# What silly thing is on your bucket list? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937 "2018-04-23T04:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/41 "2018-04-24T03:21:37Z")
Some might say it would be silly to take a month-long cross country road trip with the New River Gorge Bridge as the main objective, but it’s an option I’m considering. I’ve always wanted to experience that place. The bridge and the gorge are famous to rafters, climbers and BASE jumpers, but I just think it’s a magnificent structure in a beautiful area of the country. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/42 "2018-04-24T10:03:57Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I want to get into a convertible (either a car or a ragtop Jeep) and drive across the Great Plains over back roads. I know a couple who did this. They took their restored Cadillac convertible and traveled from Dallas to Southern California. Their rules were: No maps, No plans, and No interstates. They did it over the course of a few weeks, just wandering backroads in a generally western direction. I did something roughly analogous to this once. I’ve mentioned on the SDMB that I sometimes deliver airplanes to new owners, and I decided one time to do it differently. About 5 years ago I picked up a Cessna in the PNW and wandered home to DFW without any reservations or detailed\* plans. I had 5 days to get it back, so for each leg I just picked a small airport (mostly) at random and flew there. Sometimes I’d buy gas and fly a little further, or if it looked interesting I’d bum a ride into town. I had no hotel reservations and relied on rides from strangers to get to and from the airport. Surprisingly, it worked out fine and I never had any trouble finding rooms or a ride. Answering the OP’s question, I’ve done quite a few of the things I wanted as a kid/teen. Operated a large crane, “driven” a large boat (48,000 tons, 650 ft), scuba dived (only once – I hated it), rafted the Grand Canyon, and flew a restored B-17 bomber. There are a few odd ones left though. -I want to see the “Blessing of the Fleet” in either Biloxi or Pass Christian -I’d like to see the annual motorcycle gathering in Sturgis (not a motorcyclist, but I think it would be interesting to watch) -Travel the Gulf Coast ICW (Intracoastal Waterway), spending a few months poking leisurely thru the harbors and towns\*\* \*To the pilots; I did file a flight plan for each leg, once I’d decided where to head to next. \*\*Already bought the boat. Currently outfitting and testing for the trip (simulating it by spending nights on the local lake, measuring fuel mileage, how long I can run the generator per night, how long a tank of fresh water lasts, etc. I hope to do the trip in 2020). ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/43 "2018-04-24T10:48:32Z")
I’ve traveled a fair bit, both across this country and internationally. But, I’ve never been east of Montreal. One day im hoping to get to the east coast for a visit, but also as a jumping off point for a road trip up and along full length of the North shore of Labrador. It’s not exactly well travelled but there are some amazing communities and it’s a remarkable route. (Not exactly silly, but I’m not so sure it will ever get done !) ---
**Author:** ![oscarhopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@oscarhopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oscarhopper)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/44 "2018-04-24T11:07:34Z")
I want to train like an Olympian for any event and maybe try out for the Olympics. I also want to go on an awful date and escape through the bathroom window (like in the movies). Finally, I’d like to live and work in a huge city, simply because I feel that I’m cut out for city life and I’d like to get that ambition out of my system. Edit: I’d also like to drive a fancy sports car and drive cross-country for a full week (not in the sports car, though.) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/45 "2018-04-24T18:45:12Z")
> [@](#): > > On any road leading out of the capital cities you will see more dead 'roos lying on the roadside. But yeah, they’re prolific as all buggery. I would really rather see a live one. I also want to swim in all five Great Lakes. I’ve done Superior and Michigan, so 40% of the way there. ---
**Author:** ![pdhenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pdhenry/32/5561_2.png) [@pdhenry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdhenry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/46 "2018-04-24T22:41:55Z")
I’d like to hike the [Camino de Santiago](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago) but I’m running out of time… (Hey, at least it’s not Pamplona…) Edit: Oh, and climb Kilimanjaro, but ditto. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/47 "2018-04-24T23:54:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Hmm, I can’t think of any really silly things on my bucket list; some big, some mundane, but nothing particularly silly. > > You may know this already, but you’re going to have to narrow it down quite a bit. In Germany, both “beer” and “sausage” are practically their own food groups. Whatever town you end up in, just add “er” to the end of it and that should take care of the sausage part of the equation. Well, depending. You could stay home and have a hamburger and a frankfurter, for practice. 🙂 Once you’re there, if you’re not completely comfortable in the German language and want to follow this plan of adding “er” to the end of the town to order a sausage, then I suggest you not go to Donaueschingen or Niedereschach until at least the third day. And you might find yourself prejudiced against asking for a Rottenburger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/48 "2018-04-24T23:55:47Z")
