John&Joey
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We have been blessed by doing many things over the years. The bucket list is getting smaller and smaller, BUT... Still would really love to rent/buy a canal boat up in Holland and take it down to the bottom of France.
Don't know if that one is possible anymore given the economy and fuel costs.
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John&Joey wrote:We have been blessed by doing many things over the years. The bucket list is getting smaller and smaller, BUT... Still would really love to rent/buy a canal boat up in Holland and take it down to the bottom of France.
Don't know if that one is possible anymore given the economy and fuel costs.
That is a great one, and may someday hit our list as well. Spend hours on our many trips to Europe watching these boats slowly cruising the rivers and canals of France, Belgium, Germany, etc.
Canal trips are also available in England and Ireland.
But, as you say, we have not looked into the cost lately.
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Watching a Space Shuttle Launch!
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bertnspike
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John&Joey wrote:We have been blessed by doing many things over the years. The bucket list is getting smaller and smaller, BUT... Still would really love to rent/buy a canal boat up in Holland and take it down to the bottom of France.
Don't know if that one is possible anymore given the economy and fuel costs.
This one was on my DH's list. Mine too. I hope wherever he is he's doing it... we loved seeing Europe together. A couple of friends (and I) are hoping to do an Irish canal boat trip.
I'm doing a Bucket List trip for a dear friend who has severe emphysema and other problems. She has always wanted to go to the Smithsonian Museum and the National Zoo, so we're going in my motor home this May. We'll do as much as she has the strength for - I'm hoping for her that it will be as long as five or 6 weeks.
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I'm 79 and don't have a bucket list. Well, I do have a semi-bucket list where I keep things that I might do if the things I'm doing don't get in the way. Headed for Alaska this Spring-Summer. Lost my DW last July and this was on her list so I'll do it for us. Still many things to do and see but they just have to be done one at a time. I'll keep working on them.
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Everytime I add to our bucket list I find out that our bucket has a hole in it. now we just 'wing it'.
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J-Rooster wrote:Watching a Space Shuttle Launch!
Since I don't live too far from Edwards I always wanted to see one land but they didn't land there too often. The one day I was driving back from Palm Springs and had to drive right by Edwards. I was in Palm Springs with a co-worker on business. I always listen to news-talk radio when I'm on the road, but my co-worker wanted to listen to music so I let him. If I would have had my news station on I would have learned that the weather was bad in Florida so the shuttle had been diverted to Edwards and it landed there about 30 minutes after I had driven right by. I was a little ticked off at having missed it and I think that was the last one that ever landed at Edwards too.
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Brett and Dianne,
We've talked to a few people who have done the drive but usually from South to North. Those that soloed wouldn't solo agin, would go with an organized tour. Met two in AK the last time up there, one was a couple from Switzerland and they soloed and were at the Arctic Circle when were the for the summer soltice with the DGKs. It took them 18 months and the biggest hurdle was the canal, seems ship traffic comes first, second, third and so forth. Would love to do it to but just beyond my limits now. Our big bucket list item is taking the rig to all continental states, been to 44 will get the others this spring after my TKR next month. Other than that it's a plane trip to and around Africa with a lot of driving thrown in. Been to the other 6 continents.
Then is just living long enough to get the DGKs to all the NPs.
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If someone is looking for a nice local canal trip I would suggest renting a houseboat on the Trent-Severn waterway in Ontario. 242 miles from Lake Huron to Lake Ontario with 42 locks thrown in. Great small towns to stop and visit all along the way. We did it a few years back and only had 2 weeks. We had our own boat then. I will sure miss the comments from Brett when he is out of touch on here.
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