Bucket List

  1. √ Go on an African Safari (accomplished SEP 2023- see post)
  2. Drive the Alaska Highway
  3. Hike the Appalachian Trail
  4. See the Aurora Borealis
  5. √ Visit Australia (accomplished APR 2018- see post)
  6. Visit Austria
  7. Hear Beth Hart sing live
  8. Visit the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
  9. Visit Brazil
  10. Visit Bruges
  11. Drive the California Coastal Highway
  12. Visit every Canadian Provinces
  13. √ Visit Cancun (accomplished 20 SEP 2018- see post)
  14. Visit Carlsbad Caverns
  15. √ Eat a Chicago Dog in Chicago
  16. See a Cirque Du Soliel performance live
  17. Hike every trail at Clifty Falls
  18. Raft on the Colorado River
  19. √ Visit Costa Rica (accomplished 1 DEC 2017- see post)
  20. Couch Surf at a stranger’s house (accomplished 13 NOV 2015- see post)
  21. Attend a Country Music Festival in Tennesee
  22. Attend 50 different County Fairs, from 2022 (progress)
  23. Go on a Cruise
  24. See the Dallas Cowboys play at their stadium
  25. Eat and stay at the Dillard House in Dillard, Georgia again
  26. Go to Disneyland for more than one day, consecutively
  27. Hear Dolly Parton sing live in person
  28. √ Visit Dollywood (accomplished 15 SEP 2010- see post)
  29. Swim with Dolphins (accomplished October 2024- post coming soon)
  30. Visit Dubai
  31. √ Hear Due West perform live (accomplished JUL 2013- see post)
  32. Visit Ecuador
  33. Be in Edinburgh, Scotland during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  34. Go up the Eiffel Tower in Paris
  35. Touch an Elephant (accomplished SEP 2023 – see post)
  36. Attend the Ellen Degeneres show taping (show canceled)
  37. √ Buy a Eurail Pass (accomplished FEB 2020- see post)
  38. Stay at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Canada
  39. √ Hear Faith Hill sing live (accomplished MAR 2018- see post)
  40. √ Fly First Class on purpose (accomplished in 2023- see post)
  41. √ Visit Forks, Washington (accomplished 7 SEP 2012- see post)
  42. Hike the Grand Canyon, rim to rim
  43. Go on a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon
  44. √ Attend a show at the Grand Ole Opry (accomplished 4 NOV 2016- see post)
  45. Visit Greece
  46. Buy a Gun
  47. √ Eat Haggis (accomplished 25 MAR 2007- see post)
  48. Visit Hershey, Pennsylvania
  49. √ Hear Hilary Weeks sing live
  50. Celebrate Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Scotland
  51. Ride in an untethered Hot Air Balloon
  52. √ Buy a House
  53. Go to Italy
  54. Go to Jerusalem
  55. Hear Jessica Andrews sing live
  56. Hear Jo Dee Messina sing live
  57. Hear Joe McElderry sing live
  58. Hear Joey + Rory sing live Joey Feek passed away from cancer- see post)
  59. Hear Katie Thompson sing live in New York City
  60. √ Buy a Kayak (accomplished when I lived in Westport, Kentucky)
  61. Eat a kobe burger
  62. Hear Linda Eder sing live
  63. √ Meet Marie Osmond (Accomplished 27 SEP 2015- see post)
  64. Hear Mary Chapin Carpenter sing live
  65. Experience a Maine sunrise
  66. √ Eat at a Memphis barbecue (Accomplished 23 APR 2017- see post)
  67. Sing for Michael McLean
  68. Sing with Michael Webb
  69. √ Buy a Motorcycle (Accomplished MAR 2022- see post)
  70. Visit every U.S. National Parks
  71. Visit Neuschwanstein Castle
  72. √ Stay for at least 7 days in New York City (Accomplished 13 SEP 2017- see post)
  73. Visit New Zealand
  74. Stay at every Southwest Overnight (progress)
  75. See the Pyramids in Egypt
  76. Meet Reba McEntire
  77. Hear Reba McEntire sing live, at least 20 times (5 so far)
  78. Record an album
  79. √ Go to the top of the Rockefeller Center (accomplished 8 DEC 2015- see post)
  80. Ride 50 different Roller Coasters
  81. Drive Route 66
  82. √ Eat at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse (accomplished 22 JUN 2015- see post)
  83. Ride on the Sandia Peak Tramway in New Mexico
  84. Visit Scotland 25 times (Scotland 10 happened in 2024)
  85. √ Spend an entire month in Scotland (Accomplished in 2016- see post)
