So, seeing friends post maps to their blogs of where they've been inspired me to do the same. I've visited 17 states, basically a third all them all. Most of these visits have been seeing relatives, as my mother has 8 siblings and my father has 2. This means about 20 cousins, many my age, so when I was growing up, we did plenty of visits. Here's my state traveling details. Note: cities underlined mean I flew, otherwise I drove.
- Lived in:
- Michigan - listed first, because I lived in Eaton Rapids from age 5 to 18, and Houghton from age 18 to 23 (college)
- South Dakota - born and lived in Pierre until age 5
- Maryland - worked at NASA from age 23 to today (almost 25, on March 18)
- Travels to see relatives:
- West Virginia (Parkersburg-half dozen times)
- Indiana (Fort Wayne-too many to count, South Bend-once for wedding)
- Ohio (Marietta-half dozen times)
- Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul-twice)
- Wisconsin (Duluth-once)
- North Carolina (Durham-once)
- Travels to see friends:
- Virginia (Roanoke-three times, I really enjoy seeing my girlfriend Sarah's folks and hanging at their lakehouse)
- Florida (Pensacola-last year, friend Eric)
- Cali (San Diego-new year 06, Eric again)
- Pennsylvania (Philly-once for street evangelism trip)
- Illinois (Chicago-three times)
- Work trips:
- Louisiana (New Orleans/Baton Rouge-one month trip, work detail for FEMA Katrina relief in '05)
- Cali (Pasadena/JPL-once, at least 4 times in 2006 planned)
- Virginia (Wallops Island/Goddard Annex-twice)
- Colorado (Boulder-once for school conference at UC Boulder in '03)
- Touristy trips:
- New York (NYC-first time early last year, only a two day trip)
- Florida (Key West/Orlando-with dad new year '05), Florida (Orlando-senior class trip in '99)
- Virginia (Virginia Beach-three times, my favorite beach)
You can make a map of visited states like mine by going to World66. I really enjoy traveling. It's such a big and diverse world, there is too much to see just to sit on couch at home and not experience all the difference cultures in our country. I've only been able to visit one other country, which is Bolivia. I went there in '97 on a short term missionary trip with Teen Mania. Let me know your favorite trip in the comments. See ya!