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It's time to move on and move forward.
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When I was growing up we took several 2-3 week road trips. We hit all of the west(north and west of Texas) and all of the south(below Missouri and Kentucky). When my parents were working in Albany, NY, I flew up and we drove thru northern NY, Vermont and New Hampshire and part of Conn. I think I've been to about 40 of the states. I still need to visit the Great Lake states and Alaska and Hawaii. DH and I plan to get a motor home when he retires (hopefully in about 10 yrs) and travel around the states. It is amazing to see the change in scenery from oe region to the next.
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Let's see....I've been to:
California
Colorado
District of Columbia
Illinois
Iowa
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington state
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Wow -- that's more than I thought! I've never actually counted before. I've also been to Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. When the kids are a little older, DH and I would like to plan more road trips to see some of the areas we haven't been to yet -- we'd like to see the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone in particular (but with a toddler, we are too afraid of someone dashing off somewhere they shouldn't right now). And I'd really like to visit the northeast sometime, too. Hopefully we'll get to all 50 states eventually!
Mom calls to check on me and reminded me to pay the gardener. I love her so much.
Disneyland was fun with flag retreat and pickles. I have a home here, thank you. GAC is NOT a "front of the line pass".
She is gone but keeping signature. Laundry is getting done. My purpose in life is to help poor people in FL. Farewell, will miss you.
Philadelphia, PA
Poconos, PA
Lancaster, PA
Hershey, PA
New York, NY
Long Island, NY
Liberty Park, NJ/NY (Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island)
Beaches of NJ - Seaside Heights, Long Beach Island, Atlantic City, Ocean City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, the Wildwoods, Cape May
Dover, DE
Baltimore, MD
Ocean City, MD
Washington, DC
Richmond, VA
Williamsburg, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Myrtle Beach, SC
Florence, SC
Hilton Head, SC
Jacksonville, FL
Orlando, FL
Daytona, FL
Tampa, FL
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Anaheim, CA
San Diego, CA
Honolulu, HI
Lahaina, HI
Kapalua, HI
I spent a year with a prior boyfriend, a dog, and a broken down old RV we got for 2500. Over 18 months we visited every state but Alaska, Hawaii, and North Dakota. We had a budget of $30 per day and that included gas and food! We only had a few rules: no interstates ever and an every other other day shower policy. We only had enough water for 1 person to shower every other day. I wouldn't trade the experience for the world and I would never do it again. The boyfriend and I broke up when the trip was over. It was years before we could manage a civil conversation
That's a really neat question. Larger cities and areas:
San Francisco, California (with the OP as a matter of fact!)
Salt Lake City and outer ski resorts, Utah
Las Vegas, Nevada
Chicago, Illinois
New York City
Dallas, Texas
Baltimore, Maryland
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
Charleston, SC
Savannah, GA
Atlanta, GA
Every major city, both coasts of Florida
Mississippi Gulf Coast
New Orleans, LA
California
Hawaii (Oahu and the Big Island)
Washington State
Texas
Arizona
Boston
New York City
Vermont
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Memphis TN
Washington, DC
Williamsburg VA (as well as Springfield VA and Newport News VA)
and soon will be adding Orlando FL to my list!
*edited because I forgot to add DC and VA*
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Being a trucker's daughter, I've ridden with Dad through a ton of States. I don't really care to go back and actually visit many, unless I can fly to them. Ugh. Car trips.
I have not been to New England, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
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I've been to about half the states:
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Washington DC
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
And I'll be adding Arizona later this year, hopefully California too.
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I have traveled to:
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington D. C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
K. Here goes and relying a lot on memory of trips taken over the course of 50 years.
Lived in MD, DE, PA and CA
Visit on continuing basis (at least once every other year)
Orlando,FL
NYC
Washington, DC
Frederick, MD
Harrisburg, PA
Have been to:
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York - past the city - Rochester - Long Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
Mass.
Rhode Island
Virginia
West Virginia
North and South Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Utah (my favorite is Bryce Canyon)
Colorado (stayed overnight in Vail on 4th of July because of snow)
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kentucky
St. Thomas
And Montreal and Niagara Falls, Canada
My dd#3 has been to 45 states - she has been to UK, Finland, NZ, Australia and Bahamas also. Looking forward to getting to the other 5 and other continents. She will be going back to UK this summer.
Thanks to growing up with parents that had a motorhome and loved to travel, I have been to 46 of the 50 states, Washington DC, and Mexico and Canada. I am yet to visit Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.
If my father could have afforded to put the motorhome on a boat to Hawaii, he would have done so instead of flying there. He was less than thrilled about taking that flight.
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