Jordan’s Bucket List

This list began in 2010 while in Rwanda to motivate and ensure that I continue to LIVE. While this is not a comprehensive list of things I’ve done or have yet to do, it is a motivator to keep on living and pursuing life in abundance while here on earth.

*Bold = Accomplished

1.     Visit every continent (6)

  • Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

2.     Get a tattoo

3.     Learn another language fluently 

4.     Go to a World Series game 

  • 2016 Game 1 Cubs vs. Indians in Cleveland (SRO)

5.     Witness the birth of my own child

6.     Read the Bible all the way through

7.     Take a homeless person out to eat

8.     Visit every baseball park (whatever parks are current)

  • Wrigley (Cubs), U.S. Cellular (Sox), Miller Park (Brewers), Great American Ballpark (Reds), Chase Field (Diamondbacks), Progressive Field (Indians), Fenway Park (Red Sox), Citizen’s Bank Ballpark (Phillies), Yankee Stadium (Yankees), Target Field (Twins), AT&T Park (Giants), Dodger Stadium (Dodgers), Rogers Centre (Blue Jays)

9. Pay for somebody’s meal in a drive through 

10. Grow hair long enough to put into a pony tail, cornrows, or get dreadlocks, whichever comes first

  • Cornrows

11. Go skydiving

12. Witness an Olympic event

13. Witness a solar eclipse

  • August 21, 2017 in Nashville, TN

14. View a lunar eclipse

  • At Indiana Wesleyan University in 2015

15. Step foot in at least 150 countries (32)

Listed Alphabetically

  • Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City, Zambia, Zimbabwe

16. Spend at least one week in 50 different countries (18)

Listed Alphabetically

  • Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States

17. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

18. Visit the best waterfall on every continent (Minus Antarctica): Jim Jim Falls (Australia), Niagara Falls (North America), Iguazu Falls (South America), Plitvice Waterfalls (Europe), Thi Lo Su Waterfalls (Asia), Victoria Falls (Africa)

  • Niagara Falls - 2019

  • Victoria Falls - 2019

19. See the new 7 wonders of the world: Taj Mahal (India), Machu Picchu (Peru), Colosseum (Rome), Christ Redeemer (Brazil), The Great Wall (China), Chichén Itzá (Mexico), Petra (Jordan)

  • Chichén Itzá - 2017

  • Colosseum - 2019

20. Ride in a hot-air-balloon

21. Visit the Grand Canyon 

  • Vegas Trip 2016

22. Visit Rainbow Mountain in Peru

23. See the Matterhorn in Switzerland

  • August 6, 2019

24. Storm chase a tornado

25. Fill up an entire passport

26. Bet $100 on a Game 7 of a professional sporting event and win (any round of playoffs)

27. Visit Angel Falls (Venezuela)

28. Go to the World Baseball Classic

29. Go to the Pyramids of Giza

30. Make a Youtube video that gets 10,000 hits 

  • TU Silent Night 2012 video

31. Learn how to drive a car with stick shift

32. Own an exotic animal

  • Corn Snake

33. Visit the Jordan River

34. Bungee Jump

  • Bungeed over Victoria Falls - 2019

35. See the Northern Lights (aurora borealis)

36. Catch a fish weighing 10 or more lbs.

  • Mutton Snapper in Mexico

37. Crash a wedding

38. Sleep in a haunted hotel

39. Talk on the radio

40. Get tweeted or retweeted by someone famous

  • Tweeted at by Buster Olney: “@JCoff10 Agree with you. The stats show that… The teams that have gone ahead 2-0 in the best-of-7 series has won 59 of the 72 series.”

41. Ride the biggest roller coaster at Cedar Point

42. Pet a lion

43. Hold a monkey

44. Create fire!

45. Go to insane water-park BSR Cable Park in Waco, TX 

46. Go on a cruise

47. Marry the girl of my dreams and write my own vows

  • January 23, 2021 - Arches National Park

48. Hike to these waterfalls: Lower Yellowstone Falls (WY), Havasu Falls (AZ), Yosemite Falls (CA), Bridal Veil Falls (CA), Vernal Falls (CA), Nevada Falls (CA), Taughannock Falls (NY), Multnomah Falls (OR), Latourell Falls (OR), Palouse Falls (WA), Fall Creek Falls (TN), Ruby Falls (TN), Mooney Falls (AZ), Feather Falls (CA), Waimoku Falls (HI)

  • Multnomah Falls - With mom and dad during Micah’s Super Regional (2018)

  • Yosemite Falls - California Road Trip 2019

  • Bridal Veil Falls - California Road Trip 2019

  • Vernal Falls - California Road Trip 2019

49. Visit the Glowworm Caves of the North Island, New Zealand

  • Waitomo Glowworm Caves - 2019

50. See a rugby match in New Zealand

51. See a Wimbledon match in England

52. See a Cricket match in Australia

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