Adventure

• Skydiving (18th birthday with my dad, 40th birthday in Cabo)
• 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, Antigua 2024)
• Cliff jumping (Hawaii)
• Kite-surfing (Morocco 2009)
• Rope Swing Into Water (Canada)
• Cave exploring (Belize, Iceland, Cuba, Slovenia, Lebanon)
• Tobogganing (Switzerland)
• Bungee jumping (Cabo San Lucas 2023)

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)
• Learn to fly a plane/get pilot's license (2024)

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
• Dos Ojos (Nicte-ha) | Tulum, Mexico
• Gordo Banks | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• Antigua
• Cayman Islands
• Costa Rica

Entertainment

• See a West End musical (Les Miserables)
• See an off-Broadway musical (Smokey Joe's Cafe)
• Apply to be on a reality show
• Be a Member of a TV Studio Audience
• See the Spice Girls in concert
• Be in a music video for one of my favorite artists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCckn1H5DIE&fbclid=IwAR0hta4bCM0KwU4XsN1-Dpemq4OnG2e_gUZvkHMFG4yEYCSUFN6U7UyYsYM
• See a Broadway musical (Hamilton)

Festivals

• Saint Patricks Day | Ireland
• Semana Santa | Spain
• Oktoberfest | Germany
• Indian Wedding | India
• Thanksgiving at Plymouth Plantation | MA, USA

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 YSL shoes
• Set up an emergency fund
• Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort
• Stay in a 5-Star Resort
• Earn 6 Figures a Year
• Own Investment Real Estate
• Have No Consumer Debt
• Own a pair of Loubotins
• Charter a yacht (Antigua 2024)

Food

• Attend a Beer Festival
• Attend a Clam Bake
• 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

• Otto | Sydney, Australia 2015
• The French Laundry | Yountville, California (met Thomas Keller) 2020 (3 Michelin stars)
• Hisa Franko | Kobarid, Slovenia (met Ana Ros) 2017 (awarded 2 Michelin stars in 2019 & a green star)
• Boka | Chicago 2021 (1 Michelin star)
• Central | Lima, Peru 2021 (1 Michelin star)
• Varoulko | Athens, Greece 2021 (1 Michelin star)
• Eleven Madison Park | New York, New York 2022 (3 Michelin stars)

Food: Weird

• Alligator (Savannah)
• Alpaca (Peru)
• 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)
• Heart (Boston)
• Kudu (Namibia)
• Lutefisk (Seattle)
• Octopus (Seattle)
• Oryx (Namibia)
• Rabbit (Slovenia)
• Raw Oysters (Seattle)
• Sea Urchin (Chicago)
• 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, Massachusetts)
• 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)
• Take a Self Defense Class, Krav Maga

Hikes/Walks

• Mt Kilimanjaro | Tanzania
• Mt St Helens | Washington
• Mailbox Peak | Washington
• Inca Trail | Peru

Hotels

• The Four Seasons | Beirut, Lebanon
• Chateau Frontenac | Quebec City, Canada

Local (Pacific Northwest)

• 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
• Palouse Falls

Local (New England)

• Bar Harbor | Maine
• Burlinton | Vermont
• Boothbay Harbor | Maine
• Camden | Maine
• Cape Ann | Massachusetts
• Cape Cod | Massachusetts
• Cape Elizabeth | Maine
• Fenway Park | Massachusetts
• Freedom Trail | Massachusetts
• Lexington & Concord | Massachusetts
• Plimoth Plantation & Plymouth Rock | Massachusetts
• Salem Witch House
• The House of Seven Gables
• Hammond Castle | Massachusetts
• Kennebunkport | Maine
• Minute Man National Historic Park | Massachusetts
• Montpelier | Vermont
• Newburyport | Massachusetts
• Newport mansions | Rhode Island
• Park Loop Road | Maine
• Portland Head Lighthouse | Maine
• Russel Orchards | Massachusetts
• Sabbaday Falls | New Hampshire
• Stowe | Vermont
• Strawbery Banke | New Hampshire
• Sugarbush Farm | Vermont
• The Strand | New York
• White Mountains National Forest | New Hampshire
• Wiscasset | Maine
• Woodstock | Vermont

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 (Yellowstone)
• Smoke a Hookah
• Live in another state
• Take a cross country road trip
• Walk on a glacier (Mt Rainier)
• Survive a blizzard (2022)
• Witness a solar eclipse (2024)
• See the Northern Lights (Iceland, Massachusetts)

National Parks

• Acadia | Maine
• Badlands | South Dakota
• Cuyahoga Valley | Ohio
• Glacier | Montana
• Grand Teton | Wyoming
• Haleakala | Hawaii
• Indiana Dunes | Indiana
• 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)
• Sleep on an overnight train (Europe, Morocco)
• Study abroad (Pécs University; Pécs, Hungary)
• 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
• Eat Maine Lobster | Maine
• 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
• See the 9/11 Memorial | New York
• Grand Central Station | New York

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
• Plitvice Lakes | Croatia
• Mostar Bridge | Mostar, Bosnia
• Angkor Wat | Siem Reap, Cambodia
• Sahara Desert | Morocco
• Neuschwanstein Castle | Germany
• Burj Khalifa | Dubai, UAE
• Havana | Cuba
• Vinales Valley | 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
• Etosha National Park | Namibia
• Fly over the Nazca Lines | Peru
• Visit the floating islands of Lake Titikaka | Peru
• Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
• Acropolis | Athens, Greece
• Swim in a cenote | Mexico

Wildlife

• Swim with whale sharks (Cancun 2008)
• Go whale watching (Seattle 2018 grays, Boston 2021 humpbacks)
• 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)
• Swim with crocodiles (Tulum 2023)
• Dive with bull sharks (Playa del Carmen 2023)
• Dive with hammerheads (Gordo Banks, Cabo 2023)
• See flying fish fly (Antigua, 2024)

TOTAL: 295