Life Goals

I have had a list of life goals for quite some time now. I have never listed it publicly but I figured why not? I plan to update this page every time I meet one of my life goals.

1. Run with the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain

     Done: July 11, 2008, 8AM – http://tv.sanfermin.com/index.php?id=913 (select “Runnings of the Bulls” tab and 11th of July Run)

Faster faster!!!

Faster faster!!!

2. Go to a futbol match in England
3. Travel to all 7 continents (by age 30)
Visited: North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, Australia…
Europe - Amsterdam 2008

Europe - Amsterdam 2008

Africa - Sudan 2008

Africa - Sudan 2008

North America - Chicago 2006

North America - Chicago 2006

Asia - Bangladesh 2006

Asia - Bangladesh 2006

South America - Peru

South America - Peru 2008

Australia - 2009

Australia - 2009

4. See the Taj Mahal at sunrise
5. Skydive
6. Hot air ballon ride
Done: February 8, 2008 with Kendra Wingerter, Temecula Valley, San Diego California
Hot air balloon ride - Temecula Valley, CA

Hot air balloon ride - Temecula Valley, CA

We went for Kendra's 17th B-day!

We went for Kendra's 17th B-day!

7. Visit 3rd/4th world country
Done: Visited Bangladesh in November 2006 and Sudan in June 2008
Kids in Bangladesh slum - so cute!

Kids in Bangladesh slum - so cute!

Child in Sudan

Child in Sudan

8. Visit Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
9. Ride a gondola in Venice, Italy
10. Visit Iguassu Falls, Brazil/Argentina
11. Visit Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru
Done: September 2008
Manchu Picchu

Manchu Picchu

12. Sit on steps in the Ghats, India
13. Snorkel in the Cook Islands
14. Canoe through Amazon rainforest
15. Elephant ride in Bangkok
16. Heliski (New Zealand?)
17. Scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef
Done: Took a 5 day Open Water Certification course in Cairns, Australia. Spent 3 days living aboard a scuba diving boat and got to do 9 dives in the Great Barrier Reef.
Diving in the Great Barrier Reef

Diving in the Great Barrier Reef

All sorts of sea creatures including turtles!

All sorts of sea creatures including turtles!

18. Attend opera at Syndey Opera House, Australia
Done: Saw “Madame Butterfly” at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday, March 7th, 2009, it was spectacular.
Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House

Dressed up outside the Opera House (Sydney Harbor Bride behind me)

Dressed up outside the Opera House (Sydney Harbor Bride behind me)

19. Run a half marathon
Done: Ran 3M half marathon on February 18, 2007 in Austin, TX, and 3 weeks later ran the AT&T half marathon
After 3M half marathon

After 3M half marathon

20. Do something for someone that they will never forget
Done: Took my sister Kendra on a 5-day trip to San Diego for her 17th b-day, we did everything from go to the San Diego Zoo to eating seafood to riding a hot air ballon, February 6-11th, 2008
Kendra & I in San Diego

Kendra & I in San Diego

Kendra & I sporting the wetsuits!
Kendra & I sporting wetsuits in La Jolla Cove, CA
21. Cliff diving at 50+ feet
22. Go to the Olympics
23. Complete a triathalon
24. Publish a book
25. Go to a Word Cup game
26. Become fluent in a second language
27. Live abroad for a year
28. Speak at an event with more than 500 people in attendence
29. Wear a red dress and red high heels and go to to a fancy dinner in Italy…with a man I love… ;)

One response

3 08 2008
cmccravey

I think at this rate your list will be completed by age 30 :)

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