"Must do before I die" list.

[Menehune Man]

What's some things on your must do list?
This can be anything and in any catagory.

My first to add and I'm starting to plan it so within a couple of years I hope to make it happen.
Is a Trek to Mount Roraima in Venezuela. Here's a link and Google for more info.
Just too incredible!
http://www.geodyssey.co.uk/venezuela/tour/roraima_lost_world_trek.htm

[SusieMisajon]

Must Do Before I Die:

See the children grown up and on their own
Go back to Hawaii
Figure out how to grow good carrots

[helen]

Another visit to Amarillo Texas. Spend more time around the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Drive around 100+ miles in either direction on the I-40 with Amarillo being the base.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

I was going to post something about all the continents and islands and stuff, but after reading about Armarillo TX, my mind went blank...:p

[tutusue]

Helen...what's the attraction to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport? I haven't been there since 1978 so I'm sure it's changed a lot!

[1stwahine]

I was going to post something about all the continents and islands and stuff, but after reading about Armarillo TX, my mind went blank...:p

I wuz going post sumting too...but my stomach too sore from LAUGHING!!!:p

K..k..k..neba mind. I come back laterz.

Dis is a serious question.

Auntie Lynn

[cezanne]

Super-partial list:

Bungee jump
Jump out of a plane
Visit the Smithsonian Institute
Visit Yellowstone Park
Catch an ulua (http://ulua-fishing.com/ulua.html)

[lavagal]

Watch my girls grow up.
Watch my girls graduate from college.
Watch my girls make me a Mom-Mom.
Write three great novels.
Make my yard perfect.

One thing I've always wanted to do was get a ride in a fighter jet. But since I want to watch my girls achieve greatness, I'm going to wait until my next life before I get my wings.

[Karen]

Heck Helen, I wanna know what the fascination is with the Amarillo area! Hubby was born there, I can't even remember being there but maybe once, as I was a beach baby in Corpus christi, then Austin and San antone were my stomping grounds, but uh.....what did Amarillo do for you? did ya leave your heart there?

Okay! must do before I die.....visit the Great Pyramids and Israel.

Do a painting, just one, cuz I am not an artist but....the expression must be attempted once, at least.

Live on the mainland again.

Attend another huge family reunion in Texas, maybe the three day one on Lake Austin.

Dye my hair blonde cuz of some family jokes, some of which I instigate and enjoy.

Take a computer course and learn to do many things that I now have others do for me.

Become absolutely addicted to aerobic exercise...hopefully in an air conditioned gym.

I may come to this thread a week from now and have a whole other list.

[Leo Lakio]

Learn to swim.
(Really.)

[blueyecicle]

Hone my skills enough to teach sewing in sign language.

Travel to Australia and NZ. Oh and Fiji too! Oh and Go back to OK for sure!

Publish a memoir.

Start a RAIN support group in my area when I get settled...

That's about it not including my kids and all that family stuff.

[sinjin]

Angel Falls and the Gran Sabana is on my list too as well as:http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-17424/Zambezi-River-and-Victoria-Falls-dividing-Zambia-and-Zimbabwe?articleTypeId=1I'm into waterfalls. This one was fantastic:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.geraldbrimacombe.com/Argentina/Argentina%2520-%2520Iguazu%2520Falls%2520Hz..jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.geraldbrimacombe.com/argentina.htm&h=379&w=576&sz=273&hl=en&start=20&tbnid=TK49vRR0WWk_DM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diguazu%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svn um%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

[scrivener]

Do you folks know about 43things.com? it's a social network centered on people's lists of stuff they want to get done, long-term and short term. It's pretty fun. I'd link you to mine, but I'm typing this in a movie theater on my smartphone while waiting for The Simpsons to begin, and I can't do BBcode on this thing.

[helen]

Jump out of a plane


Ahh hopefully with a functioning parachute when you exiting a moving plane above a certain altitude or jump out of a plane after it comes to a complete stop

Helen...what's the attraction to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport? I haven't been there since 1978 so I'm sure it's changed a lot!

Ride the Sky Train around the whole airport, check out the various places in the terminal area.

Heck Helen, I wanna know what the fascination is with the Amarillo area! Hubby was born there,

As mentioned in this thread (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=12762) the initial reason why I went there was (more or less) business related. While we did drive around to get supplies from the local Wal-Mart, eat at some of the nearby places and scout out the location the day before the big event (which was 2 days long) we didn't sightsee Amarillo until after everything was done. I think we had about 2 to 3 hours checking out I thought was a telescope (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=13127), encountering a strange road sign (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showpost.php?p=150878&postcount=35) along the way, driving around the 335 Loop and eating dinner at the Big Texan Steak Ranch.

