What States have you been to?

I was talking to my sister in law this weekend about how she has never left Texas and silently pondering how sad that is. I don't want to pity her but I love to travel and she has only been as far as 5 hours from home. That got me thinking have most people been to a lot of states (my assumption)? I don't feel like I have been to a lot compare to some of my friends (one has been to about 40). What I haven't done is been cycling in most of them, only three of the states. Looking at my list I sure don't go north, true southerner!

I have been to:

1. Texas (duh)
2. Louisiana
3. Mississippi
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. Tennessee
8. Arkansas
9. Oklahoma
10. Nebraska
11. Kansas
12. New Mexico
13. Colorado
14. California
15. Nevada
16. Ohio
17. Missouri

On our recent trip we drove from Calgary to Seattle & passed through:
Idaho(ok the top portion)
Montana(via idaho)
Washington
California-many many moons ago when I was a sprocket
The states below I did on my own back in 97..I went to Giants Stadium in Joisey to see U2 & did an eastern seaboard trip.
New York(I love NY :cool:)
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusets(i'm going to have to find the correct spelling in a moment.. :o)
DC (K..i had to see the Watergate building :o)
Delaware
Is Harpers Ferry in West Virginia? I remember going there

Oops-forgot Hawaii(just a quick stopover to see Pearl Harbour)

Canada-I've not been to the NWT, Nunavut or the Yukon. Every other province, yes.

Outside of North America
Japan-twice-Once for an exchange & the other time to teach english
Korea-
New Zealand-Lived in Jaffaland(that's Auckland for the non kiwis!) for 4yrs
Australia-been to Vic, SA & Qld
Malaysia
Vietnam
Cambodia
The Philippines
The UK
France
Germany-dad stationed in Lahr in the early 80's
Italy
Spain
etc etc

Well when I was 3 or 4 - just before kindergarten my parents and I traveled all around for a year. I'm betting we hit almost all of the contiguous US and I'm sure my life has been influenced by the trip, though I have to admit I remember little about it....

In my memory I've been to
Pennsylvania
New York
New Mexico
Nevada
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
West Virginia
Virginia
Washington DC
Ohio
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Oregon
Idaho
Tennessee
Kansas
Colorado
Montana
Washington
New Jersey
Texas
Vermont
US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas + St. John)

out of the country
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
France
Switzerland
Japan
Monaco
Canada

my brain has a hard time wrapping around the idea of NEVER having travelled outside of one's home town... though I know there are many people who never have.

I'm not sure I can remember, but lets see...

I'll start with the ones I've lived in:
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Michigan
Wisconsin
Maine
Pennsylvania
Florida
North Carolina
Oregon

Wait a minute, it would be MUCH easier if I list the ones I've NOT been to:
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arizona
Alaska
Washington (soon to remedy this since it's only across the river now!)
Montana

So, 13 that I haven't visited...so I've been to 37, soon to be 38!

Edited to correct - I'd forgotten Montana!

my dad is retired air force, and I spent 20 years in the army, so I've traveled a lot. Places I've LIVED for a year or more:
texas
mississippi
missouri
michigan
maryland
colorado
washington
washington DC
germany- spangdahlem (3 years)
germany- stuttgart (2 years)
korea- (1 year)

places I've traveled to or through
delaware
pennsylvania
virginia
west virginia
new jersey
ohio
wisconsin
indiana
illinois
kentucky
tennessee
louisiana
oklahoma
iowa
new mexico
nebraska
utah
wyoming
north dakota
south dakota
montana
idaho
nevada
california
oregon

canada (abbotsford)
austria
lichtenstein
switzerland
luxembourg
france
belgium
indonesia- jakarta, bunaken island, and sulawesi island
singapore

States I've lived in:

Ohio
Maryland
Illinois
California
North Dakota
Florida

States I've visited (more than just passing through on the way to someplace else)

Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Nebraska
Alabama
Louisiana
Colorado

Countries I've visited:

Canada
Italy
Holland
Austria
Spain
(and 12 hours in Paris, does that count? we're going to France again, soon)

Ok, I'll join in. I'm hoping to add another state this year. I've been trying to add one each year, but the last couple have been a little busy. I want to go visit my nephew in Boise this fall, that will increase my list by one. :)

I have been to:

1. Arkansas
2. California
3. Connecticut
4. Delaware
5. Florida
6. Georgia
7. Hawaii
8. Illinois
9. Indiana
10. Louisiana
11. Maine
12. Maryland
13. Nevada
14. New Jersey
15. New Mexico
16. New York
17. North Carolina
18. Ohio
19. Pennsylvania
20. Rhode Island
21. South Carolina
22. Tennessee
23. Virginia
24. Washington
25. West Virginia
26. Wisconsin
27. DC

Oh, I'll add in countries too, and I'm definitely anxious to add to that list!

