The Bucket List

I love adventure. I love having new mountains to conquer and new experiences to enjoy. Here is my current list of what I have done so far and some exciting adventures that I still want to do. I have done around 75% of the list but it keeps growing. My prayer is that God will give me great health, favour and finances so I can complete the rest of the list over the next 25 years. All things are possible!

* already done

1. Write at top #100 CCLI worship song (top 2000 so far)
2. Write and publish a book. *2014 ~ Leading Worship: Notes From A Grand Adventure
3. Ride an elephant* 2010 in Thailand
4. Ride in a hot air balloon
5. Visit 100 countries (72 so far)
6. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa (19,340 ft.)
7. Climb Mt. Fuji, Japan (12,388 ft)
8. Eastern Mediterranean Cruise (Istanbul-Egypt)
9. Lead worship playing electric guitar* 2010
10. Personally see over million people come to Jesus (over 350,00 so far)
11. Celebrate my 65th wedding anniversary with Anna (40th anniversary so far)
12. Personally hold all my grandchildren & great-grandchildren in my arms. (3 so far)
13. Live to 100 years old. (Live a healthy godly lifestyle)
14. Visit the Pyramids (Egypt)
15. Visit the ‘Taj Mahal’ (India)
16. Walk the ‘Great Wall Of China’
17. Get my scuba diving certification (I have dived twice but no certificate yet)
18. Ride in a glider
19. Walk up the Eiffel Tower (Paris)* 2002
20. Go to the top of the Empire State Building, (NY)* 2004
21. Walk thru Stonehenge* (England) 1974
22. Ride a gondola in Venice* 1993
23. Bungee jump off a bridge* (Nanaimo, BC) 1985
24. Skydive* (5x’s – South Africa & Oklahoma) 1975
25. Drive a dogsled team* (Canmore, AB) 2008
26. Barefoot water ski* (Lake Samish, WA) 1978
27. Jog ‘Cinque Terra‘ Italy* (approx. 13 Km) 2006
28. Ride a camel* (Mombasa, Kenya) 1988
29. Finish an Sprint Triathlon*- Calgary 2010
30. Captain a sailboat in the Caribbean* (British Virgin Islands) 1988
31. Visit all 50 US States* (finished 1984)
32. Visit all 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories (6 Prov. & 2 Ter. so far)
33. Go to the Montreal Jazz Festival* 1984, 2015
34. Take a band and play Christian music in Red China
35. Climb the dome of St. Paul’s (London)* 1980
36. Visit Edinburgh Castle (Scotland)* 2005
37. Scuba dive in Hawaii* 1985
38. Take my kids to Disneyland & Disney World* 1992 & 1998
39. Visit the Smithsonian* (Washington, D.C.) 1975
40. Take an Alaskan cruise
41. Go on safari in Africa* (3x’s so far-Kenya & South Africa) 1975, 1987, 1989
42. Play on a radio show* (Taiwan) 1978
43. Pilot an airplane* (Vancouver) 1985
44. Ride in a submarine* (Barbados) 2008
45. Personally see a real miracle*(Copenhagen, Den.) 2001
46. Cruise the Atlantic* (Southampton, England to Cape Town, SA) 1974
47. Visit the source of the Nile* (Lake Victoria, Uganda) 2001
48. Snow ski in Switzerland* 2005
49. Drive a snowmobile* (Whistler, BC) 2004
50. Read the whole Bible every year* (42 x’s so far)
51. Go to the top of the CN Tower (Toronto)* 2011
52. Body surf in South Africa* 1975
53. Cruise in the Caribbean* 2008, 2013, 2014
54. Cruise the Mexican Riviera* (LA-Puerto Vallarta 10th Anniversary) 1993
55. Surf in Hawaii* 1970
56. See the ‘Statue of David’* (Florence, Italy) 1988
57. See the ‘Mona Lisa’ in Paris* 1980
58. Swim in the volcanic hot pools of Iceland* (Blue Lagoon) 2004
59. Take a train across Canada* (Vancouver-Ottawa) 1967
60. Climb Table Mountain* (Cape Town, SA) 1975
61. Visit the “Christ The Redeemer’ statue* (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) 1987
62. Take ballroom dancing lessons with my wife* 2003
63. Climb Cascade Mountain, Banff* (2998 metres-9835 ft) 2007
64. Visit Red Square (Moscow)
65. Visit St Petersburg (Russia)
66. Cruise the Panama Canal
67. Visit all 7 continents (only Antarctic left)
