25 Great American Adventures

10. Jul, 2010 4 Comments

To quote Gwen Bell, “When you write your goals the whole world opens up in front of you.”  I so agree.  It is amazing how easy it is to lose track of your goals and dreams when you are occupied with daily life and it is even more amazing how powerful your dreams become once you commit them to page.

So why not start listing your goals whether it be places you want to visit, things you want to accomplish, or mountains you want to conquer.  Let’s start ticking these babies off.

This is just the beginning of a list of all the American adventures I want to someday experience.  I expect this list to keep growing and growing as I start crossing some of them off and discovering even more places.

25 Great American Adventures

1.  Revisit Alaska’s Chilkoot Trail
2.  Hike Kauai’s Kalalau Trail
3.  Explore Southern Utah’s Grand Gulch
4.  Camp on Isle Royale
5.  Conquer Teewinot in the Tetons
6.  Complete the Rim to Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon
7.  Climb in the Red River Gorge
8.  Hike the entire John Muir Trail
9.  Raft down the Green River
10.  Canoe the Boundary Waters
11.  Explore New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon
12.  Bike the Maah Daah Hey Trail in North Dakota
13.  Swim in the Havasupai Falls
14. Backpack in Wyoming’s Wind River Range
15. Ski the Birkebeiner
16. Climb Fisher Towers
17. See Oregon’s Crater Lake
18. Climb Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park
19. Run Through the Redwoods
20. See Everett Reuss’s Carving in Davis Gulch
21.  Cross-Country Ski in the Methow Valley
22.  Tour New Mexico Hot Springs
23.  Kayak the Maine Island Trail
24.  Raft the Salmon River
25.  Hike Through Giant Saguaros

Make your own list and share it in the comments!

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4 Responses to “25 Great American Adventures”

  1. AdventureRob 03. Aug, 2010 at 12:47 am

    I’m looking forward to your adventures around America :-)

  2. JoAnna 03. Aug, 2010 at 2:03 am

    I don’t know if I can think of 25 adventure goals right off the top of my head, but there are a few that I know I want to do:

    1. Hike the John Muir Trail
    2. Ride a dog sled and see the Northern Lights
    3. Take a hot air balloon ride over … I don’t know, somewhere
    4. Bike across Iowa
    5. Go rim to rim in the Grand Canyon
    6. Hike the Zion Narrows from north to south

  3. hooper 04. Aug, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    @JoAnna – Looks like we have some in common! If you’re ever up fo a rim to rim let me know :)

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