I have brain cancer and have about a year and a half to go The doc says I’m solid till XMAS and will then probably relapse by July of next year. So, My sister is offering to fulfill a couple of items on a bucket list if I can come up with them. I was going to ask for a ride in the back seat of a P-51. In addition a trip to Ireland would be nice if I can come up with a companion.
Any other ideas? It’s her nickel.
MM
There’s a company that does “Vomit Comet”-style plane rides for a fee.
I have no suggestions for you, but I hope you can throughly enjoy each of the ones you choose to go for.
Best of luck to you.
P-51 would be cool.
Be good to have a few hints as to what you like. I would also break it down into some very specific ideas. For example, my bucklist would be to have a pint of real Guinness stout in a very local pub somewhere in an Irish village with a plate of whatever is the “special” for dinner.
My father was given about six months, and immediately went to Las Vegas and entered a poker tournament.
I think I’d want to do Christmas at Disneyworld.
I like aviation and Disney stuff, but I have to find a companion or this isn’t going to be as fun as I hope.
Whatever you do, have bucket-loads of fun mate. Sucks to have cancer, but none of us know how long we have in this life: being told a time-frame though makes it really bloody real.
I wish you the best bucket-list ever (sorry I can’t make any helpful suggestions, aviation scares me and Disney bores me) 
My bucket-list would involve lots and lots of food…mainly Asian.
This really touched me. Over 15 years ago I started planning and saving for my dream vacation to Hawaii. All I needed was a companion to go with me. I still have never been to Hawaii. I wish the best for you, but it doesn’t sound like you have that kind of time. Just go, and do the things you want to do with or without a companion. You’re not going to regret the plane ride or a trip to Disney, even if you do it solo. But you could definitely regret not doing it.
After I turned 75, I thought of going to some countries Id never expected to go to, Since then Ive been to Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Brunei and Suriname. So just pick a p;lace you never expected to go, and go.
Riffing of jtur88’s idea and what you already have, make it Ireland and Disneyland Paris. Add a hop to London in the middle and you can go to the theater there (there are always some cool musicals on, which if you like Disney I imagine you’ll like; if it’s around Christmas maybe you can go to a panto), then take the train under the canal.
I love this idea, and I would love to hear more about it (in a separate thread; maybe **jtur **can start an ask-the-guy-who’s-been-everywhere thread).
Regarding your ‘sentence’ - I am reminded of a local pro football coach being interviewed. The reporter was trying to pin him down on whether his star player will be able to play the next week due to a nagging injury. The coach kept repeating that he did not know.
Interviewer: “So, you’re saying that he is day-to-day?”
Coach: “Yes, he is day-to-day. But aren’t we all?”
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I would suggest a photo safari to Tanzania or Botswana, if she can afford it. The trip of a lifetime, and I’ve done it twice.
Go over to Universal for a day, or two, you can signup to be a volunteer balloon handler in their parade.
Are you asking for volunteers to come with you? Because I’m up for Ireland, but no way am I getting in the P-51.
Enjoy your list, and all the time you have. May you beat the house.
StG
For the Ireland trip and probably many others, you should consider doing guided group trips like Vagabond or Best Scottish Tours. We did each of those a couple years ago and enjoyed them like crazy. You’ll be with a small group, so you’ll make new friends and the guides are top notch. The service they give you is also personalized. For example, although the tours were published as seeing X, Y, and Z, each day our guide would give us a choice as to what we wanted to see/do that day.
Another good bucket list item: rafting down the Colorado River. I very much recommend Hatch River Expeditions, and do the motorized tours. Their guides are excellent, they handle the rafts so all you do is ride. The guides are a font of Grand Canyon lore and history, they cook breakfast and dinner for you every day. They cook things you wouldn’t think possible on a camping trip: spaghetti, freshly baked cakes, eggs to order in the morning. I crossed two bucket list items on this trip: seeing the Grand Canyon and riding in a helicopter! (If you do the 7 or 10 day tour, you won’t get all the way to Lake Meade, so they chopper you out of the canyon at the end of the trip.)
Lastly, I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I hope you can do these things and more, and just have a glorious time!
Does your sister have a million dollars?
Bucket list idea : Office Space - If I had a million dollars - YouTube
There are places in Nevada you can probably get it done for less.
Aw, in my eagerness, I misread this at a hurried glance as “does Vomit Comet style plane rides for free.” :(:eek:
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I don’t think the P-51 can accommodate two people in the back seat. How do you envision doing this with a companion, unless that companion is the pilot in the front seat?
Anyway, a brief googlization turns up a bunch of outfits that offer P-51 rides. In particular, a business called Stallion 51 in Kissimmee, FL seems to have a prominent Google presence. Here’s the story of someone who did that.
Hey, if the price were reasonably finite, I might do that myself!
Consider trying some introductory skydiving lessons too.
Heck, just doing one jump with no intent to learn more than “how to do one landing without breaking anything” is hella cool.