I don’t know about you but I’m always complaining that there is nothing to do. Which is bullshit because there is actually a MILLION things going on at any time. This is a reminder for me when I can’t think of anything to do that there are a wealth of events in this city at…
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The All-American Road Trip
One of my bucket list items is to one day go on The All-American Road Trip. I wanna go full throttle on the open road in a bright red 1965 Ford Mustang convertible: American flag bandanna around my head Rambo-style and a bald eagle hovering auspiciously in the periphery. Along the way I pass Peter…
States Visited in the USA
Airports don’t count ya’ll Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee…
Amazon’s 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
This is Amazon’s list of 100 books to read in a lifetime. I love making lists of books I will never get the time to read so here is my version: 1984 A Brief History of Time A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier The Bad Beginning:…
Travel Literature
This list via Insider shows some of the best travel writing. I’ve crossed off the ones I’ve already read. ‘On the Road’ by Jack Kerouac ‘The Great Railway Bazaar’ by Paul Theroux ‘Into the Wild’ by Jon Krakauer ‘The Sun Also Rises’ by Ernest Hemingway ‘The Geography of Bliss’ by Eric Weiner ‘In Patagonia’ by…
All the Countries
I found a book titled 198: How I Ran Out of Countries and decided to create yet another travel list–this one just a simple list of countries. I haven’t read the book yet but will probably be getting around to it soon. Countries I have visited: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia…
The Northwest Bucket List
I snagged this list from discoverthenw.com and thought I should tackle some if not all of it since I live here. Mount Si Trail – WA Grand Sawtooths Loop – ID Wallace Falls Hike – WA Sky Lakes Wilderness – OR Hall Of Mosses Trail – WA Boulder Chains Lake Trail – ID Oyster Dome Trail…
UNESCO World Heritage List
As a supplement to my To-Do list, here is a list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a good list of more places to visit. I have bolded and striked-out the ones I’ve done so far. The links lead to a handy map to interact with. Enjoy! Afghanistan Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Cultural Landscape…
Things to do in my twenties
I creep steadily towards my 28th birthday. Don’t worry, I’m not going to complain or say I feel old. However, there are a few things that are on my to-do list that I think would be better done within the next two years than in my thirties or later because I doubt they will be as…