One of the things I’m most mindful about when relocating to Canada, is that there’s a danger we’ll get so submerged in just ‘living’ in a new country, that by the time the ‘kids’ have enrolled and attended school, my husband has focused on his new job over there, and I’ve got a house and everyone settled – time will have gone by. Before we know it, we’ll be on our way home and the 12, 18, 24 months will have passed in a heartbeat.
Trying to make the most of this fantastic opportunity, we’ve sat down as a family and developed a ‘bucket list’ of things we have to do whilst we’re there and before we come back. For each one, we’re going to ‘capture the moment’ as a blog, document the evidence in the form of photos and/or videos, and we’ll ‘tick off’ what we’ve completed as we go along. It’ll also act as a form of bingo, and only when all are completed will we be able to call ‘house’ and return to England!!!!
Happy to add to the list too. I’m sure there are loads of things we haven’t listed or don’t yet know about and will want to do whilst we’re over there. But, as a list goes – it’s not a bad start!!!
We’ve come up with some categories to group the different bucket items by that sums up the activities they contain:
– Canadian ‘must do’s’
– Canadian ‘jaunts’
– Adrenaline junkie husband outings
– ‘Kids’ rule
So, without further ado, here’s our initial bucket list of 31 items:
Canadian ‘must do’s’
1. See a grizzly bear
2. Learn to ski
3. Try curling
4. Go up the Calgary Tower
5. Watch an ice hockey match
6. See a mountee
7. Drive in 6ft snow
8. See a moose
9. Go kayaking
10. Buy a fur hat
11. Drive a truck
12. Take a school bus
13. Take a train journey into the mountains
14. See ‘tumbleweed’
Canadian ‘jaunts’
15. Drive across the Island Parkway
16. Go up to the arctic circle
17. See the northern lights
18. Visit every province
19. Visit Price Edward Island
20. Go to the Calgary Stampede
21. See Lake Louise
22. Visit Banff National Park
23. Visit Jasper National Park
24. See Niagara Falls
25. Visit Baffin Island
26. Edmonton Folk Festival
Adrenaline junkie husband outings
27. Ride up Whistler on my mountain bike
28. Sprawl the Rockies
29. Drive a monster truck
30. Play ice hockey
‘Kids’ rule
31. Do snow angels in really deep snow & sink!
32. To visit the world’s largest swimming pool in Edmonton
33. Make a massive snowman & record how long it lasts without melting
34. Hunt for fossils in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park
35. Go taboganning
That’s not bad for starters. We’ll add to it as we get new ideas, suggestions – and of course, experience the reality!
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Love, love, love this idea! I would be likely to add “go tobogganing” which can be enjoyed by all ages. So much fun!
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Superb suggestion! I’ll add it on! Thankyou 🙂
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Clare, what a great idea. I wish I’d done something like that for our 5 weeks in New Zealand. Given you are in Canadia GO BIG! By that I mean drive a MONSTER truck, PLAY ice hockey, EAT moose.
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Hey I like that! Building it in as we speak!!!
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These are great lists! Am going to add a couple of these to my own! Exciting!
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Fantastic ! Thanks for the feedback!! Any ideas too, just let me know!!
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