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
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18
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