What’s on your bucket list?

Oh my illimae, that looks amazing! And terrifying! What a cool thing to experience. This is a great thread that you created, I think I'll finally work on creating a bucket list. Definitely returning to London for as many theater shows as possible is on that list. Hope international travel feels relatively safe relatively soon.

I’d love to take a cross-Canada train trip with a good stop in the Maritimes.

Illimae,

Ever since I was a kid and saw a film of a glass-topped train going through the Canadian Rockies., I've wanted to take that sort of ttrip. And then there's the Orient Express!

Tina

I rafted down the Colorado in Grand Canyon- not super high risk- but, lots of fun- camping for a week, some swimming and hiking too- got pretty wet, Depending on where you sit- also rafted on the Rogue river in Oregon- shorter trip. Both fun- glad I did them before too sick.

Love trains also The orient express sounds divine.

The discussion of trains has my head spinning. There is one in Africa called the Rovos that goes from Durban to Pretoria that I have always wanted to do. It’s amazing, passing through game reserves. Always wanted to do that but… $13,000+ per person double occupancy. Ouch! I always had that one on my retirement list. Now, feels like a trip to Africa would be a bit sketchy for me although I have fond memories of Photogirl’s (Anita) stories of her travels. Who knows.

The bucket list conversation must be on my mind. A colleague had a picture of hot air balloons as her background for a Zoom call this morning. All I could think about was “Right… that’s on the list!” First up when travel is easier will be a trip to New York - hoping that one is in reach for my 60th next year.

Rafting scares the crap out of me, probably because I'm not much of a swimmer. I hope you get to do it Mae if that is something you are drawn to!

Planning a desert road trip in November to Arizona, a small bit of Utah (Bryce Canyon only, I have read Zion is super crowded even in November and I can't deal with that) and New Mexico. I love NM, it is my happy place. Considering a guided hike through the Bisti Badlands, which I have been drawn too for years. We made it once to the parking area on a whim once just to check it out and were like, nope. Not prepared at all. I don't think its as strenuous as it is you're really out in the middle of nowhere. Now there is a guided walking tour offered by the Navajo tribe, but there was not one back then. Wondering if I can make the 5 mile hike. I don't think there is much elevation change, just need to walk quite a ways.

Kikomoon- that sounds fantastic! one thing I can tell you about Zion is that if you get to the park early in the morning- it is much less crowded. Bryce is incredible also.

The Navajo guided hike through the Bisti Badlands sounds fantastic- I am going to add that to my list.

I’ve been thinking about this thread for a couple of weeks now. I started to seriously think about what is on my list. I’ve mentioned a few, but some of my recent additions include seeing the ball drop in NYC on New Years Eve.. and seeing the rose parade in California in person. I always wanted to go see a taping of the David Letterman show.. I’m a little late for that, but a gal can hope.

At first I struggled with feeling like making a bucket list was giving into the disease.. anyone that knows me in real like knows that couldn’t be further from the truth for me. I do not live my life on cancers terms.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that we all have things we’d like to do “someday”.. well today is someday, and tomorrow is as well. Point being, I could have a major stroke or be in a bad car accident. It doesn’t have to be cancer that takes me out. All of these things that I want to do, I need to go do them, just for the sheer joy of doing something I wanted to do. We all should enjoy life/activities, and tell cancer to F off- we are enjoying ourselves!

I’ll be over here thinking about more things I want to add to my list.