100 things to do before I die... a list in progress

Okay, so I have started to create a list of things I would like to do before I die, when the co-author of "100 things to do before you die" passed away the other month. I haven't yet thought of a hundred, but that is okay, I'll work with what I got. I can also always add more to the list. You can see some are crossed off, and that is because I "cheated" by putting things on the list that I had always wanted to do but then actually had the chance to do. I'll keep crossing them off as I go along. I have a lot of stuff I'm trying to pack in the next year. I'm adding this post to my sidebar -----> underneath H's blog list... so that if you want to see what I've crossed off later in the year, you can just click on the link on the side.

1. Visit the Grand Canyon
2. Visit Falling Water
3. Visit Hawaii
4. Visit an island in the Caribbean
5. Visit the Great Barrier Reef
6. Backpack in New Zealand
7. Live in a foreign Country
8. Hike the Appalachian Trail
9. Camp on a beach
10. Camp in Arches National Park
11. See the Northern Lights
12. See a Scandinavain Country
13. Eat a real Chicago style hotdog, in Chicago
14. See a sunrise on a mountain top
15. Go to Clara Barton House
16. Run the Army Ten Miler
17. Visit a country in South America
18. Try rock climbing
19. Take a sewing class
20. Visit Mark Twain's house
21. Visit Ernest Hemingway's house in the FLA Keys
22. Travel somewhere in a helicopter
23. Run a 2nd 1/2 Marathon
24. Jump from an airplane (with a 'chute of course)
25. Hike in the White Mountains
26. See something in all 50 states (aside from an airport layover) - I'm up to 23 - AL, GA, FL, PA, CT, NY, SC, NC, CA, WY, HI, MT, MA, OH, AZ, NV, DE, NJ, MD, VA, TN, IL, ID
27. See the Lion King musical
28. See the Badlands
29. Visit Arcadia NP
30. Camp in the desert to see the stars
31. See Nova Scotia and/ or New Brunswick
32. See a non-dormant Volcano
33. See the Great Wall of China
34. See Crater lake
35. Restore an antique car
36. Learn how to drive stick
37. Learn how to whittle wood
38. learn how to decorate cakes
39. learn to make a souffle
40. get a dog
41. try surfing
42. try kite surfing
43. make ravioli from scratch
44. sleep under the stars (sans tent)
45. try snow boarding
46. try snow tubing
47. learn to make grilled cheese
48. take watercolor painting lessons
49. Have a baby
50. Make macaroni and cheese - not from a box