Summer Bucket List

Ah, summer. I have mixed feelings about it. I love how it puts school on pause, but I hate that extreme heat wave that swoops over Southern California. Either way, it enables me to try new activities that I don't get the chance to experience during the busy year.

This summer, I decided not to take any summer school, and instead relax, pick up a seasonal job, and explore my local area. I just posted about one of my favorite places in Pasadena (link here) which was a blast revisiting! There are so many things to do in Southern California, that I decided to comprise a summer bucket list to keep me on track.

To keep things interesting, I mixed in places to see and activities to accomplish. Most of the places in my list I've visited, but it's been a long time since I've been back. It's hard to find new things when you've lived in this area your whole life!

I hope this list inspires you to make a list of your own! So without further ado, here's my 2018 summer bucket list:

• Beach day and dinner on the water
• Disneyland
• Downtown Disney- dinner at Jazz Café
• Wine Tasting
• Watch fireworks
• Paint a picture
• Stay in a cabin in the woods
• Fly a kite
• Read a book
• Host a tea party
• Scuba diving
• Ride a boat
• Water skiing
• Go fishing
• Griffith Observatory
• Natural History Museum
• Sports game
• Wine and paint
• Lake Arrowhead
• Big Bear Lake
• LA Zoo
• Queen Mary tour
• Bowling
• Downtown LA
• Irvine Spectrum
• Picnic
• Huntington Gardens
• Make homemade ice cream
• Sea World
• Santa Monica Pier
• Bake lemon bars
• Throw a sleepover party
• Drive-in movie
• Water balloon fight
• Make something out of pottery
• Hike Mt. Rubidoux
• Shoot a gun
• Visit a monastery