To be honest when I initially heard of Amarillo back in the 1980's I had the impression it was a small Texas town (this is what happens when you don't check things up). It was only the last 3 months or so that I come to find out is quite sizeable in population and area. After spending 4 or 5 days there I am left with the impression that Amarillo is the Texas version of Hilo.

However I do feel another trip to the place would be nice, not right now but before I die I guess.

[Miulang]

Ride the Sky Train around the whole airport, check out the various places in the terminal area.

Yes, the Sky Train is an interesting way of moving people around. One time I was flying from Orlando to Seattle via DFW. The plane arrived at DFW late because of a rain squall (we circled DFW for a looooong time). By the time we landed at DFW, I only had about 20 minutes to catch my connecting flight which, much to my dismay, was in a totally different concourse (I was flying on 2 different carriers). The only way to get from the first concourse to the other in time was either to take the Sky Train or take a cab. Well, I opted for the Sky Train, which chugged along around the whole airport until it arrived at the concourse I was trying to get to. By the time I got there, my plane was gone, and when I rebooked on the last flight out of DFW, it turned out that that plane left from the concourse that I had arrived at originally! I should have just stayed at the first concourse and saved myself all that extra wear and tear.:D

Miulang

[Karen]

Thanks, Helen, and I bet it has grown hugely since I've been there. I am thinking it was probably like 100K people or less back when I still lived in Texas.

[helen]

Just remembered another one:

Try out Caffeine Free Mountain Dew.

[Karen]

Helen, me too! dangme, I am shaking my head at myself cuz something I've known for years that I plan to do, and the empty nest syndrome will arrive here around Dec, if not sooner, is to

Write A Book! I may not succeed in getting published but I have wanted to for years and with computer technology it will be easy and a dream to finally get it done.

[acousticlady]

Learn to play every musical instrument - already done: piano, flute, sax, oboe, clarinet - long way to go. Gotta start on the strings.

Learn to speak Mandarin (and maybe how to spell it) Can understand it, just can't speak it.

Learn Hawaiian language. I hate reading the Hawaiian language thread and don't know what is being said.

Learn as much as humanly possible.

[Mililani]

I've been wanting to visit Scotland. More specifically, the dungeons. I want to go down and hopefully get spooked! :D Nah, I want to see the castles, old and new.

[TATTRAT]

Ride a motorcycle down the west coast, starting in Alaska, ending in the Baja peninsula.

Take Mrs.TATT to Australia

Visit as much of Polynesia as I can

Go to the great Wall of China

Riverboat up the Yangtze

Go on a photo safari in Africa


...to many to think of, but trying to knock them out, 1 year at a time.

[helen]

Write A Book! I may not succeed in getting published but I have wanted to for years and with computer technology it will be easy and a dream to finally get it done.

You need to check out this thread (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=6479) and you got another 3 months to plan for it.

[blueyecicle]

I've been wanting to visit Scotland. More specifically, the dungeons. I want to go down and hopefully get spooked! :D Nah, I want to see the castles, old and new.

The spooked thing would be a dream come true for me and my hubby. We LOVEEEE that stuff!

[tutusue]

[...]Go on a photo safari in Africa[...]
My daughter did that last Oct. Well, she did the safari thing and hiked Kilimanjaro and brought her camera along! It wasn't a photo safari per se. Awesome pictures. BTW...she'll be your (higher) upstairs neighbor when you move but she'll be a part timer and returns to SoCal the evening of Sept. 3.

[Leo Lakio]

Just remembered another one:
Try out Caffeine Free Mountain Dew.Do you get that in Hawai`i? I think you'd like it. I can't tell the difference in flavor at all - but I don't see it in the stores around here; I can get it in Canada, though.

[helen]

Do you get that in Hawai`i?
Nope. Even asked our bookstore manager a couple of years ago to see if the local supplier has a stash some place and the answer was no.

[craigwatanabe]

Go around the world...counter clockwise just to beat death.

[jdub]

1) Get to Ireland to scatter my mom's ashes and play some gigs.
2) Return to France.
3) Get a date with KGMB's Sabrina Hall. She married?

[lavagal]

1) Get to Ireland to scatter my mom's ashes and play some gigs.
2) Return to France.
3) Get a date with KGMB's Sabrina Hall. She married?

Maybe what you need is some good PR to help you make an impression and a connection. Where do I send my proposal???? :rolleyes:

[jdub]

Maybe what you need is some good PR to help you make an impression and a connection. Where do I send my RFP???? :rolleyes:
To me! We definitely need some representation. Bad.

[Lei Liko]

Now that I've done the cross-country thing (for the most part), I can cross that off my list. Still want to do 66, though.

