Things to do once in a lifetime

I always thought it was interesting that people made lists of things they wanted to do once in their lives (or they thought others should do those things once in their lives.) So I thought I'd write my own little list of things I've done once in my life and am not sure I will (or want to) do them again. This is not to say doing the following things wasn't fun (because they were all fun) and I'm not ruling out doing them again completely,  I just don't think I'll be doing them again any time soon. Anyway, I'm writing about the following things because I hope that maybe other people will want to do the following things too and have just as much fun doing them at some point in their lives. 

• Bike 500 miles: In the summer between my first and second year of high school my mum decided I wasn't getting enough exercise so she signed me up for this bike trip around Michigan. The trip was sponsored by our local YMCA and was actually a lot of fun. I discovered that you see a lot more traveling by bike. I never really thought about how much beauty there is in nature until I went on that trip. We basically followed the Great Lakes Starting in Jackson Michigan, going up almost to the Upper Peninsula and back down to Jackson Michigan again. There were 2 counselors and 4 boys and 4 girls on the trip. The trip was spaced out just over 2 weeks. Each day's ride depended on the distance between campsites. What was nice was that one counselor would ride with us and the other would drive a van ahead of us with all our stuff and tell us where to turn next until we got to the next campsite. That way, everyone could just go at their own pace. After all, we weren't racing, we were just having fun! I think the longest ride we did was 90 miles in one day-which was hard but it was worth it! All in all I'm really glad I did the trip. Although I have ridden my bike since that trip, I haven't biked 500 miles again. If you do go to Michigan in the spring or summer I hope that you do some biking-maybe not 500 miles but just enough to get an idea of how beautiful my home state can be!
• Eat a Chocolate Chip Cookiewich from Insomnia Cookies in Boston. This evening my friend took me to this ice cream place called Insomnia Cookies that have amazing ice cream sandwiches which consist solely of 2 chocolate chip cookies with ice cream between them. You can pick the ice cream you want inside it so we each got a Cookiewich with vanilla ice cream inside it. They turned out to be much bigger than expected so my friend and I decided to walk back to our respective apartments so we wouldn't feel so top heavy after eating the ice cream cookie wonderfulness. However, because the cookiedwiches were so big and left me feeling like I'd just eaten an entire meal, we both agreed we probably wouldn't get one again anytime soon, despite the fact that the cookiewiches did taste excellent-the cookies were actually warm! If you are near Boston or plan to visit, a Cookiewich is worth a try!
• Watch 4th of July fireworks on the Espinade on the banks of the Charles River: I did this once during the 3rd year after I moved to Boston. My friends and I decided to stake a spot on the Espinade and wait to watch the fireworks. We basically sat there from about 3pm to 11pm when the fireworks ended. It was fun because we had a big group of people to talk and laugh and have a good time with. The fireworks were also really nice. It's something I'm glad I did but I don't think I want to do it again anytime soon mostly because it is very crowded especially trying to get back home afterwards which was the only drawback for me. However, I hope that doesn't completely deter you from going. It is fun and worth seeing! :)