Decided to switch things up again with the website. Instead of having my travels (both near and far) linked to the blog page–they will be linked to this page instead (though some might also have their own blog posts as well).
This is where I’m going to list my bucket list of places that I’d like to visit. So far I’ve managed to check one or two things off the list, and now need to start planning on how I can try to check one to three things off the list a year (hopefully). Places that I’ve visited I’m going to start making pages for that will be linked to this page.
Bucket list of place I’d like to visit (or revisit in some cases):
Hawaii

I’d like to get back to the Islands at some point. I’d gone in 2009 to celebrate passing my qualifying exam in graduate school.
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone National Park
Europe (England–see London Page; France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Sweden, and Norway)
Stonehenge (see London Page for more)

Australia
Take Safari Trip
See the Amazon
See Machu Picchu in Peru
The Egyptian Pyramids
San Diego
San Francisco
Galapagos Islands
New Orleans
Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon Monument & Preserves
See the Northern Lights
Great Wall of China
Statues on Easter Island
Victoria Falls
Mount Kilimanjaro
Ayers Rock
Yosemite National Park
Mount Fuji
Angkor Wat
Kakadu National Park
Banff National Park
Vienna Opera House
Guggenheim Museum
Taj Mahal
Petra Ruins
Rock of Gibraltar
Van Gogh Museum
Everglades National Park
Volcano National Park (Hawaii)

I’d like to go back to Volcano National Park with a better camera to be able to capture the lava flowing out at night, and just to see how much more it has spread since 2009. Currently the volcano is erupting outside the park, and numerous houses have been lost (but luckily no lives yet have been lost). So the volcano is on the march.
Great Salt Plains, Jet Oklahoma


Copan Ruins, Copan Honduras [Have been here–but none of the pictures that I took were digital; I need to invest in a scanner and start scanning these pictures in; I would love to visit again, but the country is now a little too dangerous to visit]
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad NM

White Sands National Monument

Mesa Verde National Park (Again have been here as well, but none of the pictures that I took were digital; once I invest in a good scanner I’ll start scanning those pictures in; though I would like to go back again to the national park).
Devil’s Den State Park (Arkansas)

Arches National Park
Badlands National Park
Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, & Canyonlands National Parks
Channel Islands National Park
Congaree National Park
Denali National Park
Glacier National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mount Rainier
Wind Cave National Park
Zion National Park
And probably more to come…….
Then here is my bucket list of things I’d like to do that will require at least a little bit of travel:
Set foot on all continents–So far, I’m good for North America and Europe (since the UK is ‘technically’ part of Europe, even if it is an island)
Live in at least two different countries with completely different cultures
Volunteer six months abroad
Spend Christmas on the beach
Sleep under the stars (camping)
Cross a country using public transportation
Backpack through another country
Travel at least once by train (long distance)
See a solar eclipse