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: 115 (8 more booked)  January 25, 2025, with Botswana
• Visit 100 or more of the 193 United Nations member nations in the world - Progress: 93 (4 more booked) 
• ✅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
• 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