Goals

Thanksgiving 2023- Thanksgiving 2024 Hiking Goals:

The kids always want to do a 10 list, so that’s what we are doing this year!

  • 10 pre-baby hikes
  • 9 dog hikes
  • 8 hikes with friends
  • 7 kid-chosen hikes
  • 6 hiking dates
  • 5 new national or state parks/historic sites
  • 4 special snack hikes (like the hot chocolate hike!)
  • 3 water hikes
  • 2 new state hikes
  • 1 overnight hike

Thanksgiving 2022- Thanksgiving 2023 Hiking Goals:

  • 100 hikes total minimum
  • 20 new trails
  • Anything we didn’t accomplish these past two years:
  • Wildflower Hike
  • Overnight hike
  • Hike in every state that touches Missouri (except Nebraska)

Working getting to all 50 states before Jimmy turns 18!

Updated: Feb 2023

Past Goals

Thanksgiving 2021- Thanksgiving 2022 Hiking Goals:

  • Tackle Taum Sauk
  • Hike somewhere out west
  • Overnight hike
  • One hike in every state that touches Missouri
  • Wildflower hike
  • Orienteering hike
  • minimum one hike per week

2021 Susan’s Yoga Goal: Practice every time it is scheduled on my calendar.

2021 Susan’s Art Goal: At least one piece per week

2021 Susan’s Book Goal: One personal fun book per month- glad to get back to reading for pleasure!

Thanksgiving 2020- Thanksgiving 2021 Hiking Goals:

  • 10 brand new trails
  • 9
  • 8 camping trips with hikes (either backpacking or otherwise)
  • 7 waterfalls
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3 National Parks
  • 2
  • 1 Bucket List Hike

Thanksgiving 2019- Thanksgiving 2020 Hiking Goals:

  • 5 waterfalls
  • 1 National Forest
  • 1 National Park/Monument
  • 2 bodies of water
  • 1 stewardship hike
  • 1 introduce someone to hiking
  • 1 sunrise/sunset
  • 1 bucket list hike
  • 3 reflection hikes
  • 139 Hikes Accomplished (recap here)

Thanksgiving 2018- Thanksgiving 2019 Hiking Goals:

Goal: 52 Hikes

Accomplished: 61 Hikes (recap here)

Sources: 52 Hike Challenge