100 Epic Bucket List Adventures

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I’ve had so many incredible experiences in my short time on this planet – but I have SO many more things I’d love to do before my time is done! Here’s what I have on my bucket list – I’ll cross them off as I do them!

What are your bucket list of adventures?

1. Cage dive with great white sharks
2. Travel from Paris to Istanbul aboard the gorgeous Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
3. Swim with sharks
4. Stay in a hut over the water
5. Stay in a treehouse
6. Sky dive
7. Indoor sky dive
8. Have cocktails in the world’s most luxurious hotel
9. Have tea at Emirates Palace
10. Go on a desert safari
11. Dune bashing
12. Go to the top of the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa
13. See royalty in person
14. Go white water rafting in the Grand Canyon
15. Go white water rafting in the Zambezi River, Zambia
16. Ride a camel in the desert
17. Polar plunge in Antarctica
18. Conquer Everest Base Camp
19. Save a life
20. Dog sled
21. Stay in the Ice Hotel
22. Airboat across an alligator-infested swamp
23. Fly in a seaplane
24. Drive Route 66
25. Explore Havana, Cuba
26. Fly a plane
27. Stay in a yurt in Mongolia
28. See Anthony Chapel in Arkansas
29. Zipline across the Royal Gorge
30. Drive the overseas highway to Key West
31. Stroll along Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach
32. Take the Trans Siberian Railway
33. See the Taj Mahal
34. Zipline in Costa Rica
35. Eat dinner in the sky
36. Be a fire-breather, successfully
37. Drive the Road to Hana
38. Get a traditional hand-tapped tattoo
39. Paddle board
40. Raft on a bamboo boat
41. Drive Germany’s The Romantic Road
42. Jump off a cliff
43. Deep sea fishing
44. Ride in a hot air balloon
45. Scuba dive
46. Walk on hot coals
47. Have a snake around my neck
48. Zorbing
49. Wash a baby elephant
50. Witness a dust storm
51. Hold a sloth
52. Feed a koala
53. Camp overnight on the Great Wall of China
54. Hold a monkey
55. Kiss a sea lion
56. Soak in a hot spring
57. Release baby turtles into the ocean
58. Attend Holi Festival
59. Shear sheep
60. Sleep in a yurt
61. Sleep in a traditional igloo
62. Snorkel with sea turtles
63. Snorkel in Cinque Terre
64. Witness a solar eclipse
65. Meet Obama
66. Visit my childhood home
67. Go on a mission trip
68. Teach one of my children origami
69. Participate in a murder mystery dinner
70. Be an extra in a movie
71. Have a wikipedia page about me
72. Hug Ellen
73. Fly on a Trapeze
74. Visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
75. Hug Oprah
76. Get my makeup done by a drag queen
77. Give a TEDx talk
78. Attend Wimbledon
79. Attend the Kentucky Derby in a fancy hat
80. Be a USA Today bestselling author
81. Watch a space shuttle launch
82. Climb an ancient monument
83. Sail a windjammer in Maine
84. Go clamming
85. See Sleeping Bear sand dunes
86. Go crabbing
87. Move to SE Asia
88. Herd cattle
89. See the American Gothic House in Eldon, IA
90. Get a bikini wax
91. Relax in a sensory deprivation tank
92. Attend fashion week
93. Cupping therapy
94. Fly in a private jet
95. Attend a low country boil
96. Attend a pig roast
97. Cook every dish in a cookbook
98. Eat a Molecular Gastronomy Dinner
99. Extract honey from a beehive
100. Stomp grapes

What’s on your list?

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