The Things I WILL Do Before I Die
1. Set Foot on North America (X), South America (X), Asia (X), Europe (X), Australia (X), Antartica and Africa (X)
2. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon – X (July 8th, 2007, Edmond, OK)
3. Personally Know Someone Famous – X (Carrie Underwood)
4. Dance with Miss America – X (Miss NSU 2005, Jennifer Berry)
5. Swim with a Dolphin – X (March 18th, 2008, Cabo San Lucas)
6. Learn a Foreign Language and Actually Use It
7. Have my Portrait Painted – X (December 23, 2010)
8. Watch a Space Shuttle Launch
9. Be an Extra in a Film
10. Skydive – X (March 14, 2014, Haskell, OK)
11. Scuba Dive
12. Ride a Train – X (June 9th, 2007, Oklahoma City to Ft. Worth)
13. Be a Member of a Studio Audience
14. Send a Message in a Bottle and get a Response
15. Go to Space
16. Plant a Tree and Watch it Grow – X (April 22, 2010)
17. Learn to Ballroom Dance…Properly
18. Sit on a Jury
19. Write an Autobiography
20. Be Someone’s Mentor
21. Shower in a Waterfall – X (November 12, 2012, Yellowstone National Park)
22. Learn to Legitimately Play a Song on any Musical Instrument
23. Teach someone illiterate to read
24. Spend the night in a haunted place – X (February 24, 2012, The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, AR)
