Hmmm…I just went to a hot spring, but didn’t hike there, so still working on this goal.
slwest's Life List
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1. have a cream pie fight.
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2. Bake a cake and mail it to someone.
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3. Join a civic organization.
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4. write at least one letter or card per month. And send it.
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5. label my digital pictures, and put years - or other pertinent information - on my hard copy pictures.
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6. live in a mountain town for a time.
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7. Go Back to Alaska
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8. see UNC play a basketball game again.
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9. learn to play the dulcimer
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10. adopt a dog that likes to hike.
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11. go camping in the New River Gorge.
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12. acquire a good camera and learn how to use it for great landscape photography.
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13. visit Banff and Lake Louise.
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14. participate in another WorkFest.
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15. have a compost pile
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16. visit the towns where my grandparents grew up.
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17. go on a camping-kayak trip.
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18. have a hammock in the yard or on the porch.
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19. see the Caspian Sea.
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20. live passionately
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21. Learn to make fried green tomatoes
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22. participate in a drum circle.
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23. see live music in Austin.
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24. learn to play the drums
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25. hike to a hot spring.
1 entry . 11 cheers2 people -
26. take dance lessons.
1 entry . 15 cheers871 people -
27. Visit Taize
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28. visit Scotland.
1 entry . 13 cheers720 people -
29. have an evening primrose, and watch it bloom from time to time.
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30. live in Washington State for a while.
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31. take pottery classes.
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32. try cross-country skiing and/or snowshoeing.
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33. take a commuter train to the AT and backpack for a weekend.
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34. go to Gruene Hall
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35. run a half marathon
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