What's on your American Bucket List?
Sep 4th 2012, 7:06 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
I've done most of the things on my bucket list, the only ones left are:
Drive to Alaska
Ride the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Go to Mexico (maybe even further south)
Drive to Alaska
Ride the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Go to Mexico (maybe even further south)
Sep 4th 2012, 7:26 pm
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Sep 4th 2012, 7:30 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
. Sadly, I was not able to rustle up the funds to get over to Alderney as I'd planned to see the 1999 one so I had to make do with the, admittedly cool, 85% partial eclipse from my back yard and coverage from the lovely Phillipa Forrester on the Beeb.Here is the wikipedia article for reference ...
I shall see you down there, then
ETA: as the article shows, the path of totality actually covers the width of the country - up into Oregon. KY just happens to be the point of longest duration and, by lucky hap, the closest locale to me.
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Sep 4th 2012, 7:33 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
I've known about it ever since I made the decision to move here: It was a case of "right, let's look up eclipses in the area" . Sadly, I was not able to rustle up the funds to get over to Alderney as I'd planned to see the 1999 one so I had to make do with the, admittedly cool, 85% partial eclipse from my back yard and coverage from the lovely Phillipa Forrester on the Beeb.
Here is the wikipedia article for reference ...
I shall see you down there, then
ETA: as the article shows, the path of totality actually covers the width of the country - up into Oregon. KY just happens to be the point of longest duration and, by lucky hap, the closest locale to me.
. Sadly, I was not able to rustle up the funds to get over to Alderney as I'd planned to see the 1999 one so I had to make do with the, admittedly cool, 85% partial eclipse from my back yard and coverage from the lovely Phillipa Forrester on the Beeb.Here is the wikipedia article for reference ...
I shall see you down there, then
ETA: as the article shows, the path of totality actually covers the width of the country - up into Oregon. KY just happens to be the point of longest duration and, by lucky hap, the closest locale to me.
If it coincides with "Thunder Over Louisville" you will be able to see a Great Air Show, too.
Jim.
Sep 4th 2012, 7:35 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
7 hour drive from our home to Bainbridge, KN.
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Sep 4th 2012, 7:35 pm
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Sep 4th 2012, 7:37 pm
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Sep 4th 2012, 7:38 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
Actually, I hear the Republicans want to change the abbreviation of Kentucky to KN, since KY has too much to do with fornication and is probably related to contraception
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Sep 4th 2012, 7:38 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
Ill get there in the end! 
Sep 4th 2012, 7:39 pm
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Sep 5th 2012, 3:13 am
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Sep 5th 2012, 4:04 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
What's on your American Bucket List?
Sep 6th 2012, 2:00 pm
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Sep 7th 2012, 2:00 pm
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Re: What's on your American Bucket List?
Anyway, I'd add to my list:
To see a bear in the wild
Appalachian Trail
Catch a stupidly large salmon in Alaska...and I hate fishing, but it looks pretty out there and what else is there to do
Go to some kind of All Stars sporting event, somewhere.