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I've been looking through guidebooks, plotting and planning for next year and the year after's vacations, and my goodness, it really does bring it home to you how big the States are.
So where have you visited - and by that, I don't mean stopovers on flights or business trips (unless you had time to enjoy the places you went to, that is!), I mean actual visits to places.
We've been to:
New York City
Washington DC
Boston
Philadelphia
Pocono Mountains
Orlando
Gold coast of Florida
Miami
Key West
Charleston
Savannah
Hilton Head Island
Los Angeles
San Diego
Las Vegas
Yosemite
San Francisco
Grand Canyon
Chicago
I think that's about it for the moment, but I'm sure some of you can do better than that...
New York (3 trips likely to go again this year)
Las Vegas
LA
San Diego
Orlando
Boston
New England - based in Maine but visited New Hampshire and Vermont as well. That was a trip.
I'd love to visit Savannah and Charleston which I notice is on your list.
I've visited 49 states (not Hawaii yet). My favorite places are Boston, Cape Cod, Chicago, Montana is a gorgeous state, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, Stowe, VT, Holland, MI.
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Here's our list which we hope to add to:
Florida--both coasts and Orlando
Missouri--Kansas City and Branson
Arizona--Sedona and the Grand Canyon
Colorado--Denver, Boulder, ski areas, Col. Springs
New York--NYC and Long Island
New England--Bar Harbor, Boston, Mass. and Newport R.I.
All of the New England states (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachussetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) numerous times.
New York, both City and Upstate
Pennsylvania (Pocono Mountains, Hershey, Gettysburg, Amish Country)
Atlantic City, NJ
Washington D.C.
Florida -Orlando, Miami, Key West
Dallas, TX
Montana
San Diego, CA
We have visited 20 states, our favorite sites are Orlando, Las Vegas, Mackinac Island, Nashville, Pebble Beach and the Grand Canyon. We hope to add Alaska and Hawaii in the near future.
New England (6 states)
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Michigan
Virginia
District of Columbia
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Illinois (Chicago)
California
Nevada
That's 19 states! I'd like to get out to Seattle, Alaska, and Montana/Wyoming/Utah one day as well!
Maryland (shore to mountains)
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Washington DC
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
I don't think I missed any states. Most of these were covered in a 3 week cross country camping trip that my family took th summer I was 15. Great memories from that trip! I would love to visit the New England states and do a tour of the Southwestern states as well.
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Reason: forgot a state!
Maryland (shore to mountains)
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Washington DC
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
I don't think I missed any states. Most of these were covered in a 3 week cross country camping trip that my family took th summer I was 15. Great memories from that trip! I would love to visit the New England states and do a tour of the Southwestern states as well.
That's what I want to do when my kids get a little older- travel cross country over the summer...
I have been to:
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Florida
Arizona
Colorado
California
Neveda
Washington DC
Kentucky
Hawaii
Hope to get to all 50.
It really would be easier to list where I haven't been in the USA. As a child we couldn't afford to fly commercially, so we road tripped through all the states west of Montana down to New Mexico. And Dan & I have road tripped through every state except Alaska, Hawaii (have been there though), W Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.
Basically, I've been from Seattle WA to San Diego CA and all points east to New England and south down to Florida. So far Orlando is as far south as I've made it in FL, but we're going to Key West and Miami in December. And we spent our honeymoon in Hawaii.
I've also been throughout southern British columbia, most of Alberta, all of Saskatchewan except the very northwest corner, most of Manitoba, Toronto and Ottawa Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec and we're going to Montreal, Quebec in May. We're going to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama in November. Just about got this continent exhausted
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I marched in a drum & bugle corps for a good portion of my teenage years and we traveled the country by bus competing with other corps, sleeping on school gym floors and seeing the non tourist areas of the country!
Over those years I visited every state east of the Mississippi River as well as Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, & Oklahoma. It wasn't until well into my late 30's that I managed to get over the Rockies. I've been to San Diego twice on business, so not much more than the airport, hotel, driving past the zoo and dipping my toes in the Pacific.
I should add that my drum corps travels took me to Canada about 8 or 9 times as well! Mostly Montreal, Quebec and Hamilton, Ontario!
Wisconsin-Madison, Appleton, Wausua.
Upper Michigan and Michigan
Minneapolis, MN
Indiana
Ohio-Canton for the football hall of fame
Pennsylvania- Gettysburg
Washington, DC
Virginia
Florida-(of course)
Missouri-St Louis
Texas-Dallas
Nevada-Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe
California-LA, San Diego a LONG time ago
This summer we hope to drive to Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills area. I was hoping to continue to Yellowstone, but DH doesn't want to drive that far. I also have to get to the New England area-New York, Boston and Maine.
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considering Alaska is the largest state landmass wise, I've always understood vastness (that people on the East Coast can drive three hours and get to another state when it takes that long to get to teh next major city/town up here, it boggles my mind lol) anywho, states I've visited/spent a quality amount of time in.
Washington (state only)
Oregon
California
Montana
Florida
Missouri
Minnesota
Alaska (obviously)
I've only travelled the last five years, really, as it's too dang expensive to get out of Alaska.
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