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My "Before They Graduate" Bucket List

Several years ago, I came up with a bucket list of places I want to take the girls before they graduate from high school.  We only have one more summer left to check these places off as 2026 is their graduation year and I thought we would all be going on a big trip to Greece or somewhere in Europe, but I think they will probably just do individual trips with a group of friends.

At the time (probably 6 or 7 years ago) this was my bucket list:

  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Bryce Canyon
  • Zion NP
  • Mt. Rushmore
  • Disney World (already been to Disneyland a few times)
  • Grand Canyon
  • Canada, particularly Vancouver, B.C.
  • Washington, DC
  • NYC

Hawaii and Mexico would be on there but we had already been when I created this list.

And now, as of January 2025, here is what we have checked off:

  • Yellowstone National Park (we are going this summer!)
  • Bryce Canyon
  • Zion NP
  • Mt. Rushmore
  • Disney World (already been to Disneyland a few times)
  • Grand Canyon (only the North Rim, though, not quite the same but still counts)
  • Canada, particularly Vancouver, B.C. (Olivia has been to a Young Life camp somewhere way North of Vancouver, but I don't think Kayley has yet been to Canada)
  • Washington, DC
  • NYC

Not bad.  Looks like NYC and Mt. Rushmore aren't going to happen, but we did ok.  By the time I graduated, I had been to only 5 states (WA, OR, CA, HI, ID) plus Canada.  They have been to 14 states and will hit 3 more this summer, plus Mexico and a Caribbean cruise.












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