To-Do List : A Life-Long Pursuit of Fun
To-Do List : A Life-Long Pursuit of Fun
What started out as a Bucket List of things I wanted to do on my motorcycle has grown and changed a bit. Sure, I still see myself achieving some of these or visiting them with my bike. But some? Some are just things I want to do/see/try/visit, however I make my way there.
To Do
- See the sunrise on Mt. Washington
- Write my name on Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX
- Stay in an over-water bungalow in Bora Bora
- Moki Dugway
- Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Storseisundet Bridge in Norway
- Go for Afternoon Tea
- Visit Kane's Donuts for Breakfast 05/08/2013
- Boldt Castle 03/08/2007
- Colle delle Finestre
- Passo san Boldo
- Spend a weekend in Montauk
- Col de la Bonette - France
- Ride a motorcycle in Spain
- Eat a lobster roll in Maine
- Ride a Royal Enfield in the Himalayas
- Learn to surf
- Visit the Pied Piper of the Lincoln Highway 31/03/2018
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater 12/05/2004
- Visit Nashville
- See The Last Supper in Milan 10/01/2000
- Ride the mountains of Georgia 12/06/2012
- The Biltmore Mansion - Asheville, NC 01/05/2003
- Eat a Nathan's Hotdog - Coney Island 10/01/2008
- Visit Amsterdam 27/12/2004
- See the Elgin Marbles 01/01/1993
- Go for a soak at The Blue Lagoon in Iceland 04/04/2009
- The Reading Pagoda 10/10/2011
- Aiguille du Midi 31/08/2014
- See the Mona Lisa 30/12/2004
- Go up inside the Statue of Liberty
- Visit Graceland
- Bicycle across the Golden Gate Bridge 07/05/2015
- Ride in a sidecar 14/10/2012
- Sleep in a caboose motel
- Go whitewater rafting
- Try rappelling
- See the Parthenon 09/09/2000
- Deal's Gap 12/05/2003
- Cherohala Skyway 12/05/2003
- Lombard Street - San Francisco 01/06/2008
- Visit Alaska
- The National Motorcycle Museum
- The Liberty Bell 15/06/2012
- Mail Pouch Barn Hunting Trip 31/03/2018
- Do a lap on the Nurburgring
- Check out Bosozoku motorcycles in Japan
- Pike's Peak
- The Marine Corp Memorial - Washington, DC 06/07/2006
- Camp in Monument Valley
- Take the Lolo Pass in Idaho
- Leave a sign at the Sign Post Forest, Watson Lake - Yukon
- The collapsed Kinzua Bridge - Keating, PA 02/07/2015
- West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
- Have a piece published in a moto magazine
- The Rockville Bridge - Marysville, PA
- Go on a safari
- Tunkhannock Viaduct - Nicolson, PA 08/11/2015
- Learn to play a song on the guitar
- Read Siddhartha
- Hand of the Desert - Atacama
- Sleep in a Treehouse Hotel
- Attend Roller Derby
- See a geisha
- Learn to play ukelele
- Start drawing regularly again 31/03/2018
- Sing karaoke
- Northern Lights
- Sleep in an igloo
- Learn to meditate
- Go to an ice bar or hotel
- Touch a tarantula
- See the giant Gundam in Japan
- Ride the Wonder Wheel in a Swinging Car
- Bonfire on the Beach
- Pet a Lion or a TIger
- Hike a Canyon
- Attend a moto-blogger meetup
- Go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Keith Haring's Crack is Wack Mural
- Make a phone call in a red British phonebooth 31/03/2018
- Attend a school bus demolition derby
- Go the Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center
- Sleep in an Airstream trailer
- Own a dogs playing poker picture
- Visit and leave a letter in the Kindred Spirit mailbox - Bird Island near Sunset Beach, NC
- Send a postcard from Santa Claus, Indiana 12/10/2015
- See the Milky Way 15/07/2016
- Hike Walters Wiggle to Angels Landing in Zion
Bicycles, Wheels, Wings and Other Moving Things
- Own an old pickup truck
- Ride in a Smart Car
- Ride a Penny Farthing bike
- Ride a waverunner 15/07/2016
- Bi-plane Ride
- Ride the Cyclone at Coney Island 12/08/2012
- Have the courage to skydive
- Take a multi-day trip on my fatbike
- Ziplining
- Ride in a blimp
- Drive a Lamborghini 05/01/2011
- Ride the funicular in Pittsburgh 05/12/2013
- See the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile 24/04/2012
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Ride an Alpine coaster or slide
- Ride a snowmobile
- Take a bicycle vacation 02/05/2015
- Bicycle around Central Park
- Mountain Biking in Moab
- Ride on a camel
- Ride on a paddleboat
Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Run a Marathon
- Run a Half-Marathon
- Run the 10 Mile Run to the Brewery 20/01/2014
