Travel goals

We have goals for our travel. This page documents our progress toward those goals.

• ✅Visit 100 or more of the 252 countries/territories in the world - Progress: 117 (11 more booked) January 25, 2025, with Botswana
• Visit 100 or more of the 193 United Nations member nations in the world - Progress: 95 (7 more booked) Switzerland should be #100 in April 2027
• ✅Visit all 50 U.S. States - Progress: 50; Completed in Oregon, June 2, 2026
• ✅Visit all seven continents, October 25, 2022, with Antarctica
• Visit all existing modern and ancient Wonders of the World
• ✅Ancient 
• Pyramids at Giza - ✅ April 9, 2022
• Modern 
• Petra in Jordan - ✅ April 3, 2022
• The Colosseum in Rome - ✅ April 25, 2022
• Machu Picchu in Peru -✅ June 12, 2024
• The Taj Mahal in India - ✅ May 10, 2025
• Great Wall of China - ✅ October 8, 2025
• Chichén Itzá in Mexico - ✅ January 13, 2026
• Christ the Redeemer in Rio - planned for February 2027
• Visit six of the seven Natural Wonders of the World 
• Parícutin Volcano, Mexico -We will not be visiting here as it isn't really a tourist destination, and there are safety concerns for U.S. travelers
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia ✅ November 28, 2023
• Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States ✅ September 17, 2024
• Victoria Falls, Zambia, and Zimbabwe ✅ January 24, 2025
• Aurora Borealis (also known as the Northern Lights) ✅ March 21, 2026
• Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - planned for February 2027
• Mount Everest, Nepal, and Tibet - planned for November 2028
• Visit the New Seven Wonders of Nature
• Hạ Long Bay: Located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam ✅October 27, 2023
• Komodo Island / National Park: Located in Indonesia ✅November 21, 2023
• Table Mountain: Located overlooking Cape Town, South Africa ✅December 27, 2024
• Jeju Island: Located in Jeju Province, South Korea ✅ October 23, 2025
• Amazon Rainforest and River - planned for February 2027
• Iguazu Falls: Located on the border between Misiones province, Argentina, and Paraná state, Brazil - planned for November 2027
• Puerto Princesa Underground River: Located in Palawan, the Philippines - planned for January 2028
• Set foot above the Arctic Circle (66°30′ N) and below the Antarctic Circle (66°30′ S)
• Arctic ✅ March 22, 2026, Alta, Norway, 69°58'N
• Antarctic - planned for November 2027  
• ✅ Set foot on the Equator - Quito, Ecuador, May 31, 2024, more accurately in Ol Pejeta, Kenya, August 12, 2026
• ✅ See the African Big Five - elephant, lion, rhino, cape buffalo, and leopard - leopard in Maasai Mara, August 14, 2026
• ✅ See the African Ugly Five - spotted hyena, warthog, vulture, marabou stork, wildebeest - wildebeest in Maasai Mara, August 14, 2026
• Visit Easter Island and see the Moai  - planned for September 2028