The List

Here is my preliminary Bucket List. I got most of the ideas from the website Hiddensandiego.net, and I hope emeraldrain doesn't mind me using her ideas (I figure that's what she made the site for anyway). I then supplemented with ideas from the San Diego Family free magazines, particularly the one called "Out & About: 380+ Fun Family Adventures," as well as a little bit from the AAA Westways magazine. I will probably add to it as I find out about new ideas. If anyone knows specifically about slides in San Diego (like playground slides, but cool ones, specifically super-long slides, concrete slides, and slides that go down hillsides), let me know and I will definitely add it to my list. Here goes:

Hiking/Nature

• XBlue Sky Reserve
• #Mt. Woodson
• XElfin Forest
• #Devil’s Punchbowl/Cedar Creek Falls
• Los Peñasquitos Canyon (easy)
• XHo Chi Minh trail
• #Kit Carson Park (hiking, and feed ducks?)
• XBlack Mountain trail
• #Golden Hill Park (part of Balboa Park)
• XPalomar Observatory (and trail)
• #Bridle Trail in Balboa Park
• #Palm Canyon in Balboa Park
• Adobe Falls in Mission Valley
• ?Old Pomerado Road
• #Old Mission Dam
• ?Stonewall Mine
• ?Lake Hodges (incl. bridge)
• #Webb Park (ducks & scooter)
• #Mission Trails Regional Park
• #Lake Miramar/Miramar Reservoir
• *Double Peak Park (San Marcos)

Museums/Paid places

• #Tijuana River National Estuary
• #Living Coast Discovery Center (Chula Vista Nature Center)
• #Carlsbad Flower fields (march-mid may)
• #Old Town museums (esp. Mason Schoolhouse)
• Marston House & Gardens
• ?Lavender Fields (free)
• #Mission Basilica San Diego de Acala
• #San Diego Botanic Garden ($12 or $8 plus $2 parking)
• ?Sunny Jim Cave ($4)
• #Water Conservation Garden (free)
• #World Beat Center (Balboa Park)
• #Map and Atlas Museum of La Jolla
• Women’s Museum (Pt. Loma)
• ?Whaley House (Old Town)
• ?California Wolf Center
• ?William Heath Davis House
• XMonarch Program Butterfly Vivarium
• ?San Diego Firehouse Museum
• ?Maritime Museum
• ?Midway Museum

Just to Look Around

• #Santa Fe Train Depot (Amtrak)
• Grant Hotel
• *Hotel del Coronado
• Point Loma University
• #UCSD grounds
• San Diego State grounds
• #Heritage Park Victorian Village (Old Town)
• ?Murphy Canyon
• XGalleta Meadows (metal sculptures)
• #25^th St. Musical Bridge
• #U.S. Olympic Training Center
• Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade

Day trips (multiple or extended activities)

• #Julian: apples and Eagle/ High Peak Mine
• Leo Carillo Ranch and Rancho Carillo trail
• Mushroom Beach (add to Beach Walk)
• #Presidio Park (trails and historic places)
• Rancho Peñasquitos waterfall hike and other stuff
• ?Warner Springs County
• ?Old Poway Park

Other

• #Ocean Beach Farmer’s Market
• #Maple Canyon (bridges)
• Blue Sky Ranch
• #Chicano Park
• #Queen Califa’s Magical Circle (Kit Carson Park)
• #Santee Drive-in theater
• #South Bay Drive-in theater
• ?Sunset Park (San Marcos)
• #Suspension Bridge (Banker’s Hill)
• #Topiary Garden 3549 Union St.
• Washington St. Skatepark
• #Grape Day Park
• XWriterz Blok
• ?Mt. Helix
• *Coronado Public Art Walking Tour
• #Tweet Street park 

*=I really want to do this

?=I might not really care to do this
#= I did it!
X= I decided not to try (probably because of distance, or difficulty)

I should probably number it... but then it'd mess up the categories if I were to add more. Hmmmmm.... Well, there it is for now! We'll see how much I can do in a year!