Check out my adventure list so far and get inspired to try something new too!
*Just click on what you want to read more about.
Classes I’ve tried
Winter Activities
Tubing at Perfect North Slopes
On, In and Under Water
Inside Fun
Participating in Roller Derby Practice
Outdoor Fun
Becoming a Guiness Book of world Record Holder
Working with a community garden
Zipline Canopy Tour at Adventureworks
Scream Raptor Zipline Canopy Tour at the Creation Museum
TV Shows
Tv show extra for Travel Channel’s “Bert the Conqueror”
Live taping of The Oprah Windfrey show with the cast of The View
Races
Animals
Group teambuilding/ awareness exercises with horses
Wolf Encounter at Wolf Creek Habitat and Rescue
Horseback riding at First Farm Inn
Interesting Tours I’ve taken
Haunted Covington Ghost Walk Tour
Secret Underground Bunker Tour
Mega Deal Destination
Gap Clearance Center (this is not an “outlet”)
Specific Destinations
University of Cincinnati football stadium (open to the public)
University of Michigan football game
Hittsville, USA (Motown Museum)
Greenbrier Hotel, Sulphur Springs, WV (bunker tour)
Martin Luther King Memorial DC
COSI
Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park (Columbus, OH)
Special Exhibits
Shows
Food
Screams ice cream Hell, Michigan
Culinary School Restaurant lunch
Authentic Amish breakfast
Cool Annual Events
Cultural Event
Christmas theme
Extreme Restaurant Christmas Decor
Art Themed
Theatre
Million Dollar Quartet on Broadway
Adventure Articles I’ve written for GRkids.com
Tallship ride (Michigan Maritime Museum)
Sleeping on a submarine (USS Silversides Museum)
Sand Dune ride (Saugatuck Dune Rides)
Underwater hockey (Holland Aquatic Center)
Car races (Berlin Raceway)
Train excursion (Coopersville and Marne Railroad)
Cable wake boarding (Placid Wake Park)
Stand up Paddleboarding (Wet Mitten Surf Shop)
Pure Barre exercise class
I decided to look back on my adventure goals for 2012 to see how many I got to do. I didn’t do them all but I also had the added bonus of many adventures that were not on the original list.
I would not have dreamed that I would have been able to be able to cross off so many in a year.
I’m going to continue to add items to the list because even though I didn’t do all of last years, I still have so many incredible adventure memories shared with my family and friends because I set goals and took advantage of opportunities to accomplish them.
* starred adventures are new to the list for 2013
In snow
Snowshoeing 1/20/12
Cross country skiing
Luge track 1/15/12
Dog sledding 1/28/12 drove the dog sled
Tobogganing track
*take the boys tubing at a ski resort
*take the boys snowboarding
Exercise
Hot yoga class 1/4/12
Anti gravity yoga class
Attend moms hockey practice 1/17/12
Run a marathon- hesitant to write that one down
*Do another type of sprint triathlon
Adult hip hop class
*crossfit
*Glo Run
Crafty
Paint your own picture with a group class
Blow glass art
Make pottery (I halfway did this one so I won’t cross it off until I have a finished product)
Create art regularly in honor of my mom
Meet regularly with friends to make something from Pinterest
Specific places or Adventures
City Musuem in St. Louis
Go up in St. Louis Arch
Visit world’s largest treehouse in TN
Take pictures with Superman at Metropolis,IL
Indoor Zipline at Mega Cavern in Louisville,KY
DisneyWorld
Fair Oaks Dairy Adventure
Haiti for a humanitarian trip
*former subway tour at Cincinnati Museum Center
*Pittsburgh
*Toronto
*Niagra Falls
*Buffalo
*visit the “Christmas Story” house in Cleveland
*Hawaii
*Stay in an ice hotel
*Jubilee experience at Gulf Shores
Not specific places
Vineyard tour
Stomp the grapes
Brewery tour
Nascar ridealong experience
Ride in a pace car
Watch a drag race
Go to an unexpectant destination for vacation (went to DC and stopped by Philly and Baltimore for a day to explore)
Trip to a destination riding on a train
Sandboard
Be an extra in a movie 1/14/12
Amish buggy tour ride
Ride in a Zorb ball
Regularly volunteer at an organization that assists the poor (started volunteering before we moved so I will re add this for 2013)
*Regularly volunteer at an organization that assists the poor
*Bourbon trail (went to Buffalo Trace which is not on the official tour)
*Ride on a Zamboni
Events
Attend the Kentucky Derby
Watch a Civil War Reenactment
Host a street party to get to know my neighbors
*watch a moto cross style event (went to see Nuclear Cowboyz) 1/19/2013
In or On Water
Try rowing
White water rafting ( went on a mini scale rapids)
Snuba
Cable wake boarding
Sailing on a smaller sail boat where I have to help
Surf
Fan boat ride
Scuba lesson
Swim with a dolphin
Swim with manatee
Tallship ride
Group speedboat ride
Underground Cave Boat Tour Bowling Green,KY
Jump on a blob
Kiteboard
Windsurf
Shark cage experience
Sporty
Shoot clay pigeons
Try lacrosse
Watch a boxing match 2/4/11
Indoor Sky Dive
Skydive
Successfully find a geocache
Play a game of frisbee golf 1/8/12
*Try rowing
Outside
Hot air Balloon ride
Fly in a small plane
*climb a volcano
*Tree climbing adventure course
Foodie
Progressive dinner with friends or at several restaurants
Dinner in the Dark (blindfolded meal)
Sushi making class
Pasta making class
Wine tasting class ( went on a wine tasting cruise)
Grow an herb garden
Make one new recipe a week (….baby steps)
*Eat at a restaurant where you sit on the floor
New additions
improv show 1/7/12
intro to curling class 1/19/12
eat a cheese steak in Philly
eat a crabcake in Baltimore
COSI
Indoor water park hotel experience
ride in a monster truck
attend a monster truck show
Capital Tour
Underwater Hockey
Mom’s Hockey
So here is the start of the running tab. I reserve the right to add to the list as my curiosity continues to become aware of new places and experiences to try.
Some are way more ambitious than others, but I figured I might as well go with the quote:
“Shoot for the moon and if you miss you are still among the stars”
Travel wise I would love to go all over the world but I’m willing to start a little smaller. The list could really go on and on…….this is just scratching the surface . So I guess this is my start but I don’t ever want to stop adding.
Remember a “Goal is dream with a deadline.” Don’t let time get away from your dreams.
“If you want to do something bad enough, you will find a way, if not you find an excuse.”
What’s on your “shoot for the moon” list? What should I add to mine? Who wants to join me?
