42. Get my driver's license

This wasn't too difficult a process.  Apparently there are a lot more hoops to jump through to get a license nowadays.  I was kind of alarmed when I took the driver's education class, because a lot of the other kids in the class did not appear to be paying attention at all, even a little.  It wasn't an encouraging thought that those idiots were soon going to be piloting thousands of pounds of metal along the streets I was trying to drive on. 

52. Take a tour of a concentration camp

I went to Manzanar, which was one of the ten camps where Japanese Americans were interned in the US during World War II.  It's very windy and dusty.  You can see Mt. Whitney from there, which is the highest mountain in the continental US.  It's very sharp and jagged, and there are a bunch of other jagged mountains right next to it, so it's hard to tell which one is which.  They all surround this big flat area where Manzanar sits.  It's pretty far out in the middle of nowhere.  The town we stayed in overnight was pretty small, and all the 18-wheelers had to pass down this road that was one lane each way right through the middle of town.  The only thing left at Manzanar is a big metal auditorium that now has the visitor center in it.  You can take a self-guide tour of the camp, but the only thing left is the occasional foundation.  There are little wooden signs stuck in the ground, but it mostly doesn't look like anything. 

291. Take a tour of a brewery

I visited the Takara Sake Brewery in Berkeley, California.  It was great, and they have a whole little museum full of old-timey sake making equipment.  I really liked this huge wooden barrel they had, with spigots in the side at different heights.  Their lychee-flavored sake is great!  You'd expect it to be something horrible-tasting, along the lines of watermelon-flavored vodka, but it's not; it tastes good, like real fruit.  I haven't tried all of their flavored sakes, but it's on my list of things to do.  I also liked their Nigori, which is unfiltered sake.  It's white and cloudy.   

120. Knit a sweater

There's my sweater.  It's lumpy and weird-looking, but I finished it.  Also, I would recommend buying lots of yarn before you start, and not some weird brand no one's ever heard of, and that you will never be able to find again.  One and a half sleeves and the back are one kind of yarn, and the rest of the dark green part is another, more easily available yarn.  It would've also been more helpful to have a big circular needle instead of straight needles.  Fitting an entire front of a sweater on one needle was a little cramped.

67. Go kayaking

I like kayaking.  It's much better than canoeing.  Kayaks just feel so much more stable than canoes, plus you get to sit down, rather than kneel in an uncomfortable position.  I always seem to end up turning the canoe backwards when I try to go down little rapids, too.  Kayak paddles are more comfortable, too.  I should build a wooden kayak; that would be spiffy.  And you can buy a kit with the pieces cut out already.  I wonder how well they fit, and how much adjusting you have to do. 

271. Travel somewhere by myself

I went to Victoria, British Columbia by myself.  It was pretty spiffy.  This is inside the Parliament building.  The stained glass window was in honor of Queen Victoria and sat in the basement for years and years until someone found it and decided to open the box. 

591. Try Tang

Tang is an orangish beverage made from powder.  It's smoother-tasting than orange juice, but not a good imitation of it.  I guess the main reason to drink it would be because astronauts drank it.  I saw a recipe for a cocktail called the Buzz Aldrin that contains Tang.  It didn't sound all that great, due to the fact that it contained Tang.  Astronaut ice cream is pretty interesting though; it squeaks when you chew it.  And I heard that the astronauts had liquid forms of salt and pepper, since powdered versions might fly around and get stuck in the circuit boards.  I guess they had the salt dissolved in water, and the pepper suspended in oil.  It would be kind of cool to have that on your dining room table.  All your guests would be confused.