Adventure List

I’ve always kept a mental checklist of things that I want to experience in life and am finally now putting it in writing. I like to call it my Adventure List.

So, in no particular order, here’s what’s on my agenda.

• Visit all 50 states (flying through doesn’t count): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
• Go parasailing
• Write a book
• Take a cruise
• Drive to Alaska
• Hear John Williams conduct live at The Hollywood Bowl
• Bring in a new year at Times Square in NYC
• Plant and maintain a vegetable garden
• Stay at Walt Disney World Resort hotels: Bay Lake Tower, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
• Hike at least one section of the Appalachian Trail and/or Pacific Crest Trail
• Attend the Summer and/or Winter Olympic Games
• Hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir rehearse and/or perform at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.
• Visit every U.S. Presidential library
• Collaborate with another pianist or instrumentalist to learn one of Darius Milhaud’s works
• Plan weddings
• Perfect my French
• See Coldplay in concert
• Visit all 7 continents
• Attend a concert at Carnegie Hall

…more to be added to this never-ending list…