#104 Watch a Sunrise/Sunset

You all know the sayings, “stop and smell the roses” and “enjoy the simple things in life.” Well, even though our blog has had many suggestions of adventurous and extreme activities, some of the most enjoyable and essential things in life are the simple things. When was the last time you just sat and watched [...]

#101 Visit the Zilker Christmas Tree & Trail of Lights

 
 
Nothing kicks off the holiday season like spinning underneath the Zilker Park Christmas Tree until you feel nauseated and fall over, and drinking a cup of hot chocolate before strolling through the Trail of Lights.
If you’re not an Austinite, you might not know what I’m talking about, but this Christmas display and celebration is well-known [...]

#100 Go Skiing in the Summer

Last summer–Father’s Day, in fact–I had the unique pleasure of hitting the slopes of Aspen Mountain in the middle of June. Glacier skiing, common in parts of Canada and the Pacific Northwest, enables skiing almost year round. This is not the case in Aspen. The glaciers that carved out the Roaring Fork Valley have been [...]

#99 Enjoy A Fall Picnic

I love the fall. The leaves start turning colors along branches and streets. The air starts to smell from the aroma of burning wood in fireplaces. We get to trade in our flip flops and bikinis for fuzzy boots and scarves. It’s the perfect medium between summer and winter. 
 
 
While the weather’s warm, I love to [...]

#89 Go to summer camp

Attawaytogo: the motto of the summer camp I attended for 11 years (but we’ll get to that in a bit).
I know that Holley already posted about working at a summer camp, but I had to add my two cents about attending summer camp. Unless we have a large young blog viewership, I guess this really goes [...]

#84 Hit a drive off the top of a mountain!

When I would go on golf road trips with my dad we would always look for fun places to hit golf balls. My dad always liked to carry around old throw away golf balls in a sac that came in handy in these cases.
When I went to the beaches of Northern California with high cliffs, [...]

#81 Visit Pilanesberg National Park

This fascinating national park lies in an ancient, extinct volcano crater. It’s the fourth largest national park in South Africa at 212 square miles, and the picture perfect location for your next (or first) Safari. It’s unique position in between the wet and dry lands of Africa allows an unique mixture of vegetation and animals, including [...]

#73 Eat at the Salt Lick

This post really goes out to our blog audience outside of the UT and Austin realm because hopefully most locals know about the wonder that is… The Salt Lick. If you don’t, you’re missing out and should immediately get yourself in the car, drive to Driftwood, Texas, ask for a heapin’ plate of barbecue and [...]

#64: Try something Extreme

This kind of relates to Kristin’s awesome post about learning to skateboard, but I’m going to take another angle and go with BMX biking! I have to admit that I am still a little nervous to try this one out, but again, it’s on THE 144 LIST so I have to do it!
I’m bringing back my [...]

#59 Learn To Skateboard

Skateboarding has been around since the 1940s. When some California surfers didn’t have any waves to ride, they put some roller skate wheels on a box and away they went. In my hometown, it went more along the lines of…snowboarders wanting something to ride when the snow melted.
I learned to skate (no true skater really [...]