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Filling Up My Bucket List



A few people have mentioned to me that I should have a bucket list now that I'm 50.  As a lover of lists, that makes sense to me. I've already admitted to enjoying a bit of selfishness these days, and a bucket list is All About Me.   So I've been thinking about it, and here is the beginning of my list.

Bucket List for Jill's Next 50 Years

1.  See U2 in concert with my favorite U2 friends again
2.  Hike to all the waterfalls in the U.P.
3.  Stay a night at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
4.  Find the perfect underwear (I laughed when a friend included this on her list, but now that my favorite underwear has been discontinued, I am looking for a perfect replacement!)
5.  Sleep in a yurt
6.  Recreate with my husband our Epic Camping Trip of 1993 through Iowa, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Montana
7.  Go to Austria with Abby for the Sound of Music tour
8.  Go backpacking in the Porcupine Mountains again

What does your bucket list look like?  Do you have any suggestions for what I should add to mine?

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  1. UnknownApril 4, 2018 at 4:29 PM

    I love your #2 (on the list-not a Robert interpretation of #2😉). Apparently on my bucket list is learning how to change my google name from Griffith to Stevens...I am shooting for Botanical Gardens in every state. And #1 on my list is sitting in a field of grapes (would that be a field?) in Cahors France while enjoying a glass of French Malbec. Mid list is going to the Living Church in New Zealand. This summer I am knocking off Alaska.

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    1. JillApril 4, 2018 at 5:33 PM

      I love all of these! Especially the vineyard in France. I’ve always wanted to travel to Alaska. I was born in Anchorage and it would be nice to visit as an adult.

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