Why I have visited each state, and the approximate number of times visited. Some are harder to remember than others. Similar to a post from a few years ago when I listed many of the cities I had visited. Can you tell I look at a map all day?
ALABAMA: several trips: Montgomery as a kid, twice to Gulf Shores, Boaz and Lake Guntersville with Ceil, Huntsville baseball trip, Smith Lake, work trips to Birmingham, UAB visit, football games at Auburn and Legion Field. Golf in Birmingham.
ALASKA: never visited
ARIZONA: baseball fantasy camp in Mesa/Phoenix.
ARKANSAS: several work trips to Little Rock, Ft. Smith, and West Memphis. Golf in Little Rock.
CALIFORNIA: visited twice: LA trip with Ceil and San Francisco/Yosemite family vacation. Giants baseball game.
COLORADO: two choir tours to Colorado Springs & Denver.
CONNECTICUT: never visited
DELAWARE: drove through on the way from NY to VA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: visited twice. Nationals game at RFK.
FLORIDA: over a dozen trips for work and vacation, all over the state. Miami football game and Rays baseball games at Tropicana Field.
GEORGIA: Lived here all my life. Baseball games in Atlanta, Macon, Rome, and Gwinnett. Golf at many courses.
HAWAII: never visited.
IDAHO: never visited
ILLINOIS: Several trips. Springfield. Work and play in Chicago. Games at Wrigley Field and old Comminsky Park.
INDIANA: Visit Dic and Debbie in Ladoga and Butler. Carry Olympic torch in Gary. Visit Notre Dame campus in South Bend and Purdue University. College mission trip to Terre Haute. Work trip to Indianapolis.
IOWA: visit relatives as a teenager.
KANSAS: drove through state on choir tour.
KENTUCKY: sang in cave on choir tour (also in Lexington). Work trip to Owensboro. Flew into Louisville.
LOUISIANA: New Orleans for New Years. Auburn/Michigan Sugar Bowl. Shreveport work trip.
MAINE: visit L L Bean and Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park.
MARYLAND: two visits - Baltimore inner harbor and Fort McHenry, Orioles game at Camden Yards.
MASSACHUSETTS: Boston trip. Saw Red Sox at Fenway Park.
MICHIGAN – work trip to Detroit in 1996.
MINNESOTA: never visited
MISSISSIPPI: drove through several times, Hattiesburg road trip
MISSOURI: family trips to Maryville and Tarkio, Cardinals game at old Busch Memorial Stadium in 1968.
MONTANA: never visited
NEBRASKA: never visited. But Will played in a baseball tourney in Omaha.
NEVADA: never visited
NEW HAMPSHIRE: drove through to get to Maine
NEW JERSEY: drove through from NY to VA.
NEW MEXICO: never visited
NEW YORK: NYC twice, Cooperstown on a baseball trip, Elmira/Corning on a college mission trip, Niagara Falls and Rochester on choir tour. Mets game at old Shea Stadium.
NORTH CAROLINA: many times – Asheville, Ridgecrest, Goldsboro AFB, Charlotte for work and shopping and a Hornets game, Monroe to eat, Kitty Hawk in college, carried Olympic torch in Winston Salem and Hickory, Holden Beach to eat, golf in Calabash, fall leaves and snow in Murphy, Jackets/Heels in Keenan Stadium.
NORTH DAKOTA: never visited
OHIO: college road trip, work trip to Lima, visit Frank in Cincinnati.
OKLAHOMA: work trips to Tulsa.
OREGON: never visited
PENNSLYVANIA: drove through several times on the way to New York.
RHODE ISLAND: never visited
SOUTH CAROLINA: many times – golf in Jefferson, Mrytle Beach, Keyowah, and Clemson. Vacations in Hilton Head and Surfside, house shopping in Charleston, work in Huger, Greenville, Greenwood, and Sumter. Wedding night in Columbia, Rusty’s wedding in Abbeville, GBraves baseball in Greenville and Pelicans in Mrytle Beach, Tigers/Jackets in Memorial Stadium and Littlejohn.
SOUTH DAKOTA: never visited
TENNESSEE: several trips – baseball trips to Nashville and Chattanooga, college mission trip and ski trip to Gatlinburg, work trips to Chattanooga and Memphis, minor league games and concert in Chattanooga, Jackets/Vols at Neyland Stadium, golf in Nashville.
TEXAS: choir tour to Dallas and Amarillo, work trips to Dallas and Houston. Ballgames in Arlington and Houston. Golf in Dallas.
UTAH: Ceil flew into Salt Lake on the way to Jackson Hole
VERMONT: never visited
VIRGINIA: several times to visit the Broadwells. Wedding in Richmond.
WASHINGTON: never visited
WEST VIRGINIA: ski trip in early 90’s. Drove through on the way to Cooperstown and perhaps choir tour.
WISCONSIN: never visited
WYOMING: Never visited. But Ceil flew to Jackson Hole in 2013.
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