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[msgb]

I was able to go to Alaska on a cruise with my father (who has since passed). My father and mother were going to go to Alaska but one of my sisters had a baby and my mother wanted to stay and help with the baby. My parents asked if I wanted to go and it was such a wonderful trip.

I was also able to go to Europe with my father. He wanted to visit one of my brothers and his family who live there. We were gone for a month. My husband was able to join us for the last 10 days or so and he had never before been out of the US. What a great trip for all of us.

[Porcelain]

I borrowed an airport cart and drove it around the airport terminals once. It was well before 9/11. I got pulled over but got away with it because I was cute. Would not do it again or recommend it to others especially now. So definitely a once in a lifetime experience.

[SeasonedCitizen]

@Peaches McPhee I remember telling a good friiend that I had gained many, many pounds while stationed in Germany and when she chewed me out I said I'd probably never get back--and she said I'd probably not fit thru the door next time.

And to me, that was a once in a lifetime experience.

[IamMrsG]

The fun stuff:
1. Skydived
2. Co-piloted a boat race (We won.)
3. Climbed a mountain to watch the sunrise
4. Rode shotgun in a NASCAR
Then we have:
5. Flew through a storm in a prop plane over an Alaskan glacier. Pilot was visibly and literally shaken, asked for help in seeing / avoiding mountain peaks.
6. Got caught on an electrified fence. (I pray that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.)
7. Had my hair set on fire. True story.
And saved the best for last...
8. Survived a cancer with less than 0.5 chance of one year survival.

Edited a typo. 

[I am still oxox]

Two stand out, our day trip to Sedona when we were in Arizona and our trip to Maartha's Vineyard for our 25th anniversary

[Porcelain]

Oh one time I took an impromptu bus tour of Scotland because I mistook the tarry-looking charcoal air filters in my London bedsit bathroom for heroin or hashish. It's a long story. But Scotland was beautiful. I may get back there, but not under the same circumstances.

[qualitygal]

@IamMrsG  I am so glad you beat cancer and that you're here with us after setting your hair on fire. (Or however that occurred).  I think on the electric fence and flying over that glacier, I'd call it quits on that.  

[IamMrsG]

@qualitygal   Thank you for your kind words.  I am 29.5 years 'out' now.   God is Good.

BTW, I didn't set my head on fire -- my groom did on our honeymoon.     Doesn't that cause a myriad of mental pictures?  

P.S.  He "flicked his Bic" (remember those?) and the wind blew my long hair right into the flame.  It's amazing how fast hair burns -- half my head was engulfed before he could beat it out with his bare hands.    

[patbz]

I've had many amazing experiences in my life including:

Attending three Olympics (Sapporo, Innsbruck, LA)

Climbing Great Wall

Attending two Inaugural s (Kennedy, Reagan)

Going a thousand miles down Amazon

Climbing to top of Mont San Michelle

Seeing parade for original Appollo 7

Going to Panmangeon (and seeing North Korean guards from two feet)

Seeing JFK three times

Working backstage on Bob Hope Show (Okinawa)

[depglass]

Reading this thread makes me realize what a chicken I am.  I absolute abhor heights, and the only slightly dangerous thing I've done is go out on the roof of the Empire State Building.  It would have taken a lot of effort to jump, but I think it could be done back in the 80's.  In other words, I was pretty safe.