’ from The Way We Were!
366. Help cook a meal for the homeless
367. Vacation in Bali
368. Go to a real futbol game in Mexico or Spain
369. Start a food fight
370. Ice Skate in Central Park on Christmas Eve and take pictures of the Rockefeller tree
371. Ride in a helicopter
372. Go to an atheist convention or gathering
373. Take a guided tour at the State Capitol in Denver
374. See a play at the Adam’s Mystery Playhouse or the Lumber Baron Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
375. GO back to Tiny Town
376. See the Gateway Arch and stand at the top
377. Go ‘zorbing’ in a huge ball down a huge hill
378. Dive on a shipwreck
379. Go to the Renaissance Fair (and dress up)
380. Join a bowling league
381. Roller blade along a boardwalk
382. Learn to say hello and ‘I Love You’ in 50 languages
383. Learn Jujitsu
384. See the Cherry Blossoms in D.C. in full bloom
385. See the Sydney Opera House
386. Visit the Lascaux Caves in southwestern France and see the Paleolithic cave paintings
387. See if lightning really does turn sand to glass…
388. Photocopy my butt on a photocopier
389. Sip cold, unfiltered, un-pasteurized, cider at an apple orchard
390. Enter chili in a chili cook off contest
391. Road trip to California
392. Get a Brazilian
393. Loose 100 pounds
394. Map my family history (family tree)
395. Be an egg donor
396. Take a “Spooky Tour” at the Brown Palace in October
397. Eat something absolutely CRAZY in a foreign country
398. Go back to school
399. Apologize to someone years after the fact
400. Eat at Charlie Brown’s Bar and Grille on Grant in Denver
401. See elephants in the wild
402. Get my savings to $10,000
403. Take a photography class
404. Take a tour at Celestial Seasonings
405. See Garden of the Gods
406. See Jay Leno live
407. Write down all of grandpa & grandma’s and mom & dad’s old stories to share with the next generation
408. Go to a giant balloon festival
409. Get photos I have taken published
410. Tour Coors Field
411. Throw a penny into Trevi Fountain
412. Run in the Race for the Cure
413. Start a non-profit
414. Steal a street sign
415. Take a final in a big lecture hall after I have graduated in a class I am not taking
416. Bid at a shi shi auction
417. Go to an important fashion show
418. Run a six minute mile
419. Visit the Hershey’s Factory in Pennsylvania
420. Take an Amtrak train
421. Attend a service for every major religion
422. Prank a friend by putting 100s of gnomes out in front of their house
423. Blow the horn on a train
424. Spend the night on the beach
425. Loose my virginity
426. Spend a day as a University of Michigan student and go to a football game
427. Attend a foam party
428. Sit in the purple seats at a mile high in Coors Field
429. Go to a rodeo
430. Take afternoon tea at the Brown Palace
431. Take a Rocky Mountain Experience tour by helicopter
432. Visit a city relying solely on public transportation
433. Stay at the Stanley on Halloween
434. Be a maid of honor
435. Take the family on a vacation… on my dime
436. Run the ½ marathon at Dinsey World
437. Go to a Pi Phi Convention
438. Go to Peru with Kristin and Courtney
439. Visit every country in North and South America
440. Get a Tarot card reading
441. See a psychic 
442. Go ziplining
443. Camp in the Berkshires
444. Camp in Arches
445. Hike to delicate arch
446. Swim in the Colorado!
447. Take a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon
448. Visit The Maze district in Canyonands NP
449. Hike to the bottom and back out of the Grand Canyon
450. Hike, camp, and swim at Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon