Adventure
- Skydiving (18th birthday with my dad)
- White water rafting (Snake River, Jackson Hole WY 1997)
- Scuba diving (see "Dive Sites" below)
- Zipline (Costa Rica and Belize)
- Fly a helicopter (2018)
- Ride in a hot air balloon (Napa Valley 2012, Serengeti 2015)
- Ride in a race car on the Daytona 500 track (Daytona 2002)
- Sleep in a cave (Wadi Rum 2018)
- Parasailing (Hawaii 1998, 2003)
- Paragliding (Germany 2004)
- Live aboard a boat (San Juan Islands 2000)
- Cliff jumping (Hawaii)
- Kite-surfing (Morocco 2009)
- Rope Swing Into Water (Canada)
- Cave exploring (Belize, Iceland, Cuba, Slovenia, Lebanon)
- Tobogganing (Switzerland)
Creativity/Skills/Personal Growth
- Start a blog www.lustforlifeandadventure.com
- Learn to knit
- Sew my own clothing
- Make a handmade gift
- Crochet a blanket
- Get a motorcycle license
- Get a certificate in photography (UW 2018)
- Do professional modeling
- Become a first responder (lifeguard, ski patroller, rescue diver)
- Sell my photos online (not just to people I know)
Dive Sites
- The Blue Hole | Belize
- Mary’s Place | Roatan, Honduras
- Mnemba Island | Zanzibar, Tanzania
- The Red Sea | Jordan
- Lands End | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Andaman Sea | Thailand
- Hawaiian Islands | HI, USA
- Dalmatian Islands | Croatia
Entertainment
Festivals
- Saint Patricks Day | Ireland
- Semana Santa | Spain
- Oktoberfest | Germany
- Indian Wedding | India
Finance/Luxury
- Buy a house
- Have a healthy retirement account
- Have a Positive Net Worth
- Have No Credit Card Debt
- Invest in the stock market
- Own a pair of designer shoes
- Set up an emergency fund
- Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort
- Stay in a 5-Star Resort
- Earn 6 Figures Per Year
Food
- Attend a Beer Festival
- Attend a Pig Roast
- Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
- Cook a Traditional Dish from a Different Culture
- Cook Without a Recipe
- Drink a Bottle of Trendy Champagne
- Drink Juice from a Fresh Coconut
- Drink Moonshine
- Eat a Meal Cooked by a Celebrity Chef
- Eat an Insect
- Have Afternoon (High) Tea
- Grow a Vegetable Garden
- Take a Cooking Class
- Eat at a Michelin 3-star Restaurant
Food: Fine Dining
- The French Laundry | Yountville, California (met Thomas Keller) 2020
- Hisa Franko | Kobarid, Slovenia (met Ana Ros) 2017
Food: Weird
- Alligator (Savannah)
- Bear (Seattle)
- Beef Tongue (Slovenia)
- Bison (Montana)
- Bone Marrow (Slovenia)
- Crickets (Seattle)
- Durian (Singapore)
- Eel (Seattle)
- Elk (Seattle)
- Escargot (Seattle)
- Flowers (Slovenia)
- Foie Gras (Napa - The French Laundry)
- Frog Legs (Singapore)
- Kudu (Namibia)
- Lutefisk (Seattle)
- Octopus (Seattle)
- Oryx (Namibia)
- Rabbit (Slovenia)
- Raw Oysters (Seattle)
- Silk worm (Thailand)
- Springbok (Namibia)
- Sweetbreads (Slovenia)
- Wild Boar (Seattle)
- Whole squid (Portugal)
- Zebra (Namibia)
Giving Back
- Give blood
- Plant a Tree
- Send a Care Package to a Soldier
- Volunteer at an animal shelter
- Adopt an elephant
Health/Fitness/Sports
- Go to the Women’s World Cup (Vancouver BC 2015)
- Complete the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (2017)
- Complete the Tough Mudder (2012)
- Go to the SuperBowl (Seahawks vs Patriots, AZ 2014)
- Learn to Surf (Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, El Salvador)
- Participate in a 5k Race (Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure)
- Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga
- Attend the Copa America tournament (Seattle 2016)
- Fly on a trapeze
- Win fantasy football
- Attend the MLS Cup (Seattle 2019)
Hikes/Walks
- Mt Kilimanjaro | Tanzania
- Mt St Helens | Washington
- Mailbox Peak | Washington
Hotels
- The Four Seasons (Beirut, Lebanon)
Local (Greater Seattle Area)
- Space Needle
- Pike Place Market
- Smith Tower
- Columbia Tower
- Alki Foot Ferry
- Fremont Troll
- Lenin Statue
- Deception Pass
- San Juan Islands
- Science Center
- EMP (MoPop)
- Great wheel
- Kerry Park
- Snoqualmie Falls
- Ride the ducks
- Long Acres Mile @ Emerald Downs
- Victoria Clipper to Victoria B.C.
- Hoh Rain Forest
- Leavenworth
- Sol Duc Falls/Hot springs
- Ruby Beach
- Scenic Hot Springs
Miscellaneous
- Solve a Rubiks Cube
- Own an Original Piece of Artwork
- Saber a Champagne Bottle
- Have a White Christmas
- Swim in a naturally hot river
- Smoke a Hookah
National Parks
- Cuyahoga Valley | Ohio
- Glacier | Montana
- Grand Teton | Wyoming
- Haleakala | Hawaii
- Mt Rainier | Washington
- North Cascades | Washington
- Olympics | Washington
- Seguaro | Arizona
- Yellowstone | Wyoming
Travel: General
- Backpack solo through Europe
- Fly first class (El Salvador > Miami)
- Go on a safari (Tanzania, Namibia)
- Self-drive on safari (Namibia)
- See the Northern Lights (Iceland)
- Sleep on an overnight train (Europe, Morocco)
- Study abroad (Pécs University; Pécs, Hungary)
- Walk on a glacier (Mt Rainier)
- Drive on the other side of the road (Namibia)
Travel: Domestic
- Wine tasting in Napa Valley | California
- Fall foliage in New England | New England
- See bears and bison in Yellowstone National Park | Wyoming
- Go to Grand Prismatic Spring | Wyoming
- Grand Ole Opry in Nashville | Tennessee
- Tour the National Mall and Smithsonian | Washington D.C.
- Ski Aspen | Colorado
- See the Cubs at Wrigley Field | Illinois
- Go to the top of the Sears Tower | Illinois
- Red Rocks Amphitheater | Colorado
- The Freedom Trail | Massachusetts
- Walk the Las Vegas Strip | Nevada
- See the Statue of Liberty | New York
- Stand in Times Square | New York
- Catch the ferry to Ellis Island | New York
- Go to the top of the Empire State Building | New York
- Tour Graceland | Tennessee
- Go walking on Beale Street in Memphis | Tennessee
- Drive the Road to Hana | Hawaii
- Attend a luau | Hawaii
- Hollywood Walk of Fame | California
- Spend a day in Powell's Books | Oregon
- Cape Canavral | Florida
- Have fun at Walt Disney World | Florida
- Take a picture at the Southernmost Point in the Continental US | Florida
- Drive down the Florida Keys | Florida
- Tour Alcatraz | California
- Watch a gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Arizona
- Visit Pearl Harbor | Hawaii
- Take a walking tour in Savannah | Georgia
- Learn to surf on Ohahu | Hawaii
- Take an architecture boat tour in Chicago | Illinois
Travel: International
- Taj Mahal | India
- Float on the backwaters of Kerala | India
- Chichen Itza | Mexico
- Tour a Windmill | Holland
- Soak in the Blue Lagoon | Iceland
- Snorkel the Silfra Fissure | Iceland
- Sagrada Familia | Barcelona, Spain
- Hagia Sofia | Turkey
- Blue Mosque | Turkey
- Serengeti | Tanzania
- Visit the Masaai | Tanzania
- Blue Lagoon | Iceland
- Plitvice Lakes | Croatia
- Mostar Bridge | Mostar, Bosnia
- Angkor Wat | Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Sahara Desert | Morocco
- Neuschwanstein Castle | Germany
- Burj Khalifa | Dubai, UAE
- Havana | Cuba
- Petra | Jordan
- Float in the Dead Sea | Jordan
- Stay in a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum | Jordan
- Baalbek | Lebanon
- Byblos | Lebanon
- See the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace | England
- Gardens by the Bay | Singapore
- Canadian Rockies | Canada
- Deadvlei | Namibia
- Quiver trees | Namibia
Wildlife
- Swim with whale sharks (Cancun 2008)
- Go whale watching (Seattle 2018)
- See elephants in the wild (Tanzania 2015, Namibia 2019)
- Kayak with dolphins (Hawaii 1998)
- Play with a baby howler monkey (Belize 2008)
- See a quetzal, scarlet macaw and toucan in the wild (Costa Rica 2007)
- Pet/swim/dive with sharks (Belize 2008, et al)
- Feed a stingray (Belize 2008)
- See all of Africa's Big 5 (Tanzania 2015, Namibia 2019)
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