Here's mine:
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- Palmyra
- Danced on a flat bed truck under the stars
- Crossed the Line, Dateline, Pacific
- Learned to dive
- Learned to surf
- Kissed whales & looked into their eyes
- Flashed the Coasties as they flew above me in their chopper
- Swam with an oarfish
- Pet a manatee, dolphin, penguin
- Assisted in surgeries in Africa
- Drove the Bronco on two wheels
- Released sea turtles, one named after me
- Won a pull-up contest with all the crew of a tallship where I volunteered, but let the Captain win by 1 for the sake of his ego
- Volunteered with NOAA
- Hugged a baobab tree
- Took my mom on safari, to pet the whales, & to an island where clothing is optional
- Got a tattoo in Tahiti for crossing the line
- Hugged a NY firefighter
- Saw a leopard in the wild…went on safari, listened to lions from my tent, watched elephants bathe while I drank my morning coffee
- Was homeless & lived with an ocean view
- Put a message in a bottle in the ocean at the equator
- Salsa-ed with the locals
- Learned Spanish in Spain
- Saw the Eiffel Tower, Monet’s garden, the Running With the Bulls, Central Park, a rainforest, untouched coral, moon-rise on the water, bioluminescent dolphins,
- Won a photo contest
- Put a roof on a house
- Cooked fry bread with a Navajo woman
- Belly danced around a fire under a nearly full moon to the music of live drums
- Saw the northern lights, from the entrance of my igloo where I slept
- Went dog sledding
- Saw a wolf in the wild
- Stood on the frozen ocean
- Was offered a job as a “carnie” to run an ice cream stand at the fair
- Won a dance contest w/ a young hot partner
- Rappelled down a water fall into a river in my dry suit after hiking through a slot canyon outrunning a thunder storm
- Met my father!