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The prompt for Day 4 in "Writing.Com in Wonderland" ![]() Let us know at least 15 places you’d love to visit if you have the opportunity to do so. Please give brief reasons--one sentence or less--of why these places are on your bucket list. This is rather complicated as several places that were on my bucket list to visit have been fulfilled courtesy of my second marriage in 2013. My wife and I have already visited: The western Carribean, including Cozumel, via cruise. The eastern Carribean, including Bermuda, via cruise. Alaska, including Juneau and Denali, via cruise and rail. The Great Lakes, all but Superior, via cruise through Canada and the US. The eastern Mediterranean, including Italy, Greece, and other Balkan countries, via cruise. And so many more places. The Bucket Travel List: 1. Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Arkansas, just to say we dug for diamonds. 2. The Pacific Coast Highway Trip (minus San Diego and LA), for the scenery and serenity. 3. The Badlands National Park, because we missed them on our RV trip west because my wife was sick. 4. Fall Foliage cruise from Quebec City through the Canadian Maritime provinces to Portland, Maine, via cruise. We did a drive through New England in Fall some years back and want to compare with the coast in Fall. 5. Washington DC in the Spring during the cherry blossom blooms. Also, I wish to see the Smithsonian Museum. 6. Ireland and Scotland, for the people, the scenery and the food. 7. Iceland, for the scenery. 8. Germany via a Rhine River cruise, because we both love the food and the scenery. 9. Chicago, because my wife wants to visit the city. Oh well ... at least it's not New York City. 10. New Orleans, for the culture, ambiance and food. 11. Trans-Canada via rail from Toronto to Vancouver because we've never been on a major rail trip. 12. Any Winter Olympics because I've always wanted to attend one. 13. Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN because my family stopped there on a trip from San Antonio to Maine when I was six. 14. A two-week drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains staying at B&B's and hiking. 15. Finally, an RV trip to any National Parks in Colorado, Utah, and surrounding states. I suspect my recent retirement has given my wife far too many ideas for traveling. It's not dull around here. ![]() |