The Bucket List
“In no particular order of exilleration”
✨ Circumnavigate the world with a sailboat named Houdini as many times as possible
This plan is currently underway!
This is the helm to my 1977 Formosa 51 where I will stand as I take us around the globe.
🧚🏻Sleep in an ice igloo- see the northern lights
Other Worldly (still on the bucket list)
I cannot think of anything more eerie, romantic and beautiful than a ghostbusters display in the sky, snuggled into an igloo in Finland.
🐘 Camp out in Africa and see elephants around the tent and hear hyenas at night
There is NO substitute for going with a group of local friends (still on the bucket list)
Just a Buckee and a camping trailer and Hyenas chewing the tries at night…
🦓 Witness the Great Migration
(still on the bucket list)
Great Migration is when close to two million wildebeest and upwards of 700,000 gazelles, zebras, and other antelope species cross the Masai Mari and the Serengeti in search of sustenance
Greenland
(still on the bucket list)
I’d like to see the glaciers in all of their glory.
🎈Ride in a hot air ballon
(still on the bucket list)
So many places to do it. This places takes you over the Serengeti to watch the Great Migration. Two birds, one Stone?
🐳 See an Orca in the wild
(still on the bucket list)
I want to see Orcas while sailing Houdini in the Salish Sea. This is in the works for Spring 2022
⛰ Climb Kilimanjaro
(still on the bucket list)
45 miles round trip. Elevation gain: 12,940 feet. Typical Length of Trip: 5-10 Days Total. best time to climb Kilimanjaro are the months of January through early-March and June through October.
Go to Tibet and stay in a Buddhist Monastery
Trekking in Tibet
Tibet is known as the “Roof of the World”, the “Third Pole”, or the “Land of Snows”. It is one of the most renowned places in the world. Home of Buddhist Monasteries, the vast Himalayan Mountains, hairy yaks, and the beautiful landscape.
🤿 Scuba dive the great barrier reef
(still on the bucket list)
I will tick this one off as we sail by Australia on Houdini. This may call for bit of over landing.
Visit Paris and see the Eiffel Tower
(still on the bucket list)
If I’m honest, my daughter wants to see the Eiffel Tower. I want to eat chocolate croissants.
🪁 Hang glide in Hawaii
(still on the bucket list)
Hawaii is one of the top 10 places to hang glide in the world. Seems much safer than the bungee jumping I did off of the bloukrans bridge in South Africa.
♊️ Visit the village Koh Panyi Thailand - where they live only on the water on the river
(still on the bucket list)
A small island about 20 minutes by longtail boat from Surakul pier in Phang Nga province. There are about 1,600 people from 360 families permanently living on the island. Descendants, of Toh Baboo who were the first people to settle on Koh Panyee 200 years ago.h
🇳🇱 Light up in Amsterdam and misplace my apartment
(still on the bucket list)
Everybody needs to do this at least once before it is legal everywhere… Also Amsterdam beautiful!!
🐍Take a boat down the Amazon River and go fishing
(still on the bucket list)
It doesn’t matter what kind of boat. The more derelict the better…
Take the Pilgrimage Camino de Santiago Spain
(still on the bucket list)
The Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, is an ancient pilgrimage trail originating in medieval times. Made up of a vast network of roads and paths, pilgrims travel these to arrive at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
🌉 Sail under the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge
Happening SOON! Summer 2022
I have driven over the Golden Gate Bridge countless times, admiring the sailboats below. How amazing to sail Houdini under it. I’m going to hire a photographer!
Hike Mount Shasta California
Even though I have been staring at if form my parents porch for 20 years it’s (still on the bucket list)
Mount Shasta is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 feet
Jump off a cliff into the ocean - a kinda big one - film it with drone
I’ll save this one for last…
Why, you ask? Because, it scares the shit out of me on so many levels.
Dive The Christ of the Abyss statue near Portofino, Italy
(still on the bucket list)
Romantic and eerie.
🐊 Go on an airboat ride in Florida in the Everglades
(still on the bucket list) …but not for long
This is about the silliest thing I’ve never done. I lived in Florida off and on for years. Sometimes you just need to “be a tourist” in your own town.
🐂 See the running of the bulls in Spain
(still on the bucket list)
The Running of the Bulls occurs every July 7th-14th in Pamplona, Spain. 6 Spanish fighting bulls, along with 6 steer, run from the Corrales de Santo Domingo.
🏇 Go to the Kentucky derby
Re-do Italy with someone fabulous
☠️ Raft the Grand Canyon
There is a lotto for this.
This is a once in lifetime opportunity, that I most defiantly want to experience in this one.
🎣 Go fly fishing & camp on the river in Alaska
All of the things!
My favorites! Float planes, fly fishing and camping with the bears!
🦅Golden Eagle festival in Mongolia
See the Falconers.
I am fascinated by birds and the fact they will hunt for humans!
🐶 Go dog sledding
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
⚓️ Gyrocopter over the ocean
Become an official member of the “Why Not Club”
First of all it seems outlandish and crazy as hell. Secondly, I love to fly. So why not in a Gyrocopter?
🌱Do Ayahuasca in the jungle of Peru
Iquitos, Peru 2021 ✅
This one I knocked out of the park. You can read more about that here.
🦈 Great White Shark Cage Diving
😬 Bungee Jumping
🦖 Cage Diving with Crocs
🐫 Ride a camel past the great pyramids
