#100 – LOOKING FORWARD

One by one, month by month, I’ve accomplished 100 different things I’ve never done before.

There is something to be said for having a dream and fulfilling it the best way I can in the only way I know how.

I’ve made amazing friends, I’ve learned new things, and I’ve come closer to knowing myself than I ever have before.

And now I stand before you about to face down my next 100 adventures – and who can really say what that will bring – but if I have it my way, it will include the following:

I want to meet these awesome and inspirational Canadians:
- Justin Trudeau because he emulates what it means to be Canadian and I love his stance on the environment.
- Rick Mercer because he’s just plain awesome, and funny, and dead on with his wonderful rants.
- Col. Chris Hatfield because I just like him. He’s got a great personality.
- Stuart McLean because this wondrous storyteller makes me laugh and cry all at the same time.
Take a Virgin Galactic Trip to Outer Space!
Get my motorcycle license.
See the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba when they do their yearly migration in the autumn.
Learn how to operate a hot air balloon in the fall over a sea of autumn colours.
I’ve never been to Europe, Russia, China, Africa, Australia, or South America. I want to do that sometime soon.
Visit both the south and north poles. I don’t mind the cold.
Cooking lessons. I want to learn how to properly burn meat and make any kind of ethnic food.
I want to build one of those mud (cob) homes with my bare hands with coloured glass bottles and beautiful nooks and crannies.
Drive a Lamborghini around a race track and maybe get my race car driver certification.
Learn how to knit stuff.
Be in a Wes Anderson Life Aquatic meets Moonrise Kingdom meets Royal Tennenbaums meets The Darjeeling Limited film with the usual cast of characters. Quirk factor.
See a Tesla Coil in action.
Hang out in Cuba for a while and pretend to write. Maybe dance a little. Drink a mojito or two.
Go to India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Sri Lanka on a Tea Tour. Slurp!

If I can even hit one or two of these adventures in the next 100, I’ll be ecstatic – but who knows what the future holds in store for me.

I have no plans after my return to Vancouver from my 100th Adventure – so I guess I’m nothing more than a grain of sand with the world as my oyster. I tell you this….this pearl is open for adventure and that means everything is possible.