Welcome to 50 at 50!

    On January 28th I turn the big 50 and to commemorate this milestone I have decided that I will complete (or try to complete) 50 different challenges in my 50th year. I started yesterday and will finish on January 28th, 2022.

    Some of the challenges will be easy, some will be hard and some I just have to hope that COVID goes away long enough for us to travel by Christmas. 

    So, here are my challenges:

1	Read 50 books
2	Do a triathlon
3	Hike 50 miles total
4	Bike 50 miles
5	Multi-day back packing trip
6	Go to Europe
7	Climb a 5.8 outside
8	Run a 1/2 marathon
9	Take a cooking class
10	Learn a new skill
11	Visit a national park I haven't been to
12	Visit a state I haven't been to
13	See a concert
14	Learn the piano
15	Learn a Spanish
16	Try a new type of food
17	Finish all my unfinished xstitch pieces
18	Donate blood
19	Donate to a different charity every month
20	Do something that scares me
21	Eat a meatless meal at least twice a month
22	Float down a river
23	Learn to stand up paddle board
24	Cross country ski to Jenny Lake
25	Eat at a new restaurant every month
26	Do 5 pull ups in a row
27	Volunteer somewhere
28	Track down more of my Ancestry
29	Go fishing
30	Try a new meal each month
31	make a family cookbook
32	Have professional family photos take
33	Visit my childhood home
34	Fill out the gratitude journal
35	Learn to kayak
36	Learn to snowshoe
37	Climb 50 routes outside (at least attempt)
38	Go to the International Climbers Festival
39	Hike in the Sawtooths
40	Pick our own fruit
41	Get a massage
42	Write 50 notes/cards and mail them
43	Donate 50 items to the food bank.
44	Go on a hot air balloon ride
45	Donate 50 items/bags from my house
46	Create 50 things/craft items
47	Plant 50 items in my garden (plants, trees Ect)
48	Swim in the ocean
49	#1 songs for the past 50 years during my birthday week.
50	Take a nap in a hammock

I will post as I finish and start each challenge.