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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Bucket List-

My bucket list is rather small. This is largely due to the size it could get if I don't tone it down. After all, I have about twenty more active years of living to do. Maybe more, maybe less, but twenty is a reasonable number to consider. Additionally, I have not acquired wealth in the course of my lifetime, and so there are limits to what I can do. Indeed, this list stretches any anticipated resources considerably.





Now, my Bucket List-

Annual Disneyland Trip
Finish reading The Wheel of Time

Travel US Routes:
West Coast Canada to Mexico to include California Highway 1/Interstate Highway 101
1
2
61
395

Explore:
Oregon
California
Washington
Nevada
Arizona

then

Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico

Visit:

New York City
New Orleans
Savannah
Boston

Mackinac Island
The Smithsonian
Disney World

All  U.S. National Parks
Northeastern U.S. Leaf Tour
Tour Rogue River

I have already had a lot of jobs, including what could be called a career from which I have retired. I have saved lives, flown airplanes, ridden motorcycles, designed and built things. I have written poems, written stories and written a book. I have done blogs and such. I have raised a family and am participating in the lives of my children and grand children. I have been on a life-long spiritual and intellectual journey.

Life has been full. I have seen great evil, and much more that is good. Out of full experience I have formed this tiny bucket list. Were I wealthy I could do these rather quickly and expand the list considerably. I am not, at least in money. So, my more humble list must do.

I do not long to stay at home and cultivate a garden. Most of my dreams involve travel, at this point. Quite a number of them meet in various ways, and so in fulfilling one I can easily fulfill another. I shall in future posts break the list down a bit, explaining what I want from each entry, how they relate to one another, and why they seem important to me.

I expect to learn a lot about my own desires in the process. Perhaps I shall learn more from myself about identifying dreams and bringing them to life. It would be a very nice thing if the process, shared here, aids someone else in defining and following their dreams.

5 comments:

pam said...

That's a good list. I have absolutely no idea what I would put on mine!

Bri said...

I'll go to nyc with you uncle!

Duchess of Lanier said...

Trying to catch up with you all night. Hope your dance card has been overflowing as is your bucket list.

Cheryl Cato said...

Nice bucket list & I think rather do-able. My most favorite on your list is New Mexico although I long to visit Oregon & Washington states.

Pliny-the-in-Between said...

A good list - if you want Oregon the must see list - let me know

Ok ok - even I think this one is weird - my comment moderation word verification was 'diforu'....