Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 10:28 am

I think this is correct.  I'm reasonably certain that when I drove east in 2005, when leaving Utah I passed through Colorado then swung north into Nebraska, going through Lincoln, rather than continuing east through Kansas and Missouri.  I'm reasonably sure I did not ever actually enter Michigan.  However, I'm not 100% certain whether in 2002, we passed through the southern portion of Arkansas or the northern part of Louisiana.

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 02:46 pm (UTC)
When your foot/knees are better, take a trip with a motorcycle to West Virginia. The terrain is worth the trip.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 03:31 pm (UTC)
There's only two directions in West Virginia...up and down.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 04:59 pm (UTC)
Oh, you know what.... I think I did go through West Virginia once ... Skyline Drive? Blue Ridge mountains?

There we go ... fixed
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 02:52 pm (UTC)
...i refused to do the new england tour in february, the one time the idea was broached. guess why? ;)

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 04:53 pm (UTC)
This wouldn't have been the best winter to tour New England. :) We got effin' hammered.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 03:24 pm (UTC)
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 03:26 pm (UTC)
I'm only counting states I can actually remember being in. We lived in MA when I was 4, I can remember that, but if we went anywhere surrounding it, I don't recall.

I can definitely remember that I must have passed through the Carolinas on 95, when we went to Disney World when I was a kid. I can recall being in FL, but not most of the drive.

Etc.
Friday, July 25th, 2008 10:45 pm (UTC)
Me, I wouldn't count "passed through, or spent time in an airport located in" as having visited a state. Airports are airports, and that I know what Charlotte International is like doesn't mean I know a damn thing about South Carolina.

Likewise, on the road... to me, you only count as having visited a state if you've spent more than a few hours there, in a non-airport location more than half an hour from the interstate. Otherwise... well, as I said, airports are airports, and the interstate is the interstate.