Bucket List

  1. Go on an African Safari
  2. Drive the Alaska Highway
  3. Hike the Appalachian Trail
  4. See the Aurora Borealis
  5. √ Go to Australia (accomplished APR 2018- see post)
  6. Go to Austria
  7. Hear Beth Hart sing live
  8. Go to the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
  9. Go to Brazil
  10. Go to Bruges
  11. Drive the California Coastal Highway
  12. Go to all of the Canadian Provinces
  13. √ Go to Cancun (accomplished 20 SEP 2018- see post)
  14. Go to 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. √ Go to 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
  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
  28. √ Go to Dollywood (accomplished 15 SEP 2010- see post)
  29. Swim with Dolphins
  30. Go to Dubai
  31. √ Attend a Due West concert (accomplished JUL 2013- see post)
  32. Go to Ecuador
  33. Be in Edinburgh, Scotland during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  34. Go up the Eiffel Tower
  35. Touch an Elephant
  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
  41. √ Go to 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. Go to 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. Go to all of the 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. Go to 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. Go to Scotland 25 times (Scotland 9 happened in 2023)
  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. Go to South Africa
  90. Go up the Seattle Space Needle
  91. Go to Spain
  92. Attend a Southwest Airlines Employee Rally
  93. Attend 10 different State Fairs
  94. √ Go to 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. Go to Turkey
  97. √ Hear Trisha Yearwood sing live (accomplished 4 NOV 2016- see post)
  98. Hear Ty Herndon sing live
  99. Go to every U.S. State
  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 in a castle
  109. Visit 60 different castles in Scotland (see progress)
  110. See the Catacombs in 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. Go ice skating at Bryant Park in New York City
  126. Spend at least 5 weeks in Ireland
  127. √ Visit Jacques in Copenhagen, Denmark (accomplished APR 2016- see post)
  128. Go to 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. √ See 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. Go to Maldives
  139. Visit Mt. Rushmore
  140. Visit the Museum of Death in Los Angeles, California
  141. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
  142. Go to the Poop Cafe in Toronto, Canada
  143. Eat a Puffin
  144. See the California Redwoods
  145. Visit Rome
  146. Visit Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, France
  147. See 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