I want to go around the world. By my definition, I would need to go to a place that is directly opposite of a place I had previously been. For example, I’ve been to Hong Kong and the point opposite to that is somewhere in north Argentina. I want to go to Longyearbyen, Norway. The northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1000. There are daily flights from Oslo. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/49 "2018-04-25T05:25:05Z")
Easter Island…my parents subscribed to NatGeo and Smithsonian, so even as a kid, I devoured those magazines, there was a NatGeo spread on Easter Island that gave the whole history, good and bad, and had a pull-out insert map of the all the Moai… ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/50 "2018-04-25T05:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > I would screw up an evil person who did very bad things to me and a lot of other people and got away with it. Things that would mess his life up for decades. (I’m not clear on how is do this, but with enough money could probably hire an expert in the field). What a diabolical thing to say…I like it…go on, we’re listening… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/51 "2018-04-25T05:34:07Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Once you’re there, if you’re not completely comfortable in the German language and want to follow this plan of adding “er” to the end of the town to order a sausage, then I suggest you not go to Donaueschingen or Niedereschach until at least the third day. And you might find yourself prejudiced against asking for a Rottenburger. 😃 You might want to be careful with Berlin, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/52 "2018-04-25T05:38:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I want to take a long train ride, like the one across Canada. Then stay in those huge old hotels built for the train traveler a hundred years ago. I’ve ridden on the Via Rail “Ocean” route, from Montreal to Halifax, four times. It’s awesome. The Canadian trains kill the Amtrak ones in terms of comfort and quality (the Amtrak people work very very hard and they do their best, but problems with the US rail industry ensure that Amtrak will perpetually be a third-stringer.) Via Rail is another story. Their sleepers are like miniature hotel rooms compared to the Amtrak compartments (the long-ass hallways that two people can’t pass each other in are kind of a pain in the ass, but there’s nothing to be done if you want the extra space in the compartment.) Everyone who can afford to should ride on that train, it’s spectacularly cool. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/53 "2018-04-25T06:05:15Z")
I want to see the annual bison round up in Custer State Park or Badlands National Park. I want to see a night blast at Crazy Horse Monument. I want to find one of the places that lets you rent earth moving equipment for an hour or two, and play in a great big sandbox. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/54 "2018-04-25T15:05:47Z")
I want to buy a new vehicle. Never could justify it in the past, used vehicles worked just fine for me. With my retirement from the big airplane company just around the corner, I am going to make it happen. Also would like to drive a race car at Daytona. That will never happen. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/55 "2018-04-25T16:58:53Z")
I want to see the Northern Lights. Not badly enough to spend possibly an extended trip in ice/snow or really cold weather to see them. If they were more predictable so I could see spend a weekend in Nome and be assured to see them I could do that. or the Southern lights ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/56 "2018-04-25T17:23:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You might want to be careful with Berlin, too. Ditto for Rottweil… My bucket list: I want to see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Perseus. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/57 "2018-04-25T18:37:47Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I’ve lived in Aus all my life, and have never seen a platypus in the wild. They are notably shy and stealthy, but I managed to do this (in Benalla, VIC) a year ago. We waited quietly on a certain bridge that a certain platypus would cruise under most evenings around dusk. Got to see him / her four times. As for kangaroos - yeah, they’re common as muck. Probably easier to find than white-tailed deer in the eastern US - and at least as common dead, by the side of the road. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/58 "2018-04-25T19:27:45Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Ditto for Rottweil… > My bucket list: I want to see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Perseus. Ooh, yeah, sorry – you’re lost, bub. See, look at this map of the Alnitak metro area, damn, can you help me unfold this, it’s huge, so, you see this truckstop here? That’s the Tannhäuser Gate, where you should’ve taken a left. Then you’d be just off the shoulder of Orion. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/59 "2018-04-25T20:18:50Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Also would like to drive a race car at Daytona. That will never happen. ☹ It could, if you were able to make a trip down there. I give you the [Richard Petty Driving Experience](https://www.drivepetty.com/race-tracks/daytona-international-speedway/). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/60 "2018-04-26T00:47:10Z")
I want to orbit the Earth. Unless some great disaster happens, with the way things are going it looks like there will be an intersection point between my net worth and the cost to take a short trip to LEO sometime in the next 20 years. I can hold out that long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937.md?page=4)