I am a lover of “to-do” lists, so as my 47th birthday approached and I heard about this “40 before 40, 50 before 50, etc.” idea, I thought “This is for me!” That launched my own search for 50 NEW things I wanted to do or experience before I turned 50.
Initially I wanted to launch my 50 b4 50 Experience on my 47th birthday (today!) with a 30 mile hike, but due to extenuating circumstances and an injury, that had to be changed. This led me to examine the first lesson to be learned on this adventure…being flexible. Definitely as I’ve grown older, learning to “roll with the punches” has been a strong theme! Life just doesn’t want to be controlled, dammit!! So today instead of hiking and running the Wildwood Trail in one day, I will be experiencing another first. A Portland tradition that I have never done before is watching the Swifts come to roost in Chapman School. I’ll picnic with my friends and watch this crazy scene and hope the Hawk doesn’t get any of the little ones! Moving forward I plan to blog about each of the experiences as they happen, and then check it off the list! I’m excited to share all these adventures and can’t wait to get started. If you’re curious, here’s my list….feel free to share constructive advice or funny stories about any of these: 1. Wildwood trail in one day 2. Cooking class 3. Summit South Sister 4. Summit Mt St Helens 5. Drive across the country 6. Travel to Alaska 7. Overnight backpacking trip 8. Visit NY City 9. Learn Spanish 10. Complete a writing project 11. Go to a weekend music festival 12. Do a century ride 13. Learn how to distill whiskey 14. Take a photography class 15. Read all the Agatha Christie novels 16. Hot Air balloon ride 17. Shanghai tunnel tour 18. 4T trail 19. Be an extra on Grimm or Portlandia 20. Oenata Falls hike 21. Visit the Wallowas 22. Take a Mt Biking class 23. Visit the Painted Hills of Oregon 24. Buy a SUP 25. Get a bike rack for the car 26. Travel to Iceland 27. Take a furniture construction class 28. Sew a dress for myself 29. Become proficient at yoga 30. Remodel a kitchen 31. Dune boarding 32. Hike around Mt Hood 33. Wilderness Survival Class 34. The Grotto at Christmas 35. Segway Tour 36. Vaux Swifts at Chapman School 37. FEAST Oregon 38. Participate in a Wildernessvolunteers.org project (or something like that) 39. NaNoWriMo 40. Learn to cross country ski (w/ Bert & Cheri) 41. Overnight snowshoe trip (cascade huts.com) 42. Visit Machu Picchu/ Peru 43. Hike around Smith Rock 44. Visit Joyce in Texas (or her next overseas spot) 45. Group Boat House trip 46. Zip line tour 47. Write a list of 50 things that make me happy & make a photo album 48. Take surfing lessons (preferably somewhere tropical) 49. Ride the whole Banks/ Vernonia Trail 50. Donate blood
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