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visit all 50 states

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asterisk has written 10 entries about this goal

kentucky!!  — 6 months ago

29 down, 21 to go. It could be a good year for state-visiting: I’m almost certainly adding a new one in June, and possibly another in August.

Feb 14, 03:19PM PST 7 cheers | 2 comments

no new states in '07  — 8 months ago

I totally jinxed myself when the last two trips I wrote about didn’t materialize. So I’ll be coy and just say that I have a meeting in Feb., for which I’ve already purchased tickets, that will add another state to the list.

Dec 25, 11:23PM PST 3 cheers | 4 comments

2006 roundup and 2007 projection  — 1 year ago

In 2006, Ohio was the only state I got to check off the list; I had a meeting in New Orleans all lined up, but had to back out at the last minute because of a paper deadline.

My travel calendar for 2007 is already disturbingly full, with one trip to a new state: a summer vacation in Alaska with old friends!

Jan 21, 2007, 04:59PM PST 3 cheers | 0 comments

next up: louisiana  — 2 years ago

Just got back from my first trip to Ohio, and now I get an email confirming that I will be going to New Orleans in November, which will be my first time in Louisiana! Woo hoo!

Aug 18, 2006, 11:29AM PDT 2 cheers | 0 comments

ohio, here we come!  — 2 years ago

Conference coming up in Columbus. My only experience with Ohio so far has been one of its airports (Cincinnati? Columbus? dunno), so this will be another one to check off.

Apr 22, 2006, 05:38PM PDT 6 cheers | 0 comments

Adopted the 50 states list  — 2 years ago

here
to track this goal.

Mar 20, 2006, 12:16AM PST 2 cheers | 0 comments

funny story...  — 2 years ago

I do some volunteer work for the professional organization in my field, and I just got sucked in deeper. I just got named Committee A’s representative to Committee B, and then Committee B named me their representative to Committee C. Plus one of the guys on Committee B thinks I’d be perfect to replace him on Committee D…

The upshot of all this is that each committee has 2 or 3 meetings a year, each in a different city. Looks like I’ll get to visit Louisiana for the first time later this year; maybe I’ll be able to knock out some more states on the professional organization’s dime before this is over :)

Feb 20, 2006, 11:33AM PST 2 cheers | 0 comments

so far, i've visited  — 2 years ago

arizona
california
florida
illinois
kansas
maryland
massachusetts
michigan
minnesota
missouri
nevada
new jersey
new mexico
new york
north carolina
oklahoma
oregon
pennsylvania
rhode island
south dakota
tennessee
texas
utah
virginia
washington
wisconsin
wyoming
[not states, but close: dc, puerto rico]
airports only/too young to remember:
arkansas
colorado
georgia
maine
ohio

Sep 09, 2005, 05:57PM PDT 3 cheers | 0 comments

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