Many people think that milestone birthdays are the ones that really get you thinking. While I believe this to be true for me I’ve found the one after that birthday to be the one that makes me really evaluate my life and what I want. This summer I turned 41 and it was filled with a lot of deep thinking. I started to write down my travel bucket list dreaming of where life will take me.
Once I started it expanded into contemplating a lot about life and feeling very grateful for my family, my health, and all of the fantastic things I have had to experience. As a dreamer and a traveller I have been thinking about all that I would like to see. My goal would be to accomplish this list in the next 20 years but truthfully that will most likely not be financially feasible. But a girl can dream, right?
Here is my Travel Bucket List (in no particular order):
All of these destinations (except one) would be new to me – places I’ve read about, dreamed of and longed to visit. All photos are purchased stock photos…since I haven’t been there yet!
Canada
- Northern Canada – Yukon, North West Territories, Nunavut
- Newfoundland
- Alberta (Calgary Stampede, The Badlands, Jasper, Banff)
- Churchill, Manitoba – because…polar bears!
- P.E.I. (yes we’ve been here but must return soon.
U.S.A.
- Nashville, TN
- Las Vegas, NV
- Florida Keys
- Hawaii
- California
Outside of North America
- Stay in an overwater bungalow – South Pacific
- South Africa – Cape Town and Safari
- New Zealand
- Chile
- Galapagos
- Italy
- Poland
- Finland, Sweden or anywhere in Scandanavia
- Wales
- Japan
How To Create a Travel Bucket List
Looking to make a bucket list of your own? There are lots of ways to begin but we suggest doing a little research, dreaming and some visioning exercises.
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- Flip through a travel magazine or check out 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
- Create a Vision Board – need inspiration – check out Dream it. Live it.: Make Vision Boards Work for You
- Make sure your list is specific – if you only want to see Tokyo, don’t write Japan – include Tokyo instead.
- Decide if you want a make this 100% attainable or a mixture of big dreams and other realities.
- Work with a budget – if your budget is small pick things in your State or Province you want to see.
- Make it visual – if the vision board isn’t your preference use a Scratch Off World Map or a World Map – Laminated to chart your progress.
- Flip through a travel magazine or check out 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
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to chart your progress.What places would be on your travel bucket list?
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Your travel bucket list is awesome and I hope you get to visit each and every place. I wish travel was easier for me but being confined to a wheelchair and needing help makes traveling really difficult but I did it when I was younger.
I’ve blessed enough to travel the world (I took my first steps on an airplane), but Antarctica, Greenland, Papua New Guinea and the deep Amazon are on my bucket list. Happy Birthday!
Churchill, Manitoba is definitely on my travel bucket list as well! San Francisco, Alaska are on my US travel bucket list. Then we have Ireland (I’ve been, but I was young), Scotland, Italy, Iceland.
Your list is great!