  86. Scuba Dive
  87. Ride the Silverton Train
  88. Skydive (accomplished OCT 2010- see post)
  89. √ Visit South Africa (accomplished SEP 2023- see post)
  90. Visit the top of the Seattle Space Needle
  91. Visit Spain
  92. Attend a Southwest Airlines Employee Rally
  93. Attend 10 different State Fairs
  94. √ Visit the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, Nevada (accomplished 17 OCT 2018- see post)
  95. √ Eat a cocoa Tiramisu (accomplished in 2014 at The Garden restaurant in Salt Lake City, Utah)
  96. Visit Turkey
  97. √ Hear Trisha Yearwood sing live (accomplished 4 NOV 2016- see post)
  98. Hear Ty Herndon sing live
  99. Visit every U.S. State (accomplished AUG 2025- post coming soon)
  100. Eat at 100 different Waffle Houses (see progress)
  101. Attend the Albuquerque Balloon Festival
  102. Visit Auschwitz
  103. See the Austrian Alps
  104. Land at Barra Airport
  105. Visit Barrow, Alaska
  106. Visit Boleskine Graveyard near Inverness, Scotland
  107. √ Hear Cam perform live (accomplished 9 MAR 2019- see post)
  108. Stay overnight in a castle
  109. Visit 60 different castles in Scotland (see progress)
  110. Visit the Catacombs under Paris, France
  111. √ Hear Chris Stapleton perform live (accomplished 13 MAR 2016- see post)
  112. Spend Christmas in Scotland
  113. √ See the Cliffs of Moher (accomplished 24 APR 2018- see post)
  114. √ Visit Dingle, Ireland (accomplished 16 APR 2018- see post)
  115. Visit Disney World
  116. Buy a season pass to Disneyland
  117. Ride on a dog sled
  118. √ Hear Eric Church perform live (accomplished 10 MAR 2018- see post)
  119. Visit the Faroe Islands
  120. √ Hear Garth Brooks perform live (accomplished 4 NOV 2016- see post)
  121. Visit Glencoe, Scotland
  122. Touch the Great Wall of China
  123. Visit Greenland
  124. Hear Holly Williams perform live
  125. Ice skate at Bryant Park in New York City
  126. Spend at least 5 consecutive weeks in Ireland
  127. √ Visit Jacques in Copenhagen, Denmark (accomplished APR 2016- see post)
  128. Visit Japan
  129. Hear Jared Mitchell perform live
  130. Visit Jasper National Park
  131. Kayak on the ocean
  132. √ Hear Keith Urban perform live (accomplished 9 MAR 2019- see post)
  133. √ Visit The Kelpies (accomplished 22 MAR 2019- see post)
  134. Attend the Kentucky Derby
  135. √ Hear Lady Antebellum perform live (accomplished 10 MAR 2019- see post)
  136. √ Visit Machu Picchu in Peru (accomplished NOV 2022- see post)
  137. √ Hear Little Big Town perform live (accomplished 15 NOV 2015- see post)
  138. Visit Maldives
  139. Visit Mt. Rushmore
  140. Visit the Museum of Death in New Orleans, Louisiana
  141. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
  142. Visit the Poop Cafe in Toronto, Canada
  143. Eat a Puffin
  144. Visit California Redwoods
  145. Visit Rome
  146. Visit Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, France
  147. Visit the Swiss Alps
  148. Go on a The Sound of Music tour in Austria
  149. Visit Vatican City
  150. Visit Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory
  151. Visit the Amazon jungle
  152. Visit Bali
  153. Visit Bora Bora
  154. Hear Calum Scott perform live
  155. Hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain
  156. Eat at Karen’s Diner in Manchester
  157. Visit Luxembourg City
  158. √ Hear Old Crow Medicine Show perform live (accomplished in 2024, post coming soon)
  159. Eat pizza in Italy
  160. Eat at Reba’s Place
  161. Visit Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland
  162. Witness the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
  163. √ Eat a Sonoran hot dog
  164. Ride to Sturgis
  165. Visit the Suicide Forest in Japan
  166. Visit Thailand
  167. Watch every top-grossing movie from 1950 to the current year (progress)
  168. √ Visit Victoria Falls in Africa (accomplished in 2023- see post)
  169. Hear Voctave perform live
  170. Eat at 50 unique Wetherspoon restaurants in the United Kingdom, beginning in 2025