La Tomatina Tomato Fight - World’s Biggest Food Fight

Joining into the seedy, slithery, tomatoey fun at La Tomatina in Spain was on my life list after I discovered the event last year.

At some point during the year I’d moved this goal to my “backburner.”

But only again after seeing this YouTube video did I come to terms with the fact that going to La Tomatina is really one of my TOP experience goals. I mean, as a tomato loving, Spanish speaking Europhile, how could it not be?

And THAT is why a “backburner” is good, rather than completely deleting goals from your list. It’s a place to stash away the “someday, maybes” as David Allen calls them. I’m glad to have realized that La Tomatina is a “someday soon, definitely!”

In fact at one time, Lisa Peake of Davidco also noted the backburner as being a neato aspect of SuperViva.

Do you want to go in 2009?

Perhaps we can get together a SuperViva tomato extravaganza!

Better yet if you’re clever enough to find a great last minute fare, well….

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Make Your Bucket List Adventures Happen

After a lifetime of outdoor adventures and sports certifications Kevin Crowe started an adventure travel “concierge” service - Bucket List Adventure Coaching, based in Georgia. It’s a cool idea: He connects people with the types of outdoor and extreme adventures undertaken in the movie The Bucket List as well as those often found on many life lists.

Kevin is clearly practicing what he preaches. One of his pics includes him pushing Lance Armstrong aside as he beats him in a bike race (or maybe I’m reading into the photo).

Check out Kevin’s company for inspiration to go for the extreme outdoor adventure you’ve only dreamed of!

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Ways to Travel Near Home This Summer

The New York Times compiled a list of The 31 Places to Go This Summer if you’ve opted out of a trip to Europe. The article particularly resounded as my friends, a family of 4, have done just that.
Several suggestions on the New York Times list include road trips. And with the price of gas, that can quickly add up especially if driving an SUV. Without further ado, here are some ideas to…

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Enjoy Feeling Like a Tourist At Home

(If you know what band I’m alluding to with that title and want a SuperViva t-shirt add a comment below with another near-home travel idea

1. Volunteer to do environmental cleanup work or other types of projects that bring you to people and places you haven’t seen before.
2. Visit other towns or cities in your state on day trips. Check your local AAA for events and deals in nearby areas.
3. Find out where tourists go in your own city and check out those places (except the “tourist traps” of course). Are there interesting historic or architectural tours to make you appreciate where you live? What about fun or odd new restaurants or food stands to explore?

   And make a local quest… For example I have a goal to explore the donut shops of Los Angeles. I also want to explore the “licuado” stands in California, as I’m a big fan of banana shakes and have drunk many such licuados in Mexico.

4. Go to all the local museums to learn about art and culture.

   I’ve been in the San Francisco Bay Area for years and only recently went to Filoli, a mansion and expansive grounds for hiking, which I now see also has a summer concert series. What hidden gems lie near you?

5. Take advantage of local events such as concerts in the park. Or organize one!
6. Enjoy and explore the natural wonders of your area. Think there’s nothing remotely natural or wonderous where you live? Check out some ideas on SuperViva and maybe you will change your mind.

A noticeable omission from the New York Times article: If you’re on the East Coast, I recommend a visit to Boston to discover our colonial history. Add on Salem where the witch trials took place as well as Cape Cod. Top it off with fulfilling a goal to Eat Boston Cream Pie in Boston and there you have a story to tell. (Yes you should make a goal to eat Boston baked beans too. Yummy!)

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Spring Into Your Photography Goals With Flower Power

For years I’d wanted to witness fields and hills blanketed with orange California poppies.

In general I believe you don’t have to accomplish every goal on your list. But finally this year after exclaiming “That’s been on my life list forever,” I did it!

The experience totally surpassed my expectations; I hope this blog post inspires you to review your life list for goals which are important to you but that you may have “avoided” in the past.

Why had I not done this before?
While I wanted to see the flowers, a long list of excuses stopped me:

• It was too much trouble to get off the highway.
• It would probably be too hot.
• Who knew how good the flowers would really be?

And assorted other blah, blah, blah.

The experience wildly surpassed my expectations.

First, it was simple getting there. Then I realized, I’d never researched how close to Highway 5 (the thoroughfare along the US west coast) is to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve.

Second, I chose an optimal time to go: Early morning, before the heat. On a day with few travelers. These choices helped me overcome all my previous “objections.”

And shortly after exiting the freeway I came across beautiful fields, one of them with a RIVER OF POPPIES. This is one photography expedition I’ll always cherish. Make a goal to photograph the California poppies too, and go for it along with your other Southern California explorations either this April or next year.

So go for your Spring photography goals today. And if what you’re looking for doesn’t appear, carpe the world around you. It’s all beautiful in its own way.

Missed the flowers? Here are my pics!

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