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Here is my list. And I don’t count stop overs.
1) Alabama
2) Alaska
3) Arizona
4) California
5) Colorado
6) Florida
7) Georgia
8) Hawaii
9) Illinois
10) Kentucky
11) Louisiana
12) Maryland
13) Michigan
14) Mississippi
15) Montana
16) Nebraska
17) Nevada
18) New Mexico
19) New York
20) North Carolina
21) Ohio
22) Oregon
23) Pennsylvania
24) South Carolina
25) South Dakota
26) Tennessee
27) Texas
28) Utah
29) Virginia
30) Washington
31) West Virginia
32) Wyoming
I’ve seen more places in the US than in my own country.
Well, my current goal is to visit all 50 states.... We have road trips planned for the next three summers that should fully allow us to meet that goal.
I only count the states if I have spent the night there/truly seen the sights....
So, far we have visited:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
So, 29 so far.... Next month we are traveling up the East Coast to visit all of those states.... The following summer, we are traveling to the North West.... And the summer after that we plan to round off the fifty states with California and Hawaii....
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1. Indiana (well, it is where I live!)
2. Ohio
3. Illinois
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan
6. Iowa
7. Missouri
8. Mississippi (and I had to "sing" the song to spell it!)
9. Kansas
10. Arkansas
11. Texas
12. New Mexico
13. Arizona
14. California
15. Nevada
16. Utah
17. Colorado
18. Kentucky
19. Tennessee
20. Georgia
21. Florida
22. South Carolina
23. North Carolina
24. Pennsylvania
25. Maryland
26. Virginia
27. Delaware
28. New York
29. West Virginia
30. New Jersey
31. Alaska
Not states, but also American Virgin Islands and Washington DC. A lot more than I thought, but less than I'd like!
We just tonight decided to take a trip to Vermont at the end of the summer. We'll visit Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Then, I'll have 5 more states and only 14 to go!
DS and I just made it a goal to visit every state. So far our list is pathetically short.
Pennsylvania (live here, but it's a big state and lots to see)
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
DC
South Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
California
Tennessee (although this was just me so I need to take DS)
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont (again just me, so have to take DS)
Ohio
New York
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OK - I've lived in 6 states (with two repeats)
Texas
Florida
Washington
New Mexico
Louisiana
Maryland
Visited - 34 states and 2 territories so far (will cross 2 new ones off this fall)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Virgin Island
16 more to go to get to 50
Need to really focus on new England...
Will get North and South Dakota in Sept
All 50. The last state for me to visit was Alaska, which I saw with Disney Cruise Line. Then, I saw it again with an Adventures by Disney tour. Now looking to visit countries, I have not seen, outside of the U.S. with the help of Disney Cruise Line and Adventures by Disney.
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