It’s time to update my bucket list, something I do every two years. It’s not a list for me to check thing off, something that should be obvious in the slow pace I’ve taken to the list. No, I’m just an avid list maker, and when I hear or see something that captures my interest, I put it on a list.

I’ve capped my bucket list at 100, which provides plenty of room to list some far fetched ideas along with the practical ones, but also makes it finite. I don’t add anything until something gets eliminated, whether by accomplishing it or changing my mind about it.

Here are the things I’m crossing off since my last update for 2014.

• Greece – I visited Greece twice in 2014, once for a tourism conference, and then for TBEX and some post-TBEX time exploring. I loved my time in country, exploring the ruins and city of Athens, as well as understanding about more about Greek tourism.
• Visit the Everglades – I had the chance to take an air boat ride through a part of the Everglades while attending IPW 2015.
• Have custom made clothes in Thailand – I originally thought I’d have this done in Hong Kong, but when the opportunity presented itself in Thailand, with a hearty recommendation from a friend, I jumped at the opportunity.
• Visit Saint Maarten/Sint Martin – I was able to get to both the Dutch and the French side of the island during a port stop on the Oasis of the Sea.
• Spend a night in a yurt – Well, it was actually a teepee, but that was close enough to count. It was great fun, too.
• Eat barbecue in Kansas City – I had a layover in KC and asked friends for advice on where to have barbecue. Lots of great suggestion came in, so I’ll have lots more place to try on a future visit.

Now it’s time to update and at a few new things. The hardest part is not to self edit, not to add or eliminate things because they should be on the list (or shouldn’t be on it). It’s okay to change things, and I do, but you’ll notice there are some obvious things that I haven’t gotten to yet, as well as some pretty crazy things as well.

Here goes with the MJ 100 Travel Bucket List:

1. Malta
2. Iceland
3. Cuba
4. Safari in Africa
5. Visit the White House
6. Turkey
7. Visit a lighthouse in Maine (and eat lobster, too)
8. Montgomery, Alabama
9. Go to a Red Sox game in Boston
10. Visit the great pyramids in Egypt
11. Transatlantic crossing by ship, sailing into New York Harbor
12. London  August 2018
13. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
14. Wine tasting in the Finger Lakes
15. Molokai
16. Trace some roots in Madrid
17. Nashville, Tennessee – April 2018
18. Enjoy a weekend on Cape Cod
19. Tunisia
20. Barging in France
21. Wear a fabulous hat at the Kentucky Derby
22. See the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba
23. Press olives in Italy
24. Spend a weekend on the Jersey shore
25. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
26. Sunbathing on Daytona Beach
27. Ride a camel
28. Spend a weekend on a dude ranch
29. Providence, Rhode Island – May 2016, read more about it here
30. Gibraltar
31. Stay in a room on stilts over the water somewhere in French Polynesia
32. Montreal
33. Enjoy chili in New Mexico
34. Driving trip in Wales
35. Learn to cook Cajun/Creole food in Louisiana
36. Swim in the Dead Sea
37. Sleep in an Ice Hotel
38. Morocco
39. Catalina Island
40. Spend a week at the Golden Door spa
41. Eat at Rao’s in Harlem
42. Sardinia, Italy
43. Ride in a blimp
44. Paddleboat cruise
45. Have a steak in Argentina
46. Barbados
47. Vacation on a houseboat
48. Sail in the British Virgin Islands
49. Gettysburg
50. Have a signature scent formulated in Paris
51. Experience the First Class treatment on Emirates
52. Take a train ride across the United States
53. Yellowstone and Old Faithful
54. Take a cooking class in Italy
55. Charleston, South Carolina – several times in 2018
56. Mexico City
57. Round the world cruise
58. Lay down a bet in Monte Carlo
59. Whale watching in Hawaii
60. Stay in a castle
61. Visit Graceland
62. Visit a real life ghost town
63. Great Barrier Reef
64. Sedona
65. Go to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
66. Stay in a penthouse suite in NYC
67. Have an audience with the Pope in Vatican City
68. Learn to throw a boomerang Down Under
69. Bali
70. Take a road trip to the Florida Keys
71. Open a Swiss bank account
72. Niagara Falls (from the U.S. side)
73. Watch tennis at Wimbledon
74. Visit Pennsylvania’s Amish Country
75. Take an RV trip
76. Laugh it up at Second City in Chicago
77. Walk on the Great Wall of China
78. See the Northern Lights in Lapland
79. Enjoy tea culture on a tea trail
80. Toast the New Year in Paris
81. Take a ghost tour in Savannah
82. See the snow monkeys in Nagano
83. Wine tasting in South Africa
84. Luxury train trip
85. Eat street food in Vietnam
86. Visit a European Christmas Market
87. Russia, by land or by sea – July 2016 on a Viking Ocean Cruise, learn more here
88. Visit all 50 states (current count 36) – added two more to the list, Tennessee and Oklahoma
89. Antarctica
90. Drink wine in Chile
91. Explore history in Poland – I visited Malbork Castle as part of my Viking Ocean cruise, July 2016
92. Prague
93. View wildlife on Borneo
94. See the glitz of Macau – December 2016
95. Discover the food of Taiwan
96. Step back in time at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island
97. Stay in a treehouse
98. Hungary – both Buda and Pest
99. Visit the Space Port in New Mexico
100. Slurp up champagne in Champagne