25. See a Lunar Eclipse – X (March 3, 2007)
26. Spend New Year’s Eve in Times Square
27. Drive Across America Coast-to-Coast
28. Go Snow Skiing – X (Spring Break 2007, Breckenridge, CO)
29. Crash an extravagant wedding
30. Write my will – X (June 10, 2014)
31. Sleep under the stars – X
32. Go white-water rafting – X (July 24, 2010, Canon City, CO)
33. Own my own house – X (April 13th, 2009)
34. Grow a garden and eat the produce
35. Have six-pack abs
36. Go Deep Sea Fishing
37. Spend time at a concentration camp
38. Create a Family Tree
39. Spoil my grandchildren
40. Catch a foul ball or home-run at a MLB game
41. Hit a hole-in-one
42. Run a marathon – X (April 26, 2009)
43. Swim with sharks
44. Experience weightlessness – no gravity
45. Go to a sumo wrestling match
46. See a tornado touch ground – X (When I was a kid)
47. Go to an active volcano
48. Go to a nudist colony
49. Travel on a safari – X (Oct. 18, 2017, Livingstone, Zimbabwe)
50. Ride a bull
51. Run with the bulls in Pamplona
52. Attend a Jewish wedding
53. Go to a Pow-Wow
54. Ride a cable car in San Francisco – X (July 19, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
55. Watch the Yankees-Red Sox in Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium
56. Try to make a guard laugh at Buckingham Palace – X (December 29, 2012, London, UK)
57. Walk a length of the Great Wall of China – X (October 23, 2010, Badaling, China)
58. Go to a drive-in movie theater – X (Aladdin, 1992)
59. See Mt. Rushmore – X (August 4, 2012, Keystone, SD)
60. Drive an 18-wheeler
61. Eat a meal from a world class chef
62. Crash a Hollywood Studio
63. Meet someone famous randomly
64. Spend a day in a spa – X (March 17th, 2008, Cabo San Lucas)
65. Walk the red carpet at a huge event
66. Stay at a 5-star hotel
67. See Stonehenge – X (December 30, 2012, UK)
68. Stand next to a pyramid
69. Ride a Gondola in Venice
70. Take a yoga class – X (June 28th, 2011, Tulsa)
71. Take a photography class – X (Summer Semester 2005, NSU)
72. Shake hands with a President
73. Learn how to sail
74. See the Northern Lights
75. Kiss on top the Eiffel Tower – X (January 1, 2013 – Paris, France)
76. Learn to Juggle – X (July 9th, 2008)
77. Get a tattoo – X (March 9th, 2008, Dallas, TX)
78. Crowd Surf at a rock concert
79. Bungee Jump
80. Save someone’s life
81. Get a book published – X (April 1, 2018 – Live Your List)
82. Get a standing ovation
83. Kill a wild game animal – X (December 24th, 2009, Oktaha, OK)
84. Make a clay pot
85. Relax in Tahiti for at least two weeks
86. Live abroad
87. Eat frog legs and gumbo and shrimp in the Deep South – X (November 27, 2007, New Orleans)
88. Snowboard
89. Be on a game show – X (Sept. 18, 2012 – Let\’s Ask America)
90. Go treasure hunting
91. Be involved in a heist
92. Own a pet monkey
93. Land a flip on a wakeboard
94. Surf the waves in Hawaii
95. Enter a professional Ping-Pong tournament
96. Give my daughter away at her wedding to a man who deserves her
97. Watch the sunset on a beach on my honeymoon – X (March 19th, 2008, Cabo San Lucas)
98. Coach my son’s little league baseball team
99. Run my own successful business, make a million dollars – X (Nov. 21, 2017 – Paradigm Shift)
100. Watch OU-Texas at the Red River Rivalry – X (October 11, 2008)
101. Walk across hot coals
102. Go to all 50 U.S. States – X (Oct. 14, 2016, Hawaii)
103. Be on a Reality TV show.
104. Be completely out of debt.
105. Go on a cruise. X (July 11-14, 2013 – Bahamas)
106. Drive through a Redwood Tree.
107. Ride the Skycoaster at the Royal Gorge. X (June 24th, 2010 – Canon City, CO)
108. Go to the Summer Olympic Games
109. Have acupuncture
110. Visit the Hoover Dam – X (June 15, 2013 – Boulder City, NV)
111. Climb Chichen Itza – X (Nov. 8, 2017, Yucatan, Mexico)
112. Stand beside the Christ the Redeemer statue – X (June 21, 2012 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
