Travel bucket list

Here’s my travel bucket list – first shared in a post on Sept 12, 2014.

ID	Category	Bucket List Name	Progress
1	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit all 50 states in the United States	48/50 - just need Alaska And Hawaii
2	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit all 3143 counties in the United States	Currently at 1751 out or 3143, or 55.7%
5	Road-geek / map-geek	Travel the entire Route 66
6	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit every subway station in New York City
8	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit 6 continents	Still need South America, Africa and Australia / Oceania
9	Road-geek / map-geek	Cross the two Bosphorus Bridges in Istanbul
10	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit Baarle-Hertog, Belgium / Baarle-Nassau Netherlands
11	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit the southernmost point of the US (Key West)
12	Road-geek / map-geek	Drive on every Interstate - currently at 111 / 345
15	See the sights	See Angkor Wat
16	See the sights	See Macchu Picchu
18	See the sights	See the Great Wall of China
19	See the sights	Visit Galapagos Island
20	See the sights	See Northern Africa across the Straits of Gibraltar
22	See the sights	See the Pyramids
23	See the sights	Take a ride through the Panama Canal
24	See the sights	Travel on a canal boat in Venice
25	See the sights	Drive through a redwood tree
26	See the sights	See the Moai Statues on Easter Island
27	See the sights	See Victoria Falls in Zambia / Zimbabwe
30	Outdoor adventures	Hike a 14er in Colorado	we took the railroad up Pikes Peak but I'm not counting that
31	Outdoor adventures	Watch the Kentucky Derby
32	Outdoor adventures	Hike the Appalachian Trail
33	Outdoor adventures	Take an African Safari
34	Outdoor adventures	Hike Y Mountain
35	Outdoor adventures	See the northern lights (Aurora Borealis)
36	Outdoor adventures	Watch the sunrise on the east coast of Maine
37	Outdoor adventures	Experience 24 hours of sunlight in the Arctic Circle
39	Outdoor adventures	Visit all 50 state highpoints
40	Vendomy-style travel goals	Stay a night in an overwater bungalow
43	Vendomy-style travel goals	Swim in the highest swimming pool - Ritz Carlton Hong Kong
45	Vendomy-style travel goals	Stay a night in an ice hotel
47	Vendomy-style travel goals	Take the Island Hopper
48	Vendomy-style travel goals	See the fireworks in France on Bastille Day
49	Things specific to who I am / where I live	Visit Wiesbaden, Germany (birthplace but I left as a toddler)
50	Things specific to who I am / where I live	See the birthplace of Benjamin Miller in Ireland (my first ancestor to come to the US in the mid 1700s)
51	Things specific to who I am / where I live	Visit Madeira Island in Portugal (my hometown shares its name, though it was actually named for a guy named John Madeira)
52	Outdoor adventures	Float in the Dead Sea
53	See the sights	Visit the Olympics

Completed travel bucket list items

ID	Category	Bucket List Name	Progress
4	Road-geek / map-geek	Visit all 88 counties in Ohio in 24 hours	COMPLETED in 2006 in 23 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds
3	Road-geek / map-geek	Ride my bike on every street in Madeira, Ohio	COMPLETED in 2006 (and then again in 2007)
38	Outdoor adventures	Jump in all 5 Great Lakes in one day	COMPLETED in August 2012 (YouTube video)
14	See the sights	Visit 4 corners	COMPLETED: March 4, 2015
44	Vendomy-style travel goals	Take an overnight train ride	COMPLETED: June 10, 2015
21	See the sights	See Old Faithful	COMPLETED: June 14, 2015
28	See the sights	See Mt. Rushmore	COMPLETED: June 17, 2015
7	Road-geek / map-geek	Take a ride on the London Underground	Completed September 2016
17	See the sights	See Stonehenge	Completed September 2015
13	See the sights	See the Grand Canyon	Completed November 10, 2015
29	See the sights	Visit the 11/11 11:11:11 themed Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona	COMPLETED: November 11, 2015
42	Vendomy-style travel goals	Fly first class on an overnight flight	Completed 3 times, starting March 8th, 2016 - (JAL first class, ORD-NRT, Emirates first class SIN-DXB, Emirates first class DXB-JFK)
41	Vendomy-style travel goals	Visit the world's tallest building (currently the Burj Khalifa)	COMPLETED: March 15, 2016
46	Vendomy-style travel goals	Take a round the world plane itinerary	COMPLETED: March 2016

Adjustments

Sept. 2014 – Removed Hike Appalachian Trail as I had it on there twice – added Drive on every US Interstate

June 2015 – Crossed off see an overnight train ride, see Old Faithful and see Mt. Rushmore