The Presidential Bucket List...so far
I mentioned in my introductory post for this blog that I have a number of bucket lists related to travel goals. In this bucket list I combine my love for travel with my love for history. My earliest historical interest was focused on the U.S. Presidents (which grew exponentially during a road trip between 2nd and 3rd grades). In fact, it was on this road trip with my parents and grandmother that I crossed the 1st two presidents off of the list. It is important to note what criteria I use to determine what qualifies as an official presidential site. Most of the earlier presidents do not have "libraries" like all of the presidents from Herbert Hoover to the present have. Additionally, after a president leaves office it takes a fair amount of time for a library to be established. Our two most recent presidents, Obama and Trump, do not yet have libraries built/open. It is not just libraries that I consider as qualifying sites. Additionally I also count homes, birthplac