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My Travel Bucket List

April 3, 2014 by Dana Zeliff Leave a Comment

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Travel Bucket List

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Do you have a list of places you want you visit?  I’ve always just kept a list in my head, but remembering all the places you read about can be tricky – especially when it’s a LONG list.

I decided to start keeping a travel bucket list and figured here on the blog was the best place for it!

Places I want to visit:

  • Every state in the US – yep EVERY one.  Even if we only spend a few hours exploring, and I’m not counting just driving through.
  • Alaska – it’s part of the US but I’m separating it
  • Hawaii – again separating
    • Kauai
    • Oʻahu
  • Canada – Eastern, Central and Western
  • Brazil
  • Costa Rica
  • Panama (cruise through Panama Canal)
  • Australia
  • Bali
  • Fiji
  • Tahiti
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • South Africa
  • Egypt
  • Japan
  • India
  • Turkey
  • Russia
    • Saint Petersburg
  • United Kingdom
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Scotland
  • Brussels
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • France
  • Jersey, Channel Islands
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
  • Romania
  • Greece

Obviously this is a LOT of places.  I have a lifetime to slowly make my way around the world and hopefully add even more places to my list.

So that brings up the question –  Where have we traveled?

I’m not really sure the best way to do this.  Traveled with the kids?  Traveled with hubs?  Traveled since I was a child?

Even though I could mark off several places on this list from when I was young,  I think traveled as an adult should be where my list begins.  AND even though hubs and I want to do most of our travels together with the kids, it is MY list.  I’m also not including airports unless I actually left the airport to see the city.

Places I have visited (over age 18):

  • Virginia (obviously)
  • Washington, DC (w/ kids)
  • Maryland (w/ kids)
  • Delaware
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Maine (w/ kids)
  • North Carolina (w/ kids)
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia (w/ kids)
  • Colorado
  • Nevada
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Florida (w/ kids)
  • Puerto Rico (w/ kids)
  • Cancun, Mexico (w/ kids)
  • Belize (w/ kids)
  • St. Thomas (w/ kids)
  • St. Martin
  • St. Croix
  • St. John
  • Barbados
  • Castawy Key (Disney’s island) (w/ kids)
  • Bahamas

Writing it all out is pretty cool!  I’ve been to more places than I thought – and so have my kiddos.

What is on your travel bucket list?

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