The List

Following is a list of things I want to do, in no particular order.

1. See the Open Championship, in person, at St. Andrew’s
2. Be in Amsterdam on Queen’s Day
3. Watch Independence Day fireworks in Washington DC
4. Take a train (Amtrak) around the US
5. Ride in a hot air balloon
6. Start my own company
7. Spend a month in Europe with my family
8. Be a regular at a restaurant/cafe
9. Golf Pebble Beach
10. Watch the Grand Prix de Monaco in person
11. Watch a stage of the Tour de France in person
12. Take my family on a 3 week road trip in the US
13. Drive all of Route 66
14. Drive all of US 41
15. Take my kids to where we honeymooned
16. Visit all 50 states
17. Get to 185 pounds and maintain
18. Build a house
19. Own a truck
20. Become fluent in Dutch
21. Grow raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries
22. Have an outdoor kitchen
23. Have a vacation home
24. Publish an essay in a peer reviewed journal
25. See the Northern Lights
26. Cruise the Mediterranean
27. Vacation in Aruba
28. Take Christa to a U of M football game
29. See the Rose Parade
30. Take a river cruise in Europe
31. Never build up more than 2 weeks of vacation (unless it’s for a specific trip)
32. Go to Egypt
33. Boat around the lower peninsula of Michigan
34. Sale in the Caribbean
35. Pay for my children’s college tuition
36. See Independence Day fireworks over NYC
37. Teach a college class
38. Get a PhD
39. See a World Cup game outside the US
40. Attend the Winter Olympics
41. Attend the Summer Olympics
42. Cook a 7 course meal
43. Ride in, and finish, the Hotter N’ Hell 100
44. See a volcano
45. Write a magazine article
46. Own a boat
47. Pick apple’s with my family at Crane’s
48. Ride through the Chunnel
49. Go to Japan
50. Ride in a helicopter
51. Take Christa to spend a weekend in Stratford, Ontario viewing theatre.