- Run the Cow Harbor 10K 20/09/2013
- Run a 5k 01/06/2013
- Try Sandboarding
- Do a mud run/adventure race 09/07/2012
- Polar Bear Swim
- Stand Up Paddling Boarding 01/09/2013
- Take a multi-day Hiking Excursion
- Scale a rock climbing wall to the top
- Hike the Half Dome trail in Yosemite
- Hike the Hall of Mosses Trail - Hoh Rainforest - Olympic National Park
Europe
- Gaudi's Casa Batlló - Barcelona
- Visit the Amalfi Coast
- Atomium in Brussells
- Ride the London Eye
- Visit Mont Saint-Michel
- Lake Reschensee drowned church tower 06/06/2017
- Neuschwanstein Castle
- Visit Santorini, Greece 09/09/2000
- Go up the Eiffel Tower 30/12/2004
- Gondola ride in Venice
- See Buckingham Palace 10/01/1993
- Preikestolen - Norway
- Stay in Corvara, Italy 08/09/2010
- Tour Gaudi's Sagrada Familia
- Lake Como, Italy 01/09/2010
- Throw a coin with my right hand, over my left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain
- Cube Houses - Rotterdam, The Netherland 29/12/2003
- Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary in Cologne, Germany
- Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Food
- Eat Fried Green Tomatoes 31/03/2018
- Bigelows Fried Clams - Rockville Center 31/03/2018
- Eat a Philly Cheesesteak in Philly 20/11/2011
- Eat Shoo-fly Pie 05/12/2013
- Eat a Primanti Brothers Po Boy
- Eat Strudel in Austria
- Eat at Haag's Hotel
- Eat at Tail o' the Pup
- Texas Lunch - Lock Haven, Pa. 06/06/2014
- Lexington Candy Shop - NY
- Randy's Donuts 01/05/2015
- Eat at the Circus Drive-In 13/12/2016
- The Clambox in Ipswitch, Ma.
- Get Car-hop service 31/03/2018
- Pinks Hotdogs - LA
- Eat at Modern Diner - 364 East Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Motorcycle Stuff
- Great St. Bernard Pass 29/08/2014
- Col De L'Iseran 30/08/2014
- Attend a MotoGP Event
- Ride the TAT - Trans-America Trail
- Ride in Iceland
- Isle of Man TT
- Gotthard Pass, Switzerland 01/09/2014
- Do a 24-hour motorcycle rally 10/10/2012
- Own a Ural 12/10/2012
- Check out the Barber Motorsport Museum - Leeds, Al. 01/05/2010
- Tour the Ozarks on my motorcycle
- Ride a Motorcycle in New Zealand
- Learn to ride a dirtbike 01/04/2010
- Ride the Beartooth Pass
- Ride the Blue Ridge Parkway - End to End 20/06/2012
- Colorado Mountain Roads
- The Stelvio Pass 03/09/2010
- Be able to ride my motorcycle 20,000 strictly pleasure miles in a year
- Ephrata Bike Meet
- Col de Tende - France
- Furka Pass - Switzerland 01/09/2014
- Ride a motorcycle in all 50 states
- The Puppy Dog Route
- Umbrail Pass 05/09/2014
- TN 421 - The Snake /Visit The Shady Valley Country Store 01/06/2012
- Take my dog for a ride in the sidecar 31/10/2014
- Visit the Ace Cafe
- Ride Col De Turini - France
- Motorcyclepedia - Newburgh, NY
- Bills Old Bike Barn
- American Police Motorcycle Museum - Meredith, NH
- Ride the Moonshiner 28 - NC
Museums & Art
- Andy Warhol Museum
- Neon Museum & Boneyard - Vegas
- The American Sign Museum
- Philly Mural Excursion
- HR Giger Museum and Bar 31/08/2014
- See Robert Indiana's LOVE in NYC 03/12/2009
- See Van Gogh's The Starry NIght 01/02/1996
- The Sistine Chapel
- Van Gogh Museum - Amsterdam 28/12/2003
- Visit the Louvre 30/12/2003
- See the Victory of Samothrace 30/12/2003
- The Museum of Bad Art
- The SPAM Museum
- PennDot Road Sign Sculpture Garden - Meadville, Pa 02/07/2015
- Grounds for Sculpture - Trenton, NJ 31/03/2018
- See Bernini's Ecstasy of St Theresa
- Michelangelo's Moses
- Velveteria - Museum of Velvet Art - Los Angeles
- See the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- The Hermitage Museum
- The Kelpies - Scultpure - Falkirk, Scotland
- Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum - San Antonio, Tx
- Visit Peter Toth's Sculpture Studio - Edgewater, Fl
- Visit the Henry Ford Museum
- Galleta Meadows Estate Sculpture Park - Anza Borrego - Borrego Springs, Ca
- Visit the Edward Gorey House & Museum - Yarmouth Port, MA
- See the Love Butt 31/03/2018
Roadside Americana
- Gemini Giant - Wilmington, Il. 15/10/2015
- The Blue Whale of Catoosa 23/10/2016
- Giant Barbells - Quakertown, PA 13/08/2013
- Claes Oldenburg's giant FREE Stamp in Cleveland 07/12/2013
- Visit the Shell-shaped gas station - Winston-Salem, NC 10/10/2014
- The License plate house in New Hampshire 18/08/2013
- Barnacle Bill's Mufflerman - Ortley Beach, NJ
- Fork in the Road - Westport, Ma.
