What States have you been to?

[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.

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

[michelem]

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!

[SadieKate]

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.

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.

[Aggie_Ama]

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.

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. 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.

[GLC1968]

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.

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!).

[oxysback]

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!

[andtckrtoo]

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.

Countries -

Canada
Mexico
India
England
Switzerland
Singapore

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

[oxysback]

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

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!

[andtckrtoo]

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!

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.

[deeaimond]

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. 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

[indysteel]

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!

[michelem]

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 . . .

[roadie gal]

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.

[bmccasland]

Former Air Force brat - and proud of it

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

[wackyjacky1]

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