Some of my bucket list:
- learn to play guitar
- learn Spanish
- read history of the countries before visiting:
- Mexico/Central/South America -- go to a language immersion school/volunteer
- England gardens and castles -- do the walking paths
- Do all the hikes in the Sierra Club Day Hike book for NM - Last weekend I finally made it to Nambe Lake - took 5 1/2 hours to hike 7 miles--elevation gain 2,100 - lake is at 11,400' - beautiful. I had every plan to hang my hammock and read but it started raining and thundering so we had to head back down. Three days later my legs are almost recovered.
- learn to swim laps - I'm very comfortable in water but the breathing & coordination is intimidating. I tend to do back stroke and paddle board back and forth. For those afraid of water try a shallow water aerobics class--there seems to be a lot of people in NM who never learned to swim and my teacher is very good at encouraging them how to be more comfortable in water. I learned to swim by my parents taking us to lakes and pools and letting us play at our own comfort level.
- take more classes at the community college--keep learning
- bicycle 100 miles in one day
- travel around the USA camping or B&B's with no time constraints. Stay off major highways, eat at local restaurants-no chain restaurants. Contra dance and meet local people.
- write a children's book
- learn to adjust patterns so I would go back to sewing my own clothes--take a fashion design class
There are things on my list that I prefer not doing alone so if I found a partner they'd be on the list again. Such as C&W, swing, salsa dancing. I use to do it alone but way too many women and not enough men and got frustrated with standing around so I took up pottery instead.