Bucket List: places to visit in the next five years and why

[Anonymous]

Every year, I make a list of places I want to visit in the next five years. For example, I want to visit Iceland to see the Northn Lights. Where would you like to visit?

[Anonymous]

Total eclipse of the sun will occur in August 2017 path of totality will go through the Carolina's I've thought about trying to experience it as I could drive there in about a day.

[Anonymous]

I have a reasonable bucket list. Finances have not been great lately.

Zion/Utah within the next few years

Prague within the next 7 years

Thailand and Vietnam within 10 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Total eclipse of the sun will occur in August 2017 path of totality will go through the Carolina's I've thought about trying to experience it as I could drive there in about a day.

You may want to go to Illinois actually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017

[Anonymous]

Somewhere in French Polynesia. Easter Island or some such. May settle for Hawaii LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a reasonable bucket list. Finances have not been great lately.

Zion/Utah within the next few years

Prague within the next 7 years

Thailand and Vietnam within 10 years.

Been there, done that. Prague was a waste of time.

[Anonymous]

Iceland, also. Going this summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Total eclipse of the sun will occur in August 2017 path of totality will go through the Carolina's I've thought about trying to experience it as I could drive there in about a day.

Thank you for this!! I just put a reminder in my calendar to book the hotel in Chicago in August. Kids will be 6 and 7 and a perfect time to visit my old city!

We've got Ireland, Puerto Rico, and southern Utah (which Chicago just bumped) on our 5 year plan.

[Anonymous]

My general bucket list includes Iceland, New Zealand, an African Safari, and Glacier National Park. But as a newly single mom with young kids, I'm probably not tackling those in the next few years (for both budget and chasing 2 kids around alone reasons).

Iceland with a friend might be doable while the kids are with their dad. It's somewhere I've always wanted to go. When I was a kid we used to fly Iceland Air to visit family in Europe and I always wanted to add the stopover and we never did. I went to the photo exhibit about Iceland at the Natural History Museum last week and it really reinforced wanting to go!

My daughter is obsessed with going to the beach this summer, and we have some friends who are planning a beach house, so that will probably be our summer trip.

We'll probably end up at Disney world in the next 5 years too. But that's not really a bucket list thing.

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Anonymous wrote:My general bucket list includes Iceland, New Zealand, an African Safari, and Glacier National Park. But as a newly single mom with young kids, I'm probably not tackling those in the next few years (for both budget and chasing 2 kids around alone reasons).

Iceland with a friend might be doable while the kids are with their dad. It's somewhere I've always wanted to go. When I was a kid we used to fly Iceland Air to visit family in Europe and I always wanted to add the stopover and we never did. I went to the photo exhibit about Iceland at the Natural History Museum last week and it really reinforced wanting to go!

My daughter is obsessed with going to the beach this summer, and we have some friends who are planning a beach house, so that will probably be our summer trip.

We'll probably end up at Disney world in the next 5 years too. But that's not really a bucket list thing.

+1

[Anonymous]

I want to ride a hot air balloon at the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to ride a hot air balloon at the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival.

+1. I only learned about that festival after last year's one was held, and it looks so cool! A friend lives there and she sent me some amazing pictures of it. If I went, I'd want to take the kids (the Darth Vader balloon was awesome).

[Anonymous]

I plan to go west for the 2017 solar eclipse....like idaho or wyoming. Jackson Wyoming that day would be awesome!

[Anonymous]

London
Swiss Alps
Holland
Hollywood
New York City

[Anonymous]

Scotland
Grand Canyon
San Diego (to see a friend)
Netherlands
Iceland
London
Versailles

(Not all can happen due to budget)