What would you buy?

If money was no object, what would you buy?

Easy. I would travel, travel, travel. I would visit a thousand travel websites, looking for out of the way places, as well as well known iconic places that have always beckoned, crooking a seducing finger to come....come....

Here's the SHORT list of immediate dream trips:

All major National Parks in the U.S.
Stand on the equator.
Climb to the top of a Mayan Temple
See temples at Angkor Wat
Go kayaking in Lake Louise, Canada
Visit the Rain Forest
Eiffel Tower
Taj Majal
Coliseum in Rome
Amsterdam
Canary Islands
San Juan Islands
Walk the Acropolis in Athens
Galapagos Islands
Great Barrier Reef
Ayers Rock
Perth, Australia
Ride a fan boat in Everglades
Visit 15 European capitals
Great Wall of China
Mount Rushmore
Costa Rica
Valley of Fire in Nevada
Flume Gorge in White Mountains
Canoe the Buffalo River in Arkansas
Milford Track in New Zealand
Hermitage in Russia
Patagonia
Desoto Caves in Alabama
Carlsbad Caverns
Niagra Falls
Madagascar
Meteor crater in Winslow, AZ
Venice
Vienna
Those are the well known places. I might come back to this list and add another section on the out of the way, hidden gems as yet undiscovered. A good friend found a place where you sleep up in the trees in Brazilian Rain Forest. That sounds pretty darn cool... Oh yes, if money were no object? I'd rarely be home. Wanderlust is my constant companion.

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Quote of the day: Old widowers in the back woods of the north shore got frog marched down the chapel aisle by the first woman quick enough to make eye contact with one of them over potato salad at a dead wife's wake. Harper - Worst Day of My Life So Far
Chosen because it made me laugh, this image of frantic spinsters leaping upon a brand new widower like bargain hunters at a fire sale.