Some day I would like to visit all the 50 states of the United States  So far I have been to 10 of them not including the current state I live and was born in.  Which are:

Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
California
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota




What states have you visited not including the state you currently live in?

Jerry

Mine are;

Georgia (I visited here twice before moving here)
Kansas
Missouri
Florida
California
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Utah
Louisiana
North Carolina
Nevada
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Washington,DC (I'm aware that it isn't a state) ;)
Arizona- Long Lay Over
Tennessee - Passing Through, Stopped For Dinner
Colorado - Another Dinner While Passing Through
Toronto (I know it's Canada, but it's just over the Peace Bridge) ::)
I've Also been to Monterrey, Northern Mexico

I'd still like to visit Washington, Illinois and Texas but currently, I'm more interested in traveling overseas.

The only place I have been in Canada is the very southern part of Alberta just to say I have been to Canada ::)

I would love to go overseas as well but the first country I want to visit is Germany and the U.K.

If you like mountains (and I mean high mountains, not hills like some people think hills are mountains), Montana is a great place to visit.  Glacier Park is a neat place even though most of the glaciers are melting way too fast.
And most of the people are pretty nice and friendly.

One of my favorite states to visit is Colorado but it has been a long time since I have been there.

Jerry

Hmm... *grabs a map*

Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Kansas

For those who do not have a map handy:



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/jbsch1/the-united-states-of-america-map.gif

I'm not sure I remember all the states I have visited, here's my attempt to list them:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Iowa
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Oregon
California
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Virgina
Pennsylvania
New York
Washington DC
Maryland
Hawaii

I've also been to
Vancouver BC
Winnipeg Manitoba
Toronto Ontario
Mexico City Mexico
Nassau Bahamas

I may have visited a few more states out east, but I was fairly young and don't remember them.

Edited to add Georgia

Do airports count?  If they do, then

Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusets
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C.
Wyoming

Also,

Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
England
Egypt
Germany
Mexico
The Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Spain

If they don't, take off New York, England, Germany, and the Netherlands

Yes, airports do count :)   Even if you rode a train through a state that would count too.


I went through Arizona on Interstate 15 but it was not an actual visit and it was so brief I did not list Arizona since I really did not visit it.  So, I could include Arizona but only as briefly traveling through the very tip of the northwest of the state.

Maybe I should start a thread of what countries people have been to ::)

Jerry

Oh.  I was only counting places that I'd actually stepped foot in for at least an hour or so, but if all airports and just driving through counts, then I've been to many more places. ;D

I forgot to mention that I'd also like to go to Alaska.  I hate the cold but I'd love to visit there once.

On business, flown direct:

Detriot, Mi. (too many times to count)
Denver, Co.
Orlando, Fl.
San Diego, Ca.
Eau Claire, Wi. (driven to from Mineapolis)
  which included the airport in
Minneapolis, Mn.

And a stopover, if it counts being in a state while only being in an airport:
SLC, Ut.

On a family trip in 1969 when I was preteen age:
Kansas
Colorodo
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
(with a very brief trip into Mexico.

My honeymoon to New Orleans (driven) included:
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennesee
Mississippi
Louisiana

My fishing trip to Canada in '80 was also a drive:
Iowa
Minnesota

Illinois had a drinking age of 19 in the mid 70's. Therefore I include it because it's close and visited a bar there on old Hwy. 50 often.

Short answer: 20 states total. My parents have made all 50.

Biker Braid.. you've been to over 30 states!  :o
What a list!  ;D

waiting4longlocks wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2008 at 2:22am:

Biker Braid.. you've been to over 30 states!  :o What a list!  ;D

I hadn't realized how many states I had been to until I started that list.  Having worked a consulting job that required travel helped me get to many of those states.  My current job also requires travel and has added several more states to the list.  When I retire, I hope to bike in all 50 states.  Hubby and I are drooling over a bike trip in the fall to the northeast.  Don't know if we can swing the finances for it yet, but it does look lovely!

A goal I should set for myself is to visit every capital and capitol building in every state which is a total of 49 because the only capitol building I have been in is the one in our state ::)

Jerry

Jerry wrote on Mar 9^th, 2008 at 7:00am:

...because the only capitol building I have been in is the one in our state ::) Jerry

Ha Ha, that beats me by one. I once drove in front of the Capitol building if Jeff City but it was midnight and I was on a driving binge to get out of my parents house for the night. (I was only 19 at the time and Jeff City is 120 miles away.

rodent wrote on Mar 9^th, 2008 at 9:57pm:

I once drove in front of the Capitol building if Jeff City but it was midnight and I was on a driving binge to get out of my parents house for the night. (I was only 19 at the time and Jeff City is 120 miles away.

Wow.  I don't like to drive so I never thought of getting away from my parents by driving.  I used to look out the window and wish aliens would come and take me away.