101 Places

101 Things To Do Before We Leave This Earth

This our list of 101 (plus or minus a few dozen) places or things we want to see or do in our lifetimes. This list is subject to change (very frequently, though amazingly it’s remained pretty much intact for a while now).

1. Own a house.
2. Build a house.
3. Visit Disneyworld.
4. Leave Las Vegas.
5. Win BIG playing the slots.
6. Graduate from college.
7. Be debt free.
8. Get a second chin… a Japanese Chin that is.
9. Dip my feet in the great Salt Lake.
10. Go on a cruise.
11. Steal the Golden Spike at Promontory Point.
12. Go sailing.
13. Play at least nine holes of golf.
14. Buy a winning lottery ticket.
15. Bid at an auction.
16. Splunk the Cave of the Mounds.
17. Climb the 56 Steps of Lincoln.
18. Visit Graceland.
19. Stand at the top of the St. Louis Arch.
20. Eat an apple in Times Square.
21. Watch a Broadway show.
22. Click our heels in Kansas.
23. Visit Mesa Verde.
24. Take a picture from the Eiffel Tower.
25. Lean with the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
26. Share a kiss at Niagra Falls.
27. Eat Italian food amongst Italians … in Italy.
28. Run for the border (of Mexico).
29. Shop the Mall of America.
30. Wave at the Pope.
31. Visit Easter Island.
32. Get down under with the Australians.
33. Party at Mardi Gras.
34. Cheer at the Super Bowl.
35. Collect seashells at Sanibel Island.
36. Catch a fish.
37. See the President.
38. Go camping.
39. Conquer the Alamo.
40. Swim with the fishes.
41. Stay up 24 hours.
42. Take a helicopter ride.
43. Sniff Jack Daniels in Tennessee.
44. Sample chocolates in Switzerland.
45. Savor the flavor of Dougs Bar-B-Que.
46. Stand in front of 1688 Calle Morelia.
47. Become a season ticket holder for the Milwaukee Admirals. (or any other hockey team)
    
48. Tour the Smithsonian.*
49. Hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
50. Be at the southernmost part of the U.S.
51. Eat sushi.
52. Visit Canada.
53. Eat at the Anchorage.*
54. Backpack through Europe.*
55. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge.
56. Collect sand from the beaches of San Juan.
57. Have a maragarita in Mexico.
58. Uncover a tomb in Egypt.
59. Find serenity at Bok Tower.
60. Bienvenido a Miami.
61. Enjoy a luau in Hawaii.
62. Have some “fun” in the ocean.
63. Walk the Riverwalk.
64. Eat dinner at the Rio Rio.
65. Plant a garden.
66. Escape from Alcatraz.
67. Visit the Red Rooster.
68. Observe Arecibo Observatory. *
69. Do ourselves the favor of visiting the Most Favored nation of China.
70. Drink saki in Japan.
71. Stand with the Statue of Liberty.
72. Cross the Hoover Dam.
73. Renew our vows.
74. Make su casa, mi casa, at the Taos Pueblo … buy a black pot. (we went to Taos but did not get a black pot)
75. Eat lunch in Carlsbad Caverns.
76. Get Goosed at the Golden Gate.
77. Be abducted by aliens in Roswell, NM.
78. Listen to Big Ben.
79. Travel the Chunnel. (aka The Channel Tunnel)
80. Hover in a hovercraft.
81. Gush over Old Faithful.
82. Take the AmTrak somewhere … anywhere.
83. Have a treat with Dean & Deluca.
84. End my journey and start a new one on the Santa Fe Trail.
85. Ski Taos… kind of.
86. Make a donation to my favorite museum.
87. Mosey over the Mackinac.
88. Steal national secrets at Los Alamo Labs.
89. Visit a ghost town.
90. See Amsterdam without my mothers hand over my face.
91. Suffer through a safari.
92. Check out the Czech Republic.
93. Strike back at the Empire State Building.
94. Visit the World’s Fair in 2020.
95. Tear down what’s left of the Berlin Wall.
96. See a space shuttle launch.
97. Bask in the sun in the Bahamas.
98. Guide my way through Guatemala.
99. Take a trip in a hot air balloon.
100. Ride a wave.
101. Drive… or walk… across the Rio Grande Gorge.