Going to the Moon

Since I started this blog with the object of being held accountable to my bucket list, I figured I should start with it listed in its entirety:

1.      Take Canoe trip of Vermont

2.      Visit every state

3.      See the Aurora Borealis

4.      Take a cruise

5.      Run a 5K

6.      Run a 10K

7.      Travel around the world for a year with children

8.      Eat 100 different culinary fruits

9.      Write a Book

10.   Run for Congress against Mitch McConnell and win

11.   Spend a week in Sedona

12.   Own a house with at least 3 acres

13.   Complete a Tour de France tour vacation

14.   Go to the Great Barrier Reef

15.   Live an entire summer without electricity in home

16.   Learn French

17.   Take a safari

18.   Visit Greenland

19.   Visit Iceland

20.   Try 50 types of animal (fish not included)

21.   Own chickens

22.   Visit Grand Canyon again

23.   Visit Rocky Mountain National Park again

24.   Try 7 types of animal milk

25.   Learn how to Tap Dance

26.   Go to Greece

27.   Start my own business

28.   Own a baby grand piano

29.   See the seven natural wonders of the world

30.   Go to Machu Picchu

31.   Spend at least 2 months in Great Britain

32.   Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

33.   Make micro-loans continuously for 30 years

34.   Conquer fear of heights

35.   Conquer fear of flying

36.   Learn how to deal with anxieties better

37.   Swim with the dolphins

38.   Hold a koala

39.   Touch 50 alive exotic animals

40.   Hike the Appalachian Trail

41.   Bike through National Geographic’s 10 best biking trails

42.   Go fire-walking

43.   Go on a Route 66 road trip

44.   Go to Japan

45.   Visit Lascaux Caves

46.   Learn how to do bonsai

47.   Meet my grandchildren

48.   Own a vacation home

49.   Go to the moon

50.   Train an agility dog

51.   Take my dogs around the world

52.   Live in Colorado for a year

53.   Go Horseback riding in Swan Valley, Montana

54.   Vacation in Igloo Village

55.   Go to Redwood National Park

56.   Stargaze at the Atacama Desert

57.   Visit Venice

58.   Milk a cow by hand

59.   Ride the Rocky Mountaineer

60.   Stay in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora

61.   Kayak in the bioluminescent bay of Fajardo, Puerto Rico

62.   Tour Petra

63.   Visit Easter Island

64.   Visit Niagara Falls

65.   Go to Yosemite National Park

66.   Go White Water Rafting

67.   Sail from one country to another

68.   Step on Antarctica

69.   Spend the night in a “haunted” location with a bunch of friends

70.   Help out on a farm

71.   Donate Blood

72.   Eat Paleo for 3 months

73.   Fast for 24 hours

74.   Be able to do a somersault

75.   Go Storm Chasing

76.   Bench press my own weight

77.   Straddle the equator

78.   Complete 5 restaurant food challenges

79.   Start a blog

80.   Learn to play accordion

81.   Stand in every ocean

82.   Spend an entire year making money only by gigging

83.   Single-handedly tend a garden for a summer

84.   Eat 8 types of raw meat

85.   Eat in 5 exotic restaurant locations

86.   Eat at every local restaurant in Lexington, KY

87.   Complete a Color Run

88.   Participate in the Thriller Dance in Lexington

89.   Eat only organic for 6 months

90.   Get a deep tissue massage

91.   Spend 3 months volunteering

92.   Get a meaningful tattoo

93.   Make a half-court basket

94.   Go to a hookah bar and smoke hookah

95.   Have a year running streak of at least 1 mile a day

96.   Have two natural births

97.   Make all of my own clothes for a year

98.   Learn how to make cheese (and do it)

99.   Be able to jump rope for 5 minutes straight

100.   Go out for a walk every day for a year

Yes...number 49 "Go to the moon" is serious.  No, I don't want to be an astronaut, just a tourist.  Going to the moon is probably the most complicated on my list: I'm scared of heights; I'm scared of flying; I get carsick easily; oh, and I teach piano for a living so I'll probably never make enough money to become a space tourist.  But damn it, I want to go to the moon!  And while there are many ways to go to the moon, there is only one way not to go to the moon (and that is not to go to the moon).  So if nothing else, at least I've convinced myself the odds are in my favor.