Fifty States - a Bucket List Moment

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

I write this from Anchorage Alaska, marking my first visit to AK and the last state of the 50 to set foot in. It seemed like a moment worth sharing. The sun is out and there are snow-covered mountains in sight. I see a morning drive after breakfast to have a closer look. I'm here on business but the milestone has strong significance for a Kentucky guy who never dreamed of such a thing.

Some of the other states have barely seen my shadow. I drove from Boston down into Rhode Island, got out of the car and walked around a parking lot, got back in and drove back to Boston's Logan field to fly back to CA. Not much of a visit but feet on the dirt count. There are more stories to tell but they all sound better with a beer.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

That's a pretty cool accomplishment and story to tell. Congratulations.

I have a way to go to visit all fifty, but that's something I'd like to do as well.

 

[JarodRussell]

For others here 50 dates would be a bucket list moment.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

For others here 50 dates would be a bucket list moment.

OOOhhh SNAP!

 

[scotpens]

For others here 50 dates would be a bucket list moment.

We’re Trek geeks, remember? For some of us, one date would be a bucket list moment.

(Just kidding. I’m a kidder . . .)

 

[SmoothieX]

I'm up to 38 myself, with the goal of hitting 50 in the coming years.

Nice job Mutai.

 

[tomalak301]

I've been to a lot of states, but I'm not sure if I've been to 40. Might as well list the states I've been to going from West to East:

Hawaii
California
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Florida
Virgina
Rhode Island
DC
New Jersey
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania

 

[Finn]

I write this from Anchorage Alaska, marking my first visit to AK and the last state of the 50 to set foot in. It seemed like a moment worth sharing. The sun is out and there are snow-covered mountains in sight. I see a morning drive after breakfast to have a closer look. I'm here on business but the milestone has strong significance for a Kentucky guy who never dreamed of such a thing.

Some of the other states have barely seen my shadow. I drove from Boston down into Rhode Island, got out of the car and walked around a parking lot, got back in and drove back to Boston's Logan field to fly back to CA. Not much of a visit but feet on the dirt count. There are more stories to tell but they all sound better with a beer.

That parking lot spans a greater percentage of Rhode Island than Chicagoland does for Illinois so it counts

 

[JarodRussell]

The greatest disappointment is then when you realize that you've been to Delaware twice.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

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[Shatnertage]

Congratulations! That's the kind of thing I'd love to do. I've most of the Northeast, Pacific coast, and bits of the South covered, but have some pretty big gaps, particularly in the Midwest.

 

[JiNX-01]

I've been to 35 of the US states.
The only ones I haven't visited:
Alabama
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
West Virginia

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The greatest disappointment is then when you realize that you've been to Delaware twice.

Could be worse, you could have realized you've lived in Delaware for seven years

 

[iBender]

Hehe, Lococutus.

Hey, I actually qualify for this.

I've been to four and I want to see all fifty, one day.

I can cross

Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York

off my bucket list.

America's way cool.

 

[Canadave]

I've been to 14, myself.

North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
New York
New Jersey
Maine

 

[iBender]

I just read post #1, I guess congratulations are in order, Mutai Sho-Rin.

 

[RobertVA]

Rode in an automobile across the US half a dozen times as a child and was too young to remember the route except for the end points and a few other states. I've also visited the District of Columbia.

Certain I've been to:

Arizona
California*
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Virginia

*I don't remember it, but my parents said we actually saw Walt!

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I've been legitimately in the following states (meaning not just driving through to somewhere else):

New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
(DC)
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Minnesota
Arizona

Congrats to Mutai Sho-Rin. That's quite an accomplishment.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

It is an accomplishment but most of it is the side benefit of extensive business travel. If it was on my own dime, I probably would have only 15 or so. The same is true of international travel. I've been in 23 countries and territories but only about 6 or 7 on my own effort. The rest are all business ventures. That is the heart of the unexpected blessing.

 

[Marten]

Impressive feat, nontheless.

I'm at zero. Not that impressive, but someday I will do something about it. Most likely when they create that transporter so I don't have to fly.