- The Fremont Troll - Washington
- See the Banana-car 10/10/2015
- House on the Rock - Wisconsin 12/05/2005
- The Bedford Coffee Pot 30/12/2009
- Yvon the Mufflerman - Groveland, Ma. 07/08/2013
- World's Smallest Working Post Office - Ochopee, Fl 34141
- World's Largest Teapot - Chester, WV 02/07/2015
- See a Twistee Treat Ice Cream-shaped building 05/03/2013
- Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park - Wilson, NC
- Salvation Mountain 17/02/2017
- Haines' Shoe House 04/06/2012
- Dunkle's Gulf 03/01/2010
- Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold - Moundsville, WV
- Giant Legos - Enfield, Ct
- Carhenge - Alliance, NE
- Wall Drug 01/05/2005
- Pottsville, Pa - Mail Pouch Tobacco Fading Ad 26/08/2013
- Visit South of the Border - Dillon, SC
- The Mitchell Corn Palace 22/05/2005
- Do the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory Tour 24/08/2012
- See the Christmas Story House & Museum 06/12/2013
- Planters Peanut Car!
- Bishop's Castle
- Jolly Green Giant Statue - Blue Earth, MN
- Cabazon Dinosaurs - Cabazon, California 17/02/2017
- Second Coming House of Prophet Isaiah - Niagara Falls, NY
- See a Toynbee Tile
- Sleep in a Wigwam Motel
- LL Bean Bootmobile
- License Plate Building - Sylva, NC
- Muffler Man: Chief Merrill - Mifflintown, PA
- Muffler Man - Uniontown, PA 03/07/2015
- Muffler Man - Rockwood, PA 03/07/2015
- Whispering Giant - Sharon, PA 02/07/2015
- Whispering Giant, Burlington, VT 06/09/2015
- Whispering Giant, Laconia, NH
- Whispering Giant, Cherokee, NC
- Zippo Lighter Visitors Center - Bradford, PA 01/07/2015
- Whispering Giant - Williamsport, PA 05/07/2015
- Airplane Filling Station - Powell, TN 23/10/2016
- Forevertron - Sumpter, WI
- Giant Coffee Mug in Wilkes-barre, Pa 31/03/2018
- Visit the Bicycle Fence in Virginia
- See Tall Paul Muffler Man - Illinois 15/10/2015
- Otto the giant otter - Fergus Falls, MN
- Welcome To.. Mural - Waterbury 31/03/2018
US Travel
- The St. Louis Arch 14/10/2015
- Visit the Archie McPhee store
- Walk NYC's High Line
- See Wheeling, WV - Home of Mail Pouch Tobacco 05/12/2013
- Roswell, NM
- Travel the full length of Route 66
- Hoover Dam and the dam tour 30/09/1999
- Visit the Grand Canyon 01/05/1997
- Crater Lake 17/06/2008
- Yosemite 15/06/2008
- Pacific Coast Highway - California 24/06/2008
- Backbone Rock, Tn. 15/06/2012
- Antelope Canyon, Az.
- Hyner View - Pa 09/06/2014
- Visit Mount Rushmore 01/05/2005
- Go up the Seattle Space Needle
- See Old Faithful in Yellowstone 20/05/2005
- Portland Head Lighthouse 07/07/2008
- Multnomah Falls - Oregon
- The 4 Corners Medallion
- Glass Beach - Fort Bragg, Ca. 16/09/2010
- Teakettle Junction - Death Valley, California
- New Orleans Cemetery Tour
- Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park
- See Cloudgate in Chicago's Millennium Park
- Go to the Badlands 01/05/2005
- Travel through every US state
- Griffith Observatory 02/05/2015
- The Magic Garden - Philly 11/07/2015
- Mount Greylock in Ma. 14/09/2014
- Mount Equinox - Vt. 14/06/2015
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Canyonlands National Park
- Arches National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park 31/03/2018
- See the Redwood Trees 20/06/2008
- Stay at the Roxbury Motel in a theme room
- Visit The Little Red Lighthouse - Jeffrey's Hook Light
- Letchworth NY State Park
- Ride Under Bridal Veil Falls - Highland, NC
- Have a drink at the Carousel Bar - Hotel Monteleone - New Orleans
- Visit Taughannock Falls State Park - New York
Whole Wide World
- See the Taj Mahal
- Angkor Wat
- Visit the Great Wall of China
- The white cliffs of Dover
- Machu Picchu
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Uluru
- The Pyramids of Giza
- See the Moai on Easter Island
- See Château de Chambord
- Nova Scotia
- Stay at Le Château Frontenac in Old Quebec
- Stonehenge 10/01/1993
- Sydney Opera House
- St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
- Wat Rong Khun - Thailand's White Temple
- See the Matterhorn
- Sedlec Ossuary - The Bone Church - Czech Republic
- Explore Faroe Islands
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I love your list. I’ve been plotting a trip to Prabhupada.
I think you should add “Ride in Iceland with two goofy Virginians”.
Done!
If you ever come to South India, let me know. Would love to meet up and perhaps go on a ride. Your blog is pretty inspiring.
Thanks, Salman! – Will do 🙂