My Bucket List
Here are some things that I would like to do before I die ("kick the bucket")...in no particular order
1. Sail on a Passenger Commercial Cruise ship
2. Ride a Passenger Commercial Train (Amtrak)
3. Ride on a Jet boat
4. Helicopter Ride
5. Horseback Riding
May 1-3 1987 I went with the 12th Ave. Baptist Church Group (Phil and Sharon Brown) to CampWood near Elmdale, Kansas
6. Small Private Plane Ride
June 12, 1987 I went with Chris Ward’s Dad (Steve Johnson) who flew us over Emporia on June 12, 1987 in his Cesena 4-seat plane
7. Fly a plane by myself
June 12, 1987 Steve Johnson's let me take the controls of his Cessna Plane on June 12, 1987
8. Jet Airplane Ride
March 7, 1992 Dad had a conference in Palm Springs, California. We all flew from Wichita, Kansas to Phoenix, Arizona (American West Airlines) but was diverted due to bad weather to Las Vegas, Nevada, where we sat on the runway for an hour, before taking back off to Phoenix. Once we arrived in Palm Springs, CA, we flew in a “prop” twin engine plane to Palm Springs, CA
9. Snow Skiing
March 16 – 21, 1987 my parents and I went snow skiing with the Norman, Phyllis, Kevin and Beth Powers. We stayed in Dillon, Colorado. I took ski lessons at Breckenridge Mountain and the next day, my Dad and I skied on Keystone Mountain
10. Canoeing on a River
July 17-19, 1987 I went with the 12th Ave Baptist Church Group (Phil and Sharon Brown) to Anderson, Missouri. We canoed on the Indian Creek all day on Saturday and then half-day on Sunday Morning.
June 24-26, 1988 I went again with the 12th Ave Baptist Church Group to
Anderson, Missouri and canoed again on the Indian Creek.
11. Waterskiing
July 4, 1988 I went waterskiing with the Norman, Phyllis, Kevin and Beth Powers on at Melvern Lake
12. Ride on a Ferry Boat
August 3, 1981 I went with my parents on a ferry boat from Bedford, Massachusetts to Martha's Vineyard Island.
June 7, 1996 I went on a ferry (hovercraft) from Ramsgate, England to Dunkirk,
France
13. Sailing on a Sailboat
August 1994 I went sailing on Greg Ziesenis sailboat (The Chelsea) with my
co-workers from Emporia State University Media Center
14. Ride a Small Train
August 1982 I went with my parents to Durango, Colorado and rode on the
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
15. Trip to New York City
July 29, 1981 My parents and I drove through New York City (via the Lincoln
tunnel - Greg got car sick from all the car exhaust fumes). We saw the Empire
State Building and drove down Broadway, then got stuck in traffic jam near China
Town
16. Trip to Washington D.C.
July 1988 I went with the 12 Ave Baptist Church Group (Phil and Sharon Brown) to a Youth for Christ Convention
July 1991 I went again with the 12th Ave Baptist Church Group (Phil and Sharon Brown) to a Youth for Christ Convention
August 1995 I went with my parents to Washington D.C. where I stayed with Tim Hiner (TKE Fraternity Brother)
17. Trip to California
March 1992 Dad had a conference in Palm Springs, California
March 1997 Dad went to the same conference again in Palm Springs, California
July 2006 Greg had an interview at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California.
I took Chuck Ingenthron with me
18. Take a Trip some place outside of the United States
June 30, 1985 - Dad had a conference in Toronto, Canada
June 1992 - Greg went with the Emporia High School French Class to England, France and Switzerland
July 1993 - Greg and Parents with to England and Scotland
19. Whitewater Rafting
July 8, 1994 - Greg, Dad and Norman Powers went rafting on the Colorado River near Glenwood Springs, CO on a 7 mile (about an hour long ride) with the Rock Gardens Rafting Company