Bucket List #1: Visit All 50 States

The first item off my Bucket List. The states that are in bold are the states that I have visited. I will try to add post of the places that I have been but no promises.

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas
California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware
Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho
Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas
Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland
Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi
Missouri	Montana	Nebraska	Nevada
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York
North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma
Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina
South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah
Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia
Wisconsin	Wyoming

Alabama:

• May 2013 - Clanton. Stopped at a Shell Gas station for gas (I know ironic) on my way to Florida.

Arizona:

• Phoenix - My grandparents lived in Phoenix until I was 15, so I've been to Arizona a lot.
• Grand Canyon
• Sedona

California:

• Los Angeles - I have an Aunt that lives in LA, so I've been to California a lot as well. 
• November 2005 - San Diego. My big brother, Pat, graduated from Marines Boot Camp.

Florida:

• August 2009 - Tampa. I have friends that live in Tampa.
• August 2009 - Gator Land. If you ever get a chance to go to Gator Land it is awesome! 
• May 2013 - Fort Walton Beach. Visited a friend that was stationed at Eglin AFB.
• Disney World. 
• Kennedy Space Center.

Georgia:

• August 2009 - Atlanta. Their airport sucks!

Kentucky:

• May 2013 - Bullitt. Slept at a rest stop on my way to Florida.
• May 2013 - Florence. Stopped at a Speedway gas station on my way to Florida.

Louisiana:

• August 2009 - Monroe. Visited a friend that lives there. 

Michigan:

• Born here and raised in the Great Lakes State.
• July 2012 - Silver Lake Sand Dunes and Hank went too.
• December 2011 - Kawkawlin. Bought first home.
• Mackinac Island. 

Mississippi:

• August 2009 - Vicksburg. Visited the Civil War Battlefield. 

Nevada:

• July 2004 - Las Vegas. It was hot very very very hot...like 125 flippin' degrees hot.
• July 2004 - Hoover Dam. 

Ohio:

• May 2013 - Toledo. Stopped at a Speedway gas station on my way to Florida.
• My Aunt & Uncle lived in Columbus for many years. 

Pennsylvania:

• May 2012 - Austin. Picked up the Hanky Panky up from the breeder. 

Tennessee:

• May 2013 - Columbia. Stopped at a BP Gas station on my way to Florida.
• May 2013 - Goodlettsville. Stopped at a Shell Gas station on my way to Florida.

What states have you been too? Any awesome places that I must go too? 

Over and out,

A Engineer in the Kitchen

Bucket List

Sometime in my senior year the movie The Bucket List was released. I have never seen the movie, I've heard it's good but I've just never rented it. In one of my classes I don't remember which (my senior year was so long ago...) we had to make up our own bucket lists. At the time coming up with a 100 things to do before I died was really really hard. I recently edited this list because of the things on it were really odd and add a couple of new things/changed a few things.

States:
1) Visit all 50 states
2) Golf in all 50 states
3) Visit all 50 state capitals
4) Have sex in all 50 states
5) Go camping in all 50 states
6) Visit a National Monument/Park in all 50 states
7) Visit a haunted house in all 50 states  
Life:
8) Get married on the beach of Lake Michigan
9) Adopt a child
10) Have children
11) Make a million dollars
12) Buy a house and property
13) Become a Engineer
14) Build a dream house
15) Donate Blood
16) Make a family tree
17) Give to charity
18) Write my will
Sports:
19) Go to the Indy 500
20) Go to the Daytona 500
21) Visit all the NASCAR tracks -- watch races
22) Visit all the Baseball Stadiums -- watch games
23) Run a marathon
24) Go to Olympics
25) Go to the World Cup
26) Learn to surf
27) Visit all the spring training facilities
28) Ride a mechanical bull
29) Go to the Buick Open
30) Coach a little girls soccer team
31) Visit all of the Professional Football Stadium  -- watch games  
Travel:
32) Visit all continents

• Europe
• Australia
• Asia
• North America
• South America
• Antarctica
• Africa

33) Visit Washington DC
34) Visit France
35) Visit Spain
36) Go on a cruise
37) Visit Mexico
38) Visit Puerto Rico
39) Visit England
40) Visit Australia
41) Visit New Zealand
42) Visit Italy
43) Visit Germany
44) Swim in both Pacific & Atlantic Oceans

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean

45)  Visit Virgin Islands
46) Swim in all the Great Lakes

• Michigan
• Ontario
• Erie
• Superior
• Huron

47) Drive across the US from coast to coast
48) Visit the Amazon Rainforest
49) Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
50) Visit the 7 wonders of the world

• Machu Picchu - Peru
• The Collisseum - Rome
• Petra - Jordan
• Christ Redeemer - Brazil
• The Great Wall of China
• Chichen Itza - Mexico
• The Taj Mahal - India

51) Visit the Rocky Mountains & Appalachia Mountain Ranges

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachia Mountains

52) Visit a real castle
53) Visit Civil War Battle Fields
54) Visit Pearl Harbor
55) Visit the beaches of Normandy
56) Stay the night in a historical hotel
57) Drive along Route 66
58) Visit the gravesites of famous athletes/people
59) Spend Christmas on the beach
60) Play in a waterfall
61) Stay a half of a day in a concentration camp
62) Swim in the Gulf of Mexico  
Wants:
63) Buy a Corvette
64) Restore a classic car
65) Buy a Mustang
66) Buy a Viper
67) Buy a big screen TV
68) Get a puppy
69) Get a new headboard
70) Buy a boat  
Collections:
71) Shot glasses
72) Sport memorabilia
73) Coins
74) Baseballs
75) Golf balls
76) Wine  
Other:
77) Watch a space shuttle launch
78) Go deep sea fishing
79) Learn to bartend
80) Learn to scrapbook
81) Buy some cows
82) Learn to cook
83) Complete a 365 day challenge
84) Get a tattoo
85) Learn to knit
86) Dance in the rain
87) Keep a book of favorite quotes (including random quotes, poems, and songs)
88) Read 100 books
89) Watch 100 movies
90) Photograph Bucket List
91) Write a letter to every whom I love
92) Build a tree fort
93) Sleep completely under the stars
94) Have sex in all the rooms in the house
95) Leave a dollar in a place where a child will be to find it
96) Leave a note in a library book
97) Plant a tree
98) Ride in a hot air balloon
99) Learn to scuba dive
100) Let someone feed me seedless grapes
101) Continue to add to this list until I die

Anyone else have a bucket list? Anything that you want to do before you die?

Over and out, 
A Engineer in the Kitchen

PS: Maybe if you all are lucky, I will do some post about a few of the things that I've done.