113. Walk around the Colosseum in Rome – X (January 2, 2013 – Rome, Italy)
114. Hang out with a Llama at Machu Picchu – X (November 25, 2016, Machu Picchu, Peru)
115. Explore Petra
116. Take a picture in front of the Taj Mahal – X (May 8, 2018 – Agra, India)
117. Go to Dusseldorf, Germany and tour Eller Castle
118. Travel to the center of all religion, Jerusalem
119. Ride a Segway
120. Attend a World Cup Match
121. Go Ice Fishing
122. Take the Polar Plunge in a cold weather country – X (July 27, 2015, Iceland)
123. Give a commencement speech
124. Sleep on a Trampoline – X (June 5, 2012 – Fayetteville, AR)
125. Swim in every ocean
126. Fly an airplane – X (May 9, 2013 – Tulsa, OK)
127. Go to a NASCAR race
128. Have a street named after me
129. Visit the White House – X (August 24, 2013 – Washington, DC)
130. Set a World Record
131. Get something patented
132. Catch a trout while fly fishing
133. Eat at a Brazilian Steakhouse in Brazil – X (June 21, 2012 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
134. Visit an orphanage in a foreign country – X (June 22, 2012 – Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
135. Ride a Double Decker Bus in London – X (December 29, 2012 – London, UK)
136. Set atop the London Eye – X (December 29, 2012 – London, UK)
137. Give a TED Talk – X (Sept. 23, 2014 – Tulsa, OK)
138. Stand upon a glacier -X (Oct. 9, 2014 – Glacier View, Alaska)
139. Go to the North Pole.
140. Go to the South Pole
141. Jump off a waterfall.
142. Go paragliding in a foreign country.
143. Take the walk of faith at Tienanmen Mountain in China.
144. Travel to an international city after throwing a dart at a map.
145. Climb to the base of Mount Everest
146. Take a round-the-world cruise
147. Swim in the Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls – X (Oct. 18, 2017, Livingstone, Zambia)
148. Drive a professional race car.
149. Visit every country in the world.
150. Visit every county in Oklahoma
151. Camp in every US National Park
152. Camp in every OK State Park
153. Attend the Super Bowl
154. Go to Final Four Game
155. Watch the OKC Thunder in the NBA Finals
156. Travel in an RV with Kristin for a summer
157. Take my family on a car family vacation
158. Step Foot in Every Country in North America
159. Step Foot in Every Country in South America
160. Step Foot in Every Country in the Americas
161. Step Foot in Every Country in Europe
162. Step Foot in Every Country in Africa
163. Step Foot in Every Country in Asia
164. Step Foot in Every Country in Oceana
165. Travel through every US county
166. Be married for the rest of my life
167. Graduate with a doctorate degree
168. Write a book with My Mom
169. Attend a professional seminar with Melissa
170. Take a trip with Leslie
171. Take my family to Disney World – X (April 22, 2017, Orlando, FL)
172. Complete a Half-Ironman Competition – X (Sept. 24, 2012, Branson, MO)
173. Complete a Full Ironman Competition
174. Hike for a week on the Appalachian Trail
175. Drive a boat
176. Go on a whale-watching tour
177. Have a Scholarship Foundation in my Name
178. Spend the night in a jail cell
179. Pay for someone’s college education (other than my children)
180. Spend time in a sensory deprivation tank
181. Walk with lions in their natural habitat – X (Oct. 16, 2017, Livingstone, Zambia)
182. Ride a camel in the middle east – X (Oct. 12, 2017, Dubai, UAE)
183. Experience a Total Solar Eclipse – X ( Aug. 21, 2017, Sedalia, MO)
184. Eat a traditional meal in the Middle East – X (Oct. 12, 2017, Dubai, UAE)
185. Soak in the mist of Niagara Falls – X (Oct. 15, 2016, Niagara Falls, Canada)
186. Watch someone become a US citizen – X (July 23, 2017 – Muskogee, OK)
187. Ride an Elephant – X (Oct. 16, 2017, Livingstone, Zambia)
188. Walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge – X ( Dec. 20, 2013, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
189. Stand Next to Seljalandsfoss in Iceland – X (July 28, 2015, Seljalandsfoss, Iceland)
190. Work with a school in Africa – X (Oct. 17, 2017, Lusaka, Zambia)
191. Ski in the Mall in Dubai – X (Oct. 18, 2013, Dubai, UAE)
192. Practice Kung Fu in the Shaolin Temple – X (Oct. 28, 2010, Shaolin, China)
193. Hang out on top of the St. Louis Arch
194. Walk out on the Skybox at the Sears Tower – X (Aug. 18, 2007, Chicago, IL)
195. Hang out with Koalas in Australia – X (Oct. 21, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
196. Try every flavor of Snow Cone at the local snow cone stand – X (Aug. 31, 2017, Broken Arrow, OK)
197. Graduate with a Master’s Degree – X (May 6, 2008, Tahlequah, OK)
198. Defend the Alamo – X (Oct. 15, 2006, San Antonio, TX)
199. Freeze in a Cryotherapy Tube – X (Oct. 10, 2017, Tulsa, OK)
200. Air Boat across an Alligator Infested Swamp
201. Arrive By Seaplane to a remote location
202. Attempt to ice climb over a glacier
203. Bamboo raft down a mystical river
204. Be a seat filler at the Oscars
205. Bet on a horse at the horse races
206. Bury a time capsule and open it years later
207. Explore a cave while spelunking
208. Go to a ceremony of a religion that is not your own
209. Karate chop and break a board
210. Plant a flag on top of a mountain
211. Rise above the water while Flyboarding in a Water Jet Pack
212. Stand up paddle board
213. Team up with someone and ride a tandem bicycle
214. Walk on stilts – X (June 12, 2018, Cheyenne, WY)
215. Figure out how many licks it actually takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop
216. Perform stand up comedy at a comedy club
217. Solve a Rubik’s cube without cheating
218. Celebrate my 50th Wedding Anniversary with the love of my life
219. Attend the NBA All-Star Game
220. Summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
221. Guess the age of a Baobab Tree in Madagascar
222. Watch the Migration of the Animals at Serengeti in Tanzania
223. Attempt to ride a train in India
224. Admire the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma
225. Behold Bagan in Myanmar
226. Brave the climb to the Tiger’s Nest, Taktsang Palphug
227. Cruise in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
228. Experience Istanbul’s Call to Prayer
229. Face the Lion’s Rock at the ancient royal compound of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka
230. Feel the awe of history in the Buddhist cave temples of Dambulla
231. Find myseflf lost in a crowd in Tokyo
232. Float in the Dead Sea
233. Go vertical caving in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
234. Hike the Caucasus in Georgia
235. Hold on for dear life at the Walk of Faith in Tianmen Mountain
236. Hunt with eagles in Mongolia
237. Participate in the color festival (Holi) in India
238. Ride the elevator to top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – X (Oct. 18, 2017, Dubai, UAE)
239. Chase waterfalls in Bosnia-Herzegovina
240. Climb Leukerbad Via Ferrata in Switzerland
241. Climb Skellig Islands off of the coast of Ireland
242. Cross the Straits of Gibraltar on a ferry – X (Dec 28, 2017, Gibraltar)
243. Drive as fast as I can on the Autobahn in Germany
244. Touch the white walls of Santorini
245. Walk through the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia
246. Bike down Haleakala in Hawaii
247. Board down an active volcano in Nicaragua
248. Commit to doing the Half-Dome ascent in Yosemite National Park
249. Catch mist at Angel Falls in Venezuela
250. Reflect at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
251. Swing at the end of the world in Ecuador
252. Unexpectedly discover Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
253. Jump off of a cliff into a Cenote – X (Nov. 8, 2017, Cenote Ik kil, Yucatan, Mexico)