Return to the Philippines -- visit my mom's hometown again and also meet relatives from my dad's adopted family.

Run with the bulls.

Get one final tattoo.

Serve my sorority at the international level.

Ride an elephant.

Learn how to drive stick.

Learn how to play the guitar. The piano and cello I've already accomplished.

Be on a game show.

Get over my fear of clowns. (Remind me to tell you guys about how the EMTs in Chicago had to help me after passing out at the Art Institute)

Meet Oprah.

[tutusue]

[...]Get over my fear of clowns.[...]
You're not alone! Several years ago I bought a 'clown' upright vacuum cleaner cover that was to do double duty. Beside the obvious it would also function as something small children could relate to during a casting session. The vacuum impaled clown was set right next to the camera and children were directed to talk to the clown!

Because of my lengthy crush on Bozo the Clown a fear of clowns never occurred to me. Sure 'nuff, during my clown's first day on the casting job, a child came in who was terrified of anything related to Bozo...even cloth ones! Fortunately, I mentioned the clown to all the children prior to bringing them into the studio. One mom, without hesitation, told me of her child's fear. Thank goodness!!! The last thing I wanted to do was terrorize a child for life with a vacuum cleaner cover. :eek:

So, Lei, tell us about the EMTs!

[newroots]

accumalate a perfect undefeated boxing record of at least 10 - 0 and to

over-come all my fears. ;)

[Surfingfarmboy]

1. Visit all 50 US states. I've got 10 to go to complete the list. I once was within a tenth of a mile of being in Colorado, and perhaps 1 mile from being in Delaware, (both states I've yet to visit) and I'm still kicking myself for not going the short distances to cross into them.

2. Visit Guam, American Samoa, and the US Virgin Islands. (Many of you might not know this, but I farm in Puerto Rico during winter months) While in Guam, I may as well visit the CNMI.

2. Visit Cimmaron County, Oklahoma. Cimmaron County is the only county in the USA that has state boundaries with 4 other states (Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico). I've always had a thing for being able to cross into different states in a relatively short period of time, and one can certainly do that in Cimmaron County. That being said, the next on the list is a must for me.

3. Stand on the Four Corner Point Medallion that marks the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

4. Run (what is usually, depending on how many Chicago lets into its own marathon) the world's largest marathon: the London Marathon.

5. Run the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. My ultimate dream run.

6. Organize a 5K to 10K road race for charity. I've always wondered if I could accept the challange of successfully managing a road race, in which all of the runners' needs (as well as the needs and concerns of the residents who live along the race route) have been satisfied. It by no means is an easy task.

7. Experience, if the fates have it in store for me, the joy of being in love with a woman who I could share my every hope and dream with.

8. Live, once again, where the marathon of life began for me: Ka'u. I'll raise Ka'u oranges down there as my final contribution to the ag industry.

[scrivener]

What a great list.

[tikiyaki]

Fly First Class.

[GeckoGeek]

3. Stand on the Four Corner Point Medallion that marks the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

I've seen indications that the medallion isn't at the true 4 corners. Might want to get a GPS and find the real one.

But, quite a list there.

[GeckoGeek]

Fly First Class.

Oh, it's nice! I managed to get a free upgrade once. The foot rest is my best memory. That and the flight attendant addressing you by name. :p

[Leo Lakio]

1. Visit all 50 US states. I've got 10 to go to complete the list. I once was within a tenth of a mile of being in Colorado, and perhaps 1 mile from being in Delaware, (both states I've yet to visit) and I'm still kicking myself for not going the short distances to cross into them.At the risk of going briefly off-t, may I ask which ones remain for you?

[craigwatanabe]

I've seen indications that the medallion isn't at the true 4 corners. Might want to get a GPS and find the real one.

But, quite a list there.

I've stood at the Idaho/Nevada border. A big sign says now leaving Idaho while the backside of that very sign says now leaving Nevada. Straddled that sign and was in two states at once.

What a weird feeling to be taxed on one side while the other side was tax free. Almost like stripping down to your underwear and not going all the way:D

[Surfingfarmboy]

At the risk of going briefly off-t, may I ask which ones remain for you?

The Final 10 for me:

Washington (was fairly close to it while visiting British Columbia)
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Maryland (I should have had this one long ago)
Delaware (This one too)
Alaska

[Leo Lakio]

Washington (was fairly close to it while visiting British Columbia)
Oregon
Idaho
MontanaThanks for answering.

You should be able to knock these four off in one barely-a-week-long trip. Think about visiting us in WA someday - and it's an easy spin through the other three. You can sail through ID on the way to Glacier National Park in MT.

Just something to plug into your future plans, Randy.