1. Canada
2. Mexico
3. France
4. Germany
5. Austria
6. Czech Republic
7. Hungary
   

States I have NOT been to (because the list is shorter):

Alaska
North Dakota
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Delaware (Although I have this vague recollection of being there once on a trip; I know I've been on the Delmarva peninsula)
DC (I know it's not a state)

i've never been to alaska, north dakota, south dakota,
mississippi, arkansas or alabama.

I've hit all the rest.

I can't imagine a person only ever having been in one state, but i read a person on a forum saying she'd never seen apples on a tree. she was from Texas. blew my mind.

Wow some well traveled peeps here!

Here is my list:

States:

California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Colorado
Nevada
Idaho
Michigan
Georgia

Countries:

Mexico

Of those states I've riden a bike in 8. :)

Had posted query where people had cycled...
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ghlight=states

And to add to my list in addition to states and provinces/territories where I've cycled, places where I have visited (but not cycled yet) at least for a few hrs. or at least 1 day, not just passing through:

Michigan (1 full day)
Rhode Island (3 full days)
New Hampshire(1 day)
Connecticut (1 full day)
Montana (3 hrs...we walked into Montana from Alberta..:D from Waterton National Park into Glacier National Park)
New Mexico (if I forgot to mention. For 5 days)

Canada:
Nunavut-- covers most of Baffin Island in the Arctic (3 days)
Saskatchewan
Manitoba

States I've ridden bikes:

Michigan
Florida
California
Virginia
Oklahoma
Oregon
Washington
Arizona

States I've lived in (other than those above):
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina

States I've just been to (again, excluding the aforementioned)
Hawaii
South Dakota
Utah
Nevada
Georgia
Texas
New Mexico
Wyoming
Kansas
Arkansas
Alabama
Illinois
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Kentucky
New York
Minnesota
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Idaho
Colorado

Countries (roughly in order)
Germany
Canada
Mexico
Norway
Netherlands
British Virgin Islands
Italy
France (also ridden bikes in France)
Spain
Turkey
Egypt
Ecuador
Panama
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
Thailand
Hong Kong (pre-1997)

I have never left the country, not even to cross our South Texas border. Only lived in Texas, in fact other than 6 years of college (well DH took that long) I have only lived in a 30 mile radius of where I was born.

I will say my sister in law grew up much less well off than I. By no means was I wealthy but compared to her growing up I might as well have had an address on easy street. She is finally leaving the state this month.

Next year we will be adding Alaska to the list if all goes as planned. A close friend from college is living there for now due to his job transferring him, free room means we can actually afford to go! Plus he flies so much for work he thinks he can hook us up with some discount tickets. Alaska is probably the number one state I wanted to see. We are also hoping to go to Georgia but I have been there, it is a new one for DH.

I forgot I have been to Missouri! Went to St. Louis when I was a freshman in college. I didn't realize I have been to so many states, close to half now.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...eivebeen-1.jpg
Here and there and here and here and here.......

but not over there or there.

I really need to get west of the Mississippi. I plan on heading to Texas this fall, that'll be my first visit there.

US
Arizona
California
Connecticut (obviously)
Delaware
Florida
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington, DC

Canada
Labrador (Happy Valley/Goose Bay)
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Quebec (All the way to Hudson Bay!)

Elsewhere
Bermuda
England
Italy

I plan on seeing as much of this earth as possible. Ninety percent of that travel has been in the 5 years since I graduated college. Dad didn't like to fly, so growing up, family vacations were limited to wherever he was willing to drive (and he doesn't like driving). Joining a driving club is the coolest thing I've ever done, I've seen some amazing places thanks to them, and have made lifelong friends:)

You know, it's kind of funny that someone could go 5 hours from home and still be in the same state. Only in Texas can you do that.

Anyway.

Lived in:
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Connecticut
Washington, DC
Virginia

Visited:
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Michigan
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
California
Washington
Alaska
Idaho

Passed through:
Ohio
Indiana

Wow. Amazing how well-traveled most of you are!

