Tuesday, June 10, 2014

States Visited

This week, my mom is completing a life-long travel goal by visiting her 50th state. We'll cross over from Minnesota into North Dakota on Saturday morning.

We'll be traveling with my "bonus dad," Steve Chapman, who will have just three states remaining on his journey towards this goal: Alaska, Idaho and Oregon.

I still have quite a few left. My wife is even further behind. Notes are an attempt to indicate first visits to each state.

State
Chris
Cassie
Alabama
Yes (LSU-Alabama game 2008)
Yes (grandparents live there)
Alaska
NO
NO
Arizona
Yes (Grand Canyon trip in high school)
Yes (visited dad at Honeywell school)
Arkansas
Yes (Hot Springs and Little Rock trip in elementary school)
Yes
California
Yes (San Francisco as newborn)
Yes (Los Angeles trip in 2013)
Colorado
Yes (many ski trips as kid)
Yes (visited friends as kid)
Connecticut
NO
NO
Delaware
NO
NO
Florida
Yes (spring training trips as kid)
Yes (Disney trip as kid)
Georgia
Yes (Atlanta Olympics 1996)
Yes (Craig and Amy’s wedding)
Hawaii
NO
NO
Idaho
NO
NO
Illinois
Yes (Rangers road trip to Comiskey as kid)
Yes (visit to Cyn and Chapman)
Indiana
NO
NO
Iowa
Yes (accepted job at WOI sight unseen in 2000)
NO
Kansas
Yes (Mizzou-kansas basketball game in 1999)
NO
Kentucky
NO
NO
Louisiana
Yes (drove through a lot as kid, but may not have stayed overnight until I visited James Adair in 2003)
Yes (born in Baton Rouge)
Maine
Yes (Lobster and Portland Head Light 2012)
Yes (same trip)
Maryland
Yes (Orioles game 1995)
Yes (lunch during DC trip 2013)
Massachusetts
Yes (Emerson College visit, Red Sox game 1997)
Yes (New England trip 2012)
Michigan
NO
NO
Minnesota
Yes (2014)
Yes (same trip)
Mississippi
Yes (Vicksburg cemetery 1996)
Yes
Missouri
Yes (College visit 1997)
Yes (Mizzou-Miami OH game 2011)
Montana
NO
NO
Nebraska
Yes (TCU-Nebraska game with Kevin 2000)
NO
Nevada
Yes (Las Vegas 30th b-day)
Yes (same trip)
New Hampshire
Yes (Dartmouth 2012)
Yes (same trip)
New Jersey
Yes (flew into Newark on NYC trip with mom)
NO
New Mexico
Yes (Santa Fe trip as kid)
Yes
New York
Yes (Baseball HOF trip with dad as kid)
Yes (New Year’s Eve trip)
North Carolina
Yes (Biltmore visit pre-Craig and Amy’s wedding)
Yes (same trip)
North Dakota
Yes (2014)
Yes (same trip)
Ohio
Yes (Cleveland and Canton trip with mom)
NO
Oklahoma
Yes (several times as kid)
Yes
Oregon
NO
NO
Pennsylvania
Yes (honeymoon)
Yes (same trip)
Rhode Island
Yes (New England trip 2012, visited Brown)
Yes (same trip)
South Carolina
Yes (Clemson driving range pre-Craig and Amy’s wedding)
Yes (same trip)
South Dakota
Yes (2014)
Yes (same trip)
Tennessee
Yes (Memphis St. Jude’s trip 2004)
Yes (Opryland as kid)
Texas
Yes (born here)
Yes
Utah
Yes (ski trips)
Yes (Blake and Heather’s wedding)
Vermont
Yes (New England trip 2012, quick stop for coffee/tea)
Yes (same trip)
Virginia
Yes (Arlington National Cemetery as kid)
Yes (DC trip 2013)
Washington
Yes (Rangers-Mariners trip as kid)
NO
West Virginia
NO
NO
Wisconsin
Yes (flew in, toured Miller Park before Chicago visit)
Yes (same trip)
Wyoming
NO
NO
STATES REMAINING
12
18