[GeckoGeek]

The Final 10 for me:

Road trip! :D

[Surfingfarmboy]

Think about visiting us in WA someday.

I intend on visiting Seattle someday during a future summer because, well, according to a local TV station, here in RI, Seattle is the place to be during the summer.

Let me explain. There are three out of town weather "events" that seem to reported on every year on newscasts from WJAR Channel 10 (NBC) Providence. Every year at Christmas, just about the time when Old Man Winter is starting to get serious about his season, there will be a general interest news report from Bondi Beach in Australia, showcasing Christmas revelers, soaking up the sun in their swimwear with cool drinks in hand...kind of a "While you're freezing your okole off here in New England, there are some lucky souls in this world enjoying tropical weather elsewhere" story...a friendly jab in the ribs kind of story.

Then usually around New Year's Day, with the New England weather getting even colder, their will be another similar report that is sure to stir up envy among the sun-starved, except this time, an American beach (with sun lovers in skimpy swimwear) is usually showcased; I've seen Waikiki Beach and Venice Beach (in the LA Metro area) shown in the past. (I don't get too pestered by these reports, since I'm usually in the tropics shortly after New Year's Day.)

And then, usually around this time of year, when just about everywhere in the USA is baking from heat and humidity, there will be the annual report from Seattle. (Usually from a park with a spectacular view of downtown Seattle and Mount Rainier in the distance) The intended message of the Seattle report is to showcase the perfect summer weather that those lucky enough to be in Seattle are enjoying..the mid 70s temps, the low humidity, the clear blue skies...while just about everyone else is dealing with upper 90s and sauna-like conditions. I will admit I have, on occasion, wished I was in Seattle, after seeing those reports in the past.

I'm often in the tropics when those who want to be in them can't be. That's kind of fun. But I've never been out of the annual summer heats waves and gone on a "reverse migration" from the sun, like those who are lucky enough to travel to the Pac NW and Alaska do in order to escape the heat and humidity found just about everywhere else.

I hope one day to make the reverse migration to Seattle during the summer. I admit, it would be kind of neat to be in Seattle's sublime weather, when the rest of the nation is steaming. Kind of like the reverse of visiting Aruba in January. I sure as heck hope though that the Seattle area isn't in a heat-wave of its own during the time I visit there; I know the Seattle area does occasionally get excessively warm in summer.

BTW, I did happen to watch quite a bit of Red Sox-Mariners series over the past weekend. Seattle looked especially lovely on Sunday...that was some air show you guys must of had, yeah?

[Miulang]

And then, usually around this time of year, when just about everywhere in the USA is baking from heat and humidity, there will be the annual report from Seattle. (Usually from a park with a spectacular view of downtown Seattle and Mount Rainier in the distance)
That particular vantage point is on the south side of Queen Anne Hill called Kerry Park (http://www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/seattle/viewpoints/kerry.htm). And yes, the views up there are spectacular, especially when "The Mountain" (Mt. Rainier) is visible.

This past weekend was the culmination of a month-long summer celebration called SeaFair. During this month, all of the different little communities that make up Seattle have their own little festivals and parades. The season actually starts in May with a street fair in the University District, and then progresses on to other famous fairs like the Fremont Solstice Parade (http://imageevent.com/pmattf/fremont/solstice2007;jsessionid=vmjebtto14.tiger_s) (you have to be there to believe it...we even have nude bicycle riders!), the Bite of Seattle, the Green Lake Milk Carton races, a native American powwow, a couple of Filipino festivals, and then this past weekend, the SeaFair torchlight parade and the hydroraces and Blue Angels airshow on Lake Washington. The last official event of the summer is Bumbershoot over Labor Day weekend.

At one of this weekend's Mariner/Red Sox games, our Mariner Moose almost ran over Cocoa Crisp (the Red Sox pitcher).:D

Miulang

[Leo Lakio]

That particular vantage point is on the south side of Queen Anne Hill called Kerry Park.It's also a short uphill hike from our home, Randy - a marathoner such as yourself will have no trouble getting there. Think about next summer, okay?
other famous fairs like the Fremont Solstice Parade (you have to be there to believe it...we even have nude bicycle riders!)And marching `ukulele players - the Seattle `Ukulele Players Association (SUPA) (http://www.seattleukulele.org/pictures/2006solstice/index.html) has been in the parade for the past few years.

Seattle's summer weather can be unpredictable, but is generally gorgeous. We'll get the occasional stretch of three or four days of upper-80s (though with low humidity) - right now, we're having some upper-60s overcast (with light drizzle) for a couple of days. But yes, Sunday was wonderful - good day for baseball and Blue Angels (and the annual SUPA picnic.)