First off let me credit Bob Neubauer with the fantastic idea of listing what I've done in all 50 states.
All 50 States
As of now, in may of 2010, I'm two states away from having visited all 50 States in the United States of America. I'm making it a goal to visit the last two states that I have not yet visited, Arkasas, and Alaska.
I knocked the majority of the states of my list in a road trip I did in 2001, which took me 3 months and 22k miles around the country. I've since done a number of other road trips across parts of the country, leaving only the two states...
Alabama
I drove through the southern coast of Alabama through Mobile, on I-10 on my way back from a trip to Savannah, GA
1976 - The first time I was in Arizona, I was too young to remember the trip. I visited my Grandparents in SunCity when I was 18 months old.
2001 - The second time, I drove in on I-10 from Joshua Tree National Park, and went through Phoenix and Scottsdale where I visited the Frank Lloyd Wrights Taliesin. Then up through Sedona to Flagstaff where I stayed the night. I then drove north up 89, and visited Sunset Crater Volcano National Park, and drove through it into Wupatki National Monument. The view on the way back toward 89 from Wupatki is gorgeous, with a rainbow of rock on the horizon. From there I drove up 89 to the Grand Canyon, and camped in the park. I exited the state on this trip up noth near Zion National Park.
200? - Flew into Phoenix with some friends to visit another friend - stayed with her. We did a little road trip to Sedona and hiked up a mountain, And Visited the Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West in Scottsdale.
2008 - Drove into the state from New Mexico on I-10 into Tuscon, where I met my dad, who flew into the airport there. We stayed there overnight, and then went to Saguaro National Park & . From there we drove to Phoenix, Stopped at the Cadillac only junkyard on Grand ave., and then drove to Sun City, and found where my grandparents lived in the mid-seventies. From there, we drove out of the state on 10.
I live here
2001 - Mesa Verde, Durango, Telluride & Denver I-70
2007 - Montrose, Colorado Springs, Limon - Highway 50
Florida
This is going to be hard - I've been here a lot.
2008/09 - Was here Dec-Jan over new years. Flew into Ft. Lauderdale, drove to Key West, then Back up to Miami, and up through the interior to Orlando to Disney World Magic Kingdom, then back along coast to Ft. Lauderdale.
2007 - Drove through Jacksonville, then along I-10 to Pensecola.
200? - flew out for a wedding
2001 - Drove in on I-75, to Ocala, then cut over to Cocoa Beach, saw fireworks at Ron Jons, then drove on Daytona Beach, then up the coast to St. Augustine.
1996 -
1984 - Ft. Lauderdale & Orlando
This is going to be hard - I've been here a lot.
2008/09 - Was here Dec-Jan over new years. Flew into Ft. Lauderdale, drove to Key West, then Back up to Miami, and up through the interior to Orlando to Disney World Magic Kingdom, then back along coast to Ft. Lauderdale.
2007 - Drove through Jacksonville, then along I-10 to Pensecola.
200? - flew out for a wedding
2001 - Drove in on I-75, to Ocala, then cut over to Cocoa Beach, saw fireworks at Ron Jons, then drove on Daytona Beach, then up the coast to St. Augustine.
1996 -
1984 - Ft. Lauderdale & Orlando
2004 - Oahu,
2001 - Chicago
2007 - through the tiniest corner of Illinios near Cairo.
2001 -
2007 -
2007 - drove through the very corner of Kentucky going from Wickliffe to Fulton.
2001 -
2007 -
Maine
2009 - Maine was one of three states I hadn't visited at the time, I found an inexpensive flight to Boston, and drove to Maine from there. It was the end of the season there, so a lot of the places I got recommendations to go were closed, and there were a shortage of inexpensive places to stay. I drove into the state on 295 then turned off on 1 and drove to Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor. On my way back I also visited the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens, which were gorgeous! I spent a bit of time in Portland on my way back out of the state.
Maryland
2001 - Baltimore
Massachusetts
2001 - Boston
2009 - Boston
Michigan
2001 -
2002 -
Minnesota
Mississippi
2001 - drove up the natchez trace
2007 - Drove through on I-10
Missouri
2001 -
Montana
2001 -
Nebraska
2002 -
Nevada
2006 - Las Vegas
1996 - Las vegas
New Hampshire
2009 - Portsmouth
199? -
New Jersey
2001 - Shore
New Mexico
2001 - albuquerque, santa fe, taos
New York
2006 -
2005 -
2002
199
1986
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
2001 -
Oregon
2001 -
2005 -
200? -
Pennsylvania
2001
Rhode Island
2001 - Stopped and got gas.
South Carolina
2001 - Charleston,
South Dakota -
2001 -
Tennessee
2001
Texas
2001 - amarillo, dallas, ft worth, austin, san antonio, huston, galveston
2007 - Big Thicket Natl' park, I-10,
Utah
2001 - SLC
200? - SLC
200? - Park City
2007 - Moab & Arches Natl Park
Vermont
199? -
Virginia
2001
Washington
2001 -
2004 -
West Virginia
2001
Wisconsin
Wyoming
2001-
2002 -
Posts