68. Snow ski in the Canadian Rockies* (Banff, Lake Louise & Whistler) 1970-to present
69. Do the STP Bicycle Ride – 325 km (Seattle-Portland)
70. Do a 40 day fast* Vancouver & Philippines 1992
71. Jog around the Old City of Jerusalem* 1980
72. Ride a cable car in San Francisco* 1970
73. Get a Bachelor of Music Degree* (UBC) 1979
74. Cliff dive* (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico & Hot Springs, AR) 1974
75. Houseboat* (Shuswap Lakes, BC) 1990-1995
76. Do an overnight cross-country ski trip* (3x’s:Banff, Bow Hut, Asulkan Hut) 2007-10
77. Dine on a floating restaurant in Hong Kong* 1978
78. Record my own CD* (6 so far)
79. Hike the West Coast Trail* (2x’s – Vancouver Island, BC) 2010, 2017
80. Hike the San Juan Trail* (Vancouver Island, BC) 1999
81. Ride a hovercraft across the English Channel* 1981
82. Take a train thru the Chunnel (France-England)
83. Visit the top 25 major capitals of Europe (20 so far)(Prague, Budapest, Dublin, Moscow, Lisbon still left)
84. Snowboard* (Switzerland & British Columbia) 2005-2007
85. Parasail behind a boat* (Florida) 1974
86. Hike the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim:
87. Sell over one million dollars of music* (musical arrangements, songs & CD’s)
88. Dance the ‘Hora’ in an Israeli Kibbutz* 1975
89. Hike ‘Machu Picchu’ (Peru)
90. Visit ‘Petra’ (Jordan)
91. Go to the base camp of ‘Mount Everest’
92. Scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
93. Watch an outdoor opera in Verona, Italy* (twice so far) 1993, 2005
94. See the ‘Aurora Borealis’ (Northern Lights) in northern Canada
95. Go to Churchill, Manitoba to see the polar bear migration.
96. See the ‘Leaning Tower of Pisa’* (Italy) 2003
97. Get a Master’s Degree
98. Climb the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome)* 2001
99. Hike the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska & Yukon (5 days)* 2012
100. Write a sound track for a movie (I’ve done a couple of TV shows)
101. Do a motorcycle trip* (mountains of Taiwan) 1978
102. Fly around the world (London, Nairobi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangkok, Taipei, Hong Kong, Vancouver) *1992
103. See an opera in the Sydney Opera House* 2004
104. Go Caving. * (Cango Caves: South Africa 1975)
105. Climb Temple Mountain, Lake Louise* 3543 m (11624 ft) 2011
106. Take my grandkids on a camping trip.
107. Take a carriage ride thru the old city of Rome* 2007
108. Do the ‘Grouse Grind‘ (Vancouver, BC) in under 60 min* 2010
109. Go to the top of the CN Tower in Toronto* 2010
110. Visit the Tower of London* 2005
111. Bike the Lachine Canal in Montreal* 2011
112. Learn Italian (be able to converse)
113. Conduct at the 100th Anniv of the Calgary Stampede*2012
114. Become a ‘C’ level Squash player (currently D+)
115. Become a 4.0 Tennis player* 2014
116. Bicycle from Jasper to Canmore: 320 km* 2014
117. Attend an outdoor opera in Taormina, Sicily* 2015
118. Take a boat tour to the base of Niagara Falls* 2018
119. Central Mediterranean Cruise* 2019 (Sicily, Malta, Greece, Croatia, Venice)
120. Eastern Mediterranean Cruise (Istanbul, Egypt, Israel)
121. Become a 4.0 Pickleball player (currently 3.7)
122. Take my grandson up a mountain every year from 10-18 yrs old.* 2 so far.
123. Teach my grandkids to play and sing with an instrument.*2 so far.

and any other adventures that God brings my way..

“The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Jesus ~ “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.. and all these things will be added you.”

Jesus ~ “I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

Question: Do you have a bucket list? What adventures are still looking forward to?

Check out my new book: “Leading Worship ~ Notes from a Grand Adventure’. It is now available in Kindle or Soft Cover Editions.  This is a great gift for the musician or worshipper in your life.