Walking Connection
Sep 23, 20132 min
Rock On!
Someone once told Gene and I that one day when we are old and grey and sitting in our rockers, we would at least have so many wonderful travel memories to share…
Africa safari (Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana)
Float down the Amazon River – Sail the Greek Islands
Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Complete a half marathon – RaceWALK a 5k in under 9 minutes/mile
Complete a marathon
Hike on a glacier (Canada, Iceland, New Zealand) – Heli-hike (about 25 times!)
Climb the red sand dunes of Namibia
Polar Bear viewing in Churchill – Explore Alaska
Walk among the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands
Write a book (Come Walk With Me)
Produce a video (Getting the Most from your Walk)
Hike around the Matterhorn in Switzerland.
Kayak (Alaska, Galapagos, Cook Islands, Thailand) – Go to Tasmania
Hike on the Great Wall of China
Whale Watch (Namibia, Alaska, Sea of Cortez, Hawaii, California)
Visit the Arctic Circle (Grimsey Island) – Pet whales (Magdalena Bay, MX)
Walk to the 5 villages of Cinque Terre, Italy
View the Northern Lights (Canada & Iceland)Stand on the Equator (Kenya & Ecuador)
Tiger Safari by Elephant (Didn’t see a tiger, so I have to go back to India)
Hot air balloon ride (Kenya & Arizona)
Snorkel (Cook Islands, Galapagos, Thailand)
Stand on a reed island in Lake Titicaca – Walk Stonehenge
Canoe the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Travel in luxury on an Orient Express Train (Puno to Cusco, Peru)
Whitewater raft (Peru & Canada)
Sit on a yak (Shangri La, China)
Sky dive (albeit indoors, but someone in my life is STRONGLY opposed to me jumping out of an airplane and therefore I have no proof other than my eye witnesses Ena Nielsen and Kitty Nielsen – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!)
Cheers and here’s to making more wonderful travel memories…