Here's my list:

-- Northern California (born and raised) (rarely to Southern California)

-- Florida (Disneyworld when I was about 4 or 5 yrs. old)

-- Louisiana (to visit grandparents when I was very young -- they moved to CA to be closer to us when I was 10 or so)

-- Oregon (Ashland for the Shakespearean festival about 10 years ago and Portland for ice skating nationals about 30 years ago)

-- Northern Idaho (to visit people)

-- Nevada (brother and sister-in-law live outside Reno; also go to Lake Tahoe lots)

-- Arizona (lived there for 8 years or so -- met and married hubby there)

-- Illinois (college in Chicago)

-- Michigan (college friend's parents cabin, while living in Chicago)

-- Minnesota (visited college friend, while living in Chicago)

-- Wisconsin (church retreat, while living in Chicago)

-- Arkansas (one year of college)

-- Georgia (visit college friend's friends over spring break, while living in Arkansas)


I think that is it. More than I thought, but the majority of that was quick little trips with college friends here and there while in college). As far as out of the country goes, my husband and I went to Italy for the first time last year. Beyond that, I've never even been to Mexico or Canada.

My husband had never been outside of Arizona (okay, I think he did go to Mexico a few times and maybe Southern California) before we met/married. Now we're living in Northern California and he's been to Nevada and Italy. That's it!

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Originally Posted by ny biker

You know, it's kind of funny that someone could go 5 hours from home and still be in the same state. Only in Texas can you do that.

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Holy moly! How fast do you drive?

California is 770 miles long. Montana is 559 miles wide. And since the roads don't go straight . . . .

I live smack in the center of Oregon and can't get to the coast in under 5 hours.

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Originally Posted by ny biker

You know, it's kind of funny that someone could go 5 hours from home and still be in the same state. Only in Texas can you do that.

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I live in Central Texas, takes about 6-8 hours to leave the state in any direction! I would guess for someone in Lubbock to go to Corpus Christi it would practically be a two day drive.

It is crazy to us when people talk about driving just over to another state for dinner or something. :p That being said almost all of the states I have seen from a car, not a plane. Which is crazy to think about as well.

We do have a traveling bunch here, I guess my assumption was right for this group although I suspect we may be skewed somewhat.

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Originally Posted by SadieKate

Holy moly! How fast do you drive?

California is 770 miles long. Montana is 559 miles wide. And since the roads don't go straight . . . .

I live smack in the center of Oregon and can't get to the coast in under 5 hours.

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Oh yeah, and try getting to Baxter State park from the border of Maine in less than 5 hours! Pennsylvania is also a large state (particularly by east coast standards). And driving to Florida - nothing sucks more than cheering because you crossed into the state and then having to wait another 6 or 7 hours before you get to your southern Florida destination (never mind Key West!). :p

Ohh, I'll play...

Places I've lived:
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Louisiana
California
The Philippines

Places I've visited:
Utah
Montana
Texas
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Guam
Hawaii
Japan
Okinawa
Korea

Sheesh...for being a military brat I really haven't been to all that many places!

Lived:

Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Kentucky
Texas
New Mexico
Maryland
California

Visited:

Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connetitcut (sp)
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachutes
Michigan
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
West Virgina
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Guess, I should have listed the ones I haven't visited, too...

And my thanks goes to my 5th grade teacher who made us learn "50 Nifty United States" for helping me list those. :cool:

Countries -

Canada
Mexico
India
England
Switzerland
Singapore

I hope to do much more traveling soon as our kids are almost grown up

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Originally Posted by andtckrtoo

And my thanks goes to my 5th grade teacher who made us learn "50 Nifty United States" for helping me list those. :cool:

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HAHA!!! My daughter learned that song in 5th grade, as well. She's a sophomore in high school this year and can still sing it! :D

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Originally Posted by oxysback

HAHA!!! My daughter learned that song in 5th grade, as well. She's a sophomore in high school this year and can still sing it! :D

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It's one of those songs that will follow you for life. Handy actually. I'm surprised at the number of times I've had to list the states. Weird.

It's really mind blowing to think that people can just grow up in one place and not go anywhere.

I've never see snow/experienced a winter in my life. I'm hoping to in December when i'll be in NYC.

Also.. my country is.. well It's an island and a round island trip is about.. 125km. We're not called the little red dot for nothing.. heh. U can drive across the country in 1 hr. :p not much of us here.

states I've been to...
New Jersey
New York
Florida
California(when our plane stopped over in seattle for immigration)
Hawaii

countries...
Hong Kong
China (sichuan, tibet, shenzhen)
Japan (stopover)
Taiwan
Malaysia
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
USA

and I live in Singapore :D

Gosh, you can cross Indiana in one day--on a bike!

I've never lived anywhere but Indiana. :(

I've visited (in no particular order):

California (northern)
Wyoming (Grand Teton Nat'l Park)
Hawaii (Oahu)
Alaska (Inside Passage cruise)
Texas (Austin, twice)
Washington (Seattle)
Illinois (mostly Chicago)
Ohio (mostly Cincinnati)
Michigan (the LP)
Tennessee (Nashville but I'm going to NE TN this month)
Florida (too many times to count)
Louisianna (New Orleans)
Maryland (twice)
New Hampshire (I spent a summer there as a young child)
Kentucky (various)
Delaware (very briefly)
New Jersey (northern part of the state)
New York (NYC numerous times)
District of Columbia
Nevada (Vegas, baby)
Colorado (Denver and Boulder)
Pennsylvania (Philly briefly)
Virginia (Arlington only)

Internationally:
Canada (Montreal twice)
France (Paris, thrice)
Ireland (thrice)
Spain (Barcelona, Marbella and Seville)
England (London)
Scotland (Edinburgh)
the Bahamas

The places on my short wish list: Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Carolina, Tanzania (I have plans to go there for my 40th bday), Brugges, Amsterdam, Portugal, New Zealand and Rome. Of course, I'll always go back to Paris!

Oh! And how could I forget, Ecuador for two weeks as part of a missions class in college. That was my other out-of-the-country excursion . . .

States I've lived in:
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Pennsylvania
Nevada
California
Michigan
Connecticut

States I HAVEN'T visited:
North and South Dakota
Montana
Utah
South Carolina
Nebraska
Kansas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Mississippi

Countries I've been to:
Canada (Ontario, BC, Alberta)
Mexico
England
France
Germany
Portugal
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
Israel
Egypt
Turkey
Australia
New Zealand
Bahamas
British West Indies
Virgin Islands
Austria
Luxemberg
Greece

Wow, lots more than I thought until I started to add it up. In 1974 my family took the entire summer and travelled around Europe. That accounts for a lot of the countries.

I'd love to make it to Asia some day.

Former Air Force brat - and proud of it :D

States I've lived in:
South Carolina (all of three weeks)
Louisiana (in elementary school, then moved back as an adult)
Alabama
California (as a toddler, and back again as an adult)
Michigan
Arizona

States I've visited:
Mississippi
Texas (folks live there now)
Illinois (grandparents)
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
New Mexico
Washington
Oregon
Nevada (beyond Lost Wages too!)
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Virginia
Massachutes
North Carolina
Nebraska
Arkansas

Countries I've visited:
France (lived there)
Netherlands
Germany
Denmark
Scotland
England
Mexico (field collection trip in the Sierra Madres)
Canada - Quebec

Lived:
Ohio
California
Maryland
Washington DC
Kentucky
Texas

Visited:
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Florida
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Nevada

Countries:
England
The Netherlands
France
Germany
Belgium
Spain
Mexico

Here is my list:
US States
California (lived there for 3 years)
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Indiana
Ohio
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Hawaii
Alaska


OS
Australia (home country have visited or lived in all the states)
New Zealand
Malaysia
Thailand
Hong Kong
Singapore
England
Scotland
Japan
Canada
Marshall Islands

I love travelling and hope to all more to my list.:)

I feel like I'm a Non-Traveler reading all of your entries here. But a lot of my travel I have to thank my friends for -- they are military and I just follow them a lot!

Washington, Oregon Idaho, California, Nevada and Hawaii -- all I've visited a lot.

Brief visits to:
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Utah, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Wash DC, Maryland, Arizona, Montana, Ohio (very young--- don't really remember it)

BC, Canada, and several places in Mexico.

Working on a trip to Singapore and hopefully Australia while I'm that direction! We've started the J2S (Jes to Singapore) project -- we'll be having car washes and bake sales.. I'll keep you all informed! :D

Jes...come to Western Australia!! It's a quick 5hr flight from Singapore :D (just don't spend all your money shopping in Singapore :rolleyes:)