travel to "everywhere" in that johnny cash song

Verse one
Been to Reno, xChicago, xFargo, xMinnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota, xWichita, xTulsa, Ottawa, xOklahoma, xTampa, xPanama, Mattawa, La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I’m a killer
Verse two
xBoston, Charleston, Dayton, xLouisiana, xWashington, xHouston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black Rock, xLittle Rock, Oskaloosa, xTennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake Grand Lake, Devil’s Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake
Verse three
Louisville, xNashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica, Pittsfield, xSpringfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport, xIdaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina, Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir
Verse four
Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, xColorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, El Dorado, Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika, Chaska, xNebraska, Alaska, Opelika, Baraboo, xWaterloo, Kalamazoo, xKansas City, xSioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity

Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Wichita Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo Boston Charleston DaytonLouisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texas (County) Monterey Fairaday Santa Fe Tollaperson Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloussa Tennessee Tinnesay Chickapee Spirit Lake Grand Lake Devil’s Lake Crater Lake Louisville Nashville Knoxville Omerback Shereville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rock Richfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport Hakensack Cadallic Fond du Lac Davenport Idaho Jellico Argentina Diamondtina Pasadena Catalina Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravelburg Colorado Ellisburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado Larimore Adimore Habastock Chadanocka Shasta Nebraska Alaska Opalacka Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Souix City Cedar City Dodge City

I think I’ve been everywhere that I’m going to go for awhile…unless I was to keep this up for a very long time… and I’m just not that interested

Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Wichita Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texarkana Monterey Fairaday Santa Fe Tollaperson Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloussa Tennessee Hennessey Chickapee Spirit Lake Grand Lake Devil’s Lake Crater Lake Louisville Nashville Knoxville Omerback Shereville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rica Richfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport Hakensack Cadallic Fond du Lac Davenport Idaho Jellico Argentina Diamondtina Pasadena Catalina Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravelburg Colorado Ellisburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado Larimore Adimore Habastock Chadanocka Shasta Nebraska Alaska Opelika Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Sioux City Cedar City Dodge City

Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Wichita Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texarkana Monterey Fairaday Santa Fe Tollaperson Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloussa Tennessee Hennessey Chickapee Spirit Lake Grand Lake Devil’s Lake Crater Lake Louisville Nashville Knoxville Omerback Shereville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rica Richfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport Hakensack Cadallic Fond du Lac Davenport Idaho Jellico Argentina Diamondtina Pasadena Catalina Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravelburg Colorado Ellisburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado Larimore Adimore Habastock Chadanocka Shasta Nebraska Alaska Opelika Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Sioux City Cedar City Dodge City

I travel around the country flying aerial photography and heard this song one day and thought i have been or could travel to most of these. I even made a video on youtube with the song. Here’s a link to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ04NV8JAj4
The places in bold I have been.

RENO , CHICAGO , FARGO , MINNESOTA, BUFFALO, TORONTO winslow SARASOTA, WICHITA, TULSA ottawa OKLAHOMA, TAMPA panama mattawa lapaloma BANGOR baltimore salvador AMARILLO tocapillo barranquilla padilla boston charleston DAYTON ,LOUISANA ,WASHINGTON, HOUSTON kingston TEXARKANA monteray fairaday SANTA FE tallapoosa glen rock black rock LITTLE ROCK oskaloosa TENNESSEE chicopee spirt lake grand lake devils lake crater lake LOUISVILLE ,KNOXVILLE ombabika schefferville jacksonville waterville costa rock pittsfield SPRINGFIELD, BAKERSFIELD, SHREVEPORT hackensack cadillac fond du lac DAVENPORT ,IDAHO jellico argentina diamantina PASADENA catalina PITTSBURGH parkersburgh gravelbourg COLORADO ellisburg rexburg VICKSBURG ,ELDORADO larimore adimore habastock chadanocka shasta NEBRASKA alaska OPELIKA baraboo waterloo kalamazoo KANSAS CITY ,SIOUX CITY cedar city DODGE CITY

Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Wichita Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texarkana Monterey Fairaday Santa Fe Tollaperson Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloussa Tennessee Hennessey Chickapee Spirit Lake Grand Lake Devil’s Lake Crater Lake Louisville Nashville Knoxville Omerback Shereville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rica Richfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport Hakensack Cadallic Fond du Lac Davenport Idaho Jellico Argentina Diamondtina Pasadena Catalina Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravelburg Colorado Ellisburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado Larimore Adimore Habastock Chadanocka Shasta Nebraska Alaska Opelika Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Sioux City Cedar City Dodge City

The idea for this project came while I was in the hospital convalescing. A commercial was playing a modified version of the Hank Snow classic. ”I’ve been everywhere (man)” as a Jingle. I thought you know I have been to most of those places. At some point my sister asked me if I knew all the places, and I realized I didn’t so I headed to the internet. I was amazed to find no two sites had the exact same list, and that it was Hank Snow song not Johnny Cash who originally sang it. In fact it isn’t even a USA based song. Australian Geoff Mack wrote I’ve been everywhere with place names in Australia, which became a hit for Lucky Starr in 1959. Three years later