How many states have you been to?

[texaskdog]

I've been to 28. My ambition is to do all the lower 48. Unfortunately most of my recent trips have taken me to states I've already visited.

I've been to 44. The only ones I lack are the 4 northernmost New England States(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) plus Alaska and Hawaii...

I wonder out of how many of us who have been to less than 50 would includes Alaska and/or Hawaii? These will almost certainly be the two states I will never visit.

When I worked for Holiday gas station they bought 26 stores in Alaska, and I got to work up there for 2 weeks in 2004.  Actually was what prompted the 50 goal.

[jdb1234]

I have visited:

AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, IL, MO, MS, MD, OH, PA, TN, WV, VA

[Sykotyk]

48, missing the obvious two. Been to 2,516 counties (clinched WA, OR, CA, ID, NV, NM, CO, WY, KS, OK, TX, LA, MS, OH, DE, CT, and VT).

http://counties.visitedmap.com/us.php?showmap=842&big=&force=

[english si]

4 (or 5 including Airports):
AZ, CA, FL, NV (and MI for a stop over at DTW).

But then I live rather a long way away from any US state, and have only crossed the Atlantic 4 times each way (FL '97, MI+FL '03, CA+NV+AZ '03, CA+NV '08).

[corco]

All but MN, ND, MS, GA, NJ, CT, RI, and AK. So what is that, 42?

[xonhulu]

I've never been to HI, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA.  So that makes 42 states.  At this point, the Southeast will probably have to wait for retirement.

[Eth]

23 + DC.  All are east of or along I-65 except for CA, CO, and TX (and those last two are airports only).  Those three also happen to be my most recent additions, all on the same trip last July.

EDIT: The full list (with first and most recent years):

GA (1987, 2011)
AL (early '90s, 2011)
FL (early '90s, 2011)
TN (mid-'90s, 2011)
SC (1997, 2011)
NC (1997, 2011)
VA (1997, 2011)
WV (1997, 2011)
OH (1997)
PA (1997, 2010)
DC (2006, 2011)
MD (2007, 2011)
DE (2007, 2010)
NJ (2007, 2010)
NY (2010)
CT (2010)
MA (2010)
NH (2010)
ME (2010)
VT (2010)
RI (2010)
TX (2010 [airport only])
CA (2010)
CO (2010 [airport only])

[Jim]

I was at 47 for a while, then got ND as #48 on the way to AK, #49, in 2001.  In 2006, it was pretty obvious that Hawaii needed to be our honeymoon destination to complete the set.

If anyone cares to see the details, I have tracked, to the best of my knowledge, my first and most recent visits to each state, and whether I have done a variety of things in that state (visiting the capital, stayed overnight, driven there on a trip starting at home, walked in, gone skiing there, seen a baseball game there, etc).

http://www.teresco.org/pics/states.txt

These extras (along with county counting and clinched highway mapping) have given me some goals since I completed my set of states.  In fact, I was just able to pick up a new entry yesterday when I drove from Boston to the Pheasant Lane Mall in South Nashua, NH, to buy a tax-free iPad.  I parked in a lot in MA and walked into the mall, which is entirely in NH.  So I added a "W" notation to NH, in addition to updating my most recent visit to 2011.

[ftballfan]

This is arranged by state, first visit, and most recent visit (if only one year is listed, I've only been there once)
DC: 2001
FL: 1993, 2010
GA: 2002, 2009
IL: 2003, 2005
IN: 1998, 2009
KY: 1998, 2009
MD: 2001
MI: Lived there entire life (1992)
MN: 2000
OH: 1994, 2006 (going back in less than two weeks)
ON: 2002
PA: 2001
TN: 2002, 2009
VA: 2001
WI: 2000
WV: 1998, 2001

14 states, DC, and one province.

[stormwatch7721]

I've been to NC, SC, VA, WV, FL, GA and OH.

[Mapmikey]

47 - missing AK, HI and MI.

Because I don't fly, Hawaii may never get done but I am driving to Alaska as my retirement gift in 8-10 yrs...

Mapmikey

[Chicagosuburban]

IL: Always lived there (born 1995)
WI: 1999, 2011
MN: 1999
IN: 2000, 2011
OH: 2000, 2011
KY: 2000, 2011
TN: 2000, 2011
NC: 2000
SC: 2000
GA: 2000, 2011
FL: 2000, 2011
MI: 2001, 2003
PA: 2011
MD: 2011
WV: 2011
DC: 2011
VA: 2011

[Alex]

Been to all but Alaska. Overnighted in all but 9: AR, CT, KS, NH, MT, ND, RI, SD and WI.
Got my 9yo son 25 + DC so far.

[Duke87]

CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV

So, 19 + DC.

20 if you count Georgia (one of my flights to Florida had a stop in Atlanta, but I didn't get off the plane, so I don't count it).
Add to that Ontario and Quebec and that's all of the entire world I've seen.

Expansion plans are, of course, naturally always cooking.
I may have an opportunity to drive to Florida this fall (all my previous trips there were on a plane), which means adding South Carolina and Georgia and, if I get to joyride *a bit* as I'd like, Tennessee as well.
I just got back from my Cincinnati trip with my father which got me Kentucky and Indiana, current rumbling is that next summer we may go to Chicago, thus adding Illinois and Wisconsin (and possibly also Michigan).

[okroads]

I've been to all of the lower 48. Got the last 5 in 2010 (WY, MT, & ID in May, WA & OR in July)

[Riverside Frwy]

Off the top of my head:

CA, AR, GA, MI, MO, TN, VA, WV, TX, LA, SC, NC, OH, OK, AZ, NV

Oh, how I miss I-81 and I-77 through Virgina/West Virginia.

[allniter89]

Off the top of my head:

CA, AR, GA, MI, MO, TN, VA, WV, TX, LA, SC, NC, OH, OK, AZ, NV

Oh, how I miss I-81 and I-77 through Virgina/West Virginia.

All 50 for me and the territory of Guam.
Yeah, I always enjoyed that ride up 77 & 81, even if I was in a 80K lb truck going 25mph uphill  , at least the scenery was nice  

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Delaware, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia.
38 States (and D.C)
Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec in Canada

[DBrim]

49 states. Missing Hawaii. 23 years old.

Canada: B.C., Yukon, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, New Brunswick, P.E.I., Nova Scotia.

Countries: U.S.A., Mexico, Canada, Iceland.

[sandwalk]

Just a few:
CA, DE, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MS, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WA, WI, WV, + DC

Internationally, I've also been to Canada, Italy, Netherlands, San Marino, and the Vatican.

[1995hoo]

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These extras (along with county counting and clinched highway mapping) have given me some goals since I completed my set of states.  In fact, I was just able to pick up a new entry yesterday when I drove from Boston to the Pheasant Lane Mall in South Nashua, NH, to buy a tax-free iPad.  I parked in a lot in MA and walked into the mall, which is entirely in NH.  So I added a "W" notation to NH, in addition to updating my most recent visit to 2011.

This comment makes me wonder if anyone here has visited the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vermont. The building straddles the border. You enter the building in Vermont, and most of the seats are in Vermont, but the book collection and the opera stage, as well as about half the seats, are in Quebec.

I wonder when the "Homeland Security" people will try to shut it down.

47 - missing AK, HI and MI.

Because I don't fly, Hawaii may never get done but I am driving to Alaska as my retirement gift in 8-10 yrs...

Mapmikey

Two words for you: Cruise ship!

[thenetwork]

I believe I am up to 44+DC.  My "unvisited states" are Alaska, Oregon, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Vermont. 

Most recently added was Kansas in 2007.

[BamaZeus]

28 + DC

[vdeane]

I have just NY, MA, RI, PA, MD, VA, DC, VT, NH, and ME.  Also will have CT by the end of the week and NJ within a month due to road meets as well as ON and QC in Canada.  Technically I also have CA and possibly others due to airport connections but I don't count it as I was only a few months old at the time.

[agentsteel53]

This comment makes me wonder if anyone here has visited the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vermont. The building straddles the border. You enter the building in Vermont, and most of the seats are in Vermont, but the book collection and the opera stage, as well as about half the seats, are in Quebec.

I wonder when the "Homeland Security" people will try to shut it down.

trust me, they've got an eye on you.  I once walked 5 feet into Canada to take a picture of a stop/arret sign and received 4 hours of interrogation for my troubles, starting with the highly presumptuous "who are you here to pick up?"

It's a pretty awful way to start an interrogation.  the correct first question would be "whom are you here to pick up?"  I mean, if you're going to be an officious hosebag, play the part accurately!