GOL

I read recently where a travel writer said that if you have been to all 50 states or are close, then you know "your number" - My number is 44. Still have ND, SD, HI, Miss., AR and OK to go.

What is "your number" and what remains?

s.fowler

42. Not bad for not trying.

Missing:
So. Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Hawaii, Kansas, Arkansas, Washington, Louisiana

s.fowler

OOooooooopss. I just disproved the theory that was 43 states I've been to -- only 7 are "missing." My bad

cccc

What counts as "being" in the state.

I have changed planes in states I haven't vacationed in. I've driven through Delaware without stopping -- does that count?

bebe

What a loser I am. I've only been to 35 states - missing Alaska, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, South Carolina, Idaho, and the six New England states.

Owen O'Neill

I'm stalled at 44 states and don't expect to get to more until next year. the states I'm missing are LA, AL, MS, WA, AK and HI. My current trip plans for the next two years include New Orleans and Seattle. I'm figuring I can knock off the deep South states on the NO trip but AK and HI will have to wait awhile.

dan woodlief

Not as many as I would like. 18 + DC. Add a couple more for plane changes, but I don't count those. I have tended to use most of my vacations for foreign travel over the last view years, and my family never went on long vacations when I was growing up. However, I expect this list to grow a lot over the next few years. Having a young child has made us take more domestic trips for now. The good thing is I am still quite young and already have some distant ones (Hawaii and Washington) on the visited list. My gaps are New England, the Deep South, and the Far West.

Patrick

I'm at 47, but this summer will add Alaska, leaving only 2--Hawaii and North Dakota. Just can't get excited about either, but I suppose someday may finish off the list.

Brian Rudowski

My number is 48. Missing are LA and HI. I will be going to New Orleans, LA next month to make it 49. Hawaii is still just a dream.....

Brian

Cindy

I am surprised to learn the number of states visited is a measly 28, counting vacations, all business trips, childhood travel, and drive throughs. Plane changes don't count if I didn't leave the airport.

Missing 22 states are places I will probably never see and don't know many of the postal codes for:

OR, Idaho, Montana, MN, WI, Iowa, ND, SD, UT, OK, AR, TN, KS, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Maine, Alaska, Nebraska, RI.

Maybe I can make it to Maine.

lisa

Been to 40 plus DC.

Missing Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington.

Definitely hope to get to all of them eventually. Alaska, Vermont, and Washington are priorities.

By the way, I understand the least-visited state in the country is North Dakota.

Miriam

I'm still young..but let's see:
California
Utah
Massachusetts
New York
Florida
Atlanta
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
Washington, D.C.
Virginia
Maryland
Connecticut
New Jersey
welll, I'll count Puerto Rico anyway...
Best I can remember...15

jill

48! Only missing Michigan and Minnesota. It certainly helps when you grow up in a military family.

Paul Rabe

Got to my 50th (Alaska) when I got to Ketchikan Airport on 1993 May 24. Had my wife photograph me at the airport so, just in case the plane crashed on the way to Anchorage, I'd have proof I'd been to all fifty!

Right now I'm keeping track of which states I have a photograph of the state capitol (44) and which I've spent at least one night with my wife in (42).

andproudofit

0, and I intend to keep it that way.

andrew

How many for non-residents? I've been to:
Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, NY, Delaware.

kalena

From a non-contiguos state resident: AK AZ CA CO CT FL HI IL KS LA MD MN MO MT NV NJ NM NY OK OR TX UT VA WA WY + non-states DC and PR. Just at 25.

Linda

44--the six left are Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Vermont.

GOL

Please don't hate me for this tackiness, but we collect magnets and/or mugs of each state. Paul's quest are pix of state capitals (I assume with him in the picture).

So.. I'll add the question: how do you denote/celebrate/bragg/keep track (if you do at all)?

Sheila

To GOL (original poster),

We have been to 49 states. Alaska is the state we have not yet visited.

We keep track with a magnetic board with an outline of each state imprinted on it. We bought magnets to fit on each area.

In response to a poster on a previous subject, some of us do read past the first 50 messages. I don't always reply to those but this time I did.