30 Before 30

My friend Shazia (who blogs over at the awesome Gap Year for Two- so excited for their trip!) posted this post yesterday and it got me thinking about things we/I plan to do before I turn 30 (since Brady's going to be 30 too soon... eeeeeeeeeek. Eeek eek eek. Eek.). There are a few things that I left out that we'd like to do in 10 years, because I'll be 33 by that point (now you know how old I am, lucky you). So, with number 1 being the most important, but everything else not really being in any particular order, here goes.

1. Own a cabin. Seriously I cannot stress enough how important this is to me. Frankly owning a cabin is more important to me than owning a house. (Which we'd like to do in the next 10 years.)

This is my dad in front of our family's cabin in Wyoming. My parents were around 30 when they bought it in 1990.

2. Get my American Canyon Guides Association certification.

3. Finally leave North America on a trip. (Ha. Yeah. I know. Sad. Hawaii doesn't count.)

4. Have a kid, I guess. Hahaha. We'd like to have both of our kids before Brady's 35, which means I can be 30 when child #2 is born. But that's not BEFORE 30. HA. Gotcha! Hahaha. This plan has since changed to coincide with school, and if everything goes to plan, I'll turn 30 when I'm pregnant with our first. So I guess maybe this goal should be "get pregnant on purpose and be happy about it"?

5. Compete on The Amazing Race with Brady. It's our favorite show, and it would be so awesome to even just be ON the show (though I'll admit, winning a million dollars would be flippin' sweet too).

6. Summit the Grand Teton. (You can NEVER do this one too many times.)

7. Descend every slot canyon on Zion NP's permit list. (There are currently 19.)

8. Learn a second language.

9. Ride in a helicopter.

10. Visit every US National Park with Brady (we've been to 5 7 12 of 58 together).

11. Go to New Zealand. Cry over all of the Middle Earth film sites.

12. Thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail (I'm thinking South bound).

13. Heli-ski in Alaska.

14. Have a cool camper (can be a truck with a topper, or a tent trailer, or whatever). [Purchased March 2015. Renovation completed TBD. ;)]

15. Visit the southernmost (check) and northernmost parts of the United States.

16. Successfully plant a real garden and keep it up.

17. Develop better eating habits.

18. Develop better cleaning habits.

19. Own the Complete History of Middle Earth in its entirety. (There are 13 volumes and they are out of print, except for Print On Demand.)

20. Meet Peter Jackson. Shake his hand, thank him for everything he has done, and (inevitably) cry.

21. Plan a successful Epic Road Trip for my friends that we all enjoy. #ERT_2015 [Completed August 2015.]

22. Complete 5 "major" home improvement projects (including Pinterest projects; including but not limited to replacing the horrible bathroom sink, building a "pantry," and building my gear nook).

23. Get my flippin' passport (which is required for leaving North America AND being on the Amazing Race, but it deserves its own thing).

24. Successfully be able to land a backflip on skis.

25. Reach my goal weight of 140 pounds (and not by getting fat).

26. Compete in (and finish!) a sprint triathlon.

27. Downsize and streamline my wardrobe/closet.

28. Pay off all of my student loans.

29. Visit the states in the US I haven't been to.

30. See a game in every single MLB stadium in the US. Woo! Baseball!