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The Bucket List

  • Writer: Nick McReynolds
    Nick McReynolds
  • Nov 14, 2018
  • 3 min read

Updated: May 1



When I was about 15 I developed my bucket list of things I wanted to do before I died. While I have been working hard to cross items off I noticed that my list would continue to grow as I always added much more than I would cross off! Every year, I rewrite a new list. It's ever-changing and ever-growing. The green means it has been completed.



  1. Bungee jumping

  2. See the pyramids

  3. Visit all 50 states

  4. See Running of the Bulls

  5. Sky Dive

  6. Scuba dive a ship wreckage

  7. Triathlon

  8. Half marathon

  9. Fly a plane

  10. Visit Copenhagen, Denmark

  11. Be an extra a movie

  12. Climb a big mountain

  13. Watch a sumo wrestling match

  14. Go to the Superbowl

  15. Surf

  16. Go on a safari

  17. Visit all continents

  18. Be in video game

  19. Go on a cruise

  20. Have a family

  21. Outdoor rock climb

  22. Go underwater in a submarine

  23. Drive a race car

  24. Go to a yacht party

  25. Go hot air ballooning

  26. Visit the 7 wonders

  27. Visit Bermuda Triangle

  28. Go into space

  29. Experience Las Vegas

  30. Meet a president

  31. See the white house

  32. Swim with sharks

  33. Shark cage with the Great Whites

  34. Ball drop in New York

  35. Visit a rainforest

  36. See cave paintings

  37. Play piano

  38. Be a bee keeper and extract honey

  39. Smoke a cuban cigar

  40. Go kayaking

  41. Ride a horse through a jungle

  42. Cliff Dive

  43. Go Spelunking

  44. Snorkle

  45. Camp in a rain forest

  46. Burning man

  47. Visit India

  48. See an ice burg

  49. Visit a volcano

  50. See the northern lights

  51. See a lightening storm at sea

  52. Use a telescope to see the stars

  53. Milk a cow

  54. Great Wall of China

  55. Drive a motorcycle

  56. Drive over 100mph

  57. Broadway

  58. Smithsonian

  59. First class flight

  60. Jury Duty

  61. Grand Canyon

  62. See an opera

  63. See the Olympics

  64. Limo ride

  65. Yellowstone National Park 

  66. Solve a Rubik’s cube

  67. Own a convertible

  68. Go to Disney

  69. White water rafting

  70. Fencing

  71. Golf at a pro course

  72. Parasail

  73. Do a big sailing trip

  74. Hang gliding

  75. Helicopter ride

  76. Canopy tour

  77. Colosseum

  78. View a famous painting

  79. Mount Rushmore

  80. Make wine

  81. Learn to cook

  82. Ride with sled dogs

  83. Paint a picture

  84. Create pottery

  85. Race horses

  86. See a castle

  87. Visit the tomb of the unknown soldiers

  88. Take a dip in the hot springs

  89. See Oprah

  90. Be a best man in a wedding

  91. Bow fish

  92. Mall of America

  93. See the Blue Man Group

  94. Indy 500

  95. Visit New Orleans

  96. Harpoon fish

  97. Brew beer

  98. Gondola ride

  99. Fan boat

  100. Visit ESPN

  101. Sit courtside to a NBA game

  102. Visit Pearl Harbor

  103. Experience the Kentucky Derby

  104. Throw an opening pitch to a baseball game

  105. Drive a tank

  106. Run a nude race

  107. Spelunking in Son Doong Cave, Vietnam

  108. Iditarod

  109. Hobbiton

  110. See a professional boxing match

  111. Go to a Quincera

  112. Send a message in a bottle and have it found 

  113. Great Barrier Reef

  114. Dune buggy through the desert

  115. Galapagos Turtles

  116. Visit Machu Pichu

  117. See the Rocky Mountains

  118. See the Saharra Desert

  119. Visit Pompei

  120. See a world cup game

  121. See the Eiffel Tower

  122. Hunt for alligator, crocodile, or cayman

  123. Visit Rick’s Cafe

  124. Spend the night in a aquarium

  125. Genos Cheese Steak

  126. Pop the cork

  127. Taste Dole Whip

  128. MGM Grand

  129. El Mirador

  130. Isla de Las Munecas

  131. Hot Air Ballon Festival

  132. Swim with the dolphins

  133. Enjoy Biobay

  134. Go to the Himalayas

  135. Witness the Cherry Blossom Festival

  136. Wwoofing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms)

  137. Couchsurfing

  138. Become fluent in another language

  139. Have a surprise party 

  140. Shoot an RPG

  141. Witness the Tour de France

  142. See a wild bear

  143. Buckingham Palace

  144. Nude Beach

  145. Kopi Luwak Coffee

  146. Graceland

  147. Sail from one country to another

  148. Fy in a plane that lands on water

  149. Wed a couple

  150. Drive an exotic car

  151. Play with a large exotic cat

  152. Floating Lantern Festival

  153. Visit the lightening fields on Venezuela

  154. Sleep in an igloo

  155. Visit a working archeological site

  156. Visit a buddhist temple 

  157. Stay in a underwater hotel

  158. Stay in a on the water bungalow

  159. Messy twister

  160. Fly in a private jet

  161. Havasu Falls

  162. Visit the end of the world (Patagonia)

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