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2023 Challenge – New Experiences
- Traveled somewhere I had to fill out an immigration card
- Took an international flight
- Exited on the rear door of a plane
- Cruised with carry on only luggage
- Received a passport stamp
- Sat on a beach all day
- Received an immigration departure stamp
- Seen and touched a black sand beach
- Seen and stood on an active volcano (and toured a major disaster location frozen in time)
- Climbed foreign mountain (in flip flops too)
- Saw a sea turtle
- Saw a starfish
- Saw a lobster
- Ate a poblano soup
- Entered a French territory
- Entered an English territory
- Cruised without my mom
- Tipped a kayak in .2 seconds
- Saw a sea urchin
- Did stand up paddleboard
- Didn’t buy a t-shirt I every port I visited
- Visited St Lucia
- Visited Nevis
- Vsited Barbados
- Visited St Barts
- Visited Dominica
- Visited Montserrat
- Rode in a right sided driving car
- Saw the Atlantic sea
- Went through US customs
- Purchased ricotta cheese
- Made manicotti
- Visited Dublin, Texas
- Drove across Texas without seeing a State Trooper
- Saw Prairie Dogs
- Saw a dustnado
- Visited Great Sand Dunes NP
- Visited Colorado
- Visited Black Canyon of Gunnison NP
- Visited Utah State Park
- Visited Wyoming
- Wildlife crossing bridge
- Saw moose/baby moose
- Saw Elk
- Saw Osprey
- Visited Nebraska
- Walk through drive through (we had our camper and couldn’t make the turn into a coffee shop)
- Visited Grand Teton NP
- Visited Yellowstone NP
- Attended my own family reunion
- Visited Joshua Tree NP
- Visited Channel Islands NP
Just for good measure, here is 53+….
- Stayed on a known haunted transatlantic ocean liner in a first class cabin
- Went on a TV/movie set- several actually! Warner Bro’s Studio and Universal Studios
- Visited Los Angeles
- Went on a whale watching tour (there were no whales)
- Watched the Texas Rangers win a World Series (and stood very close to the trophy)
- Planted a thriving garden of cannas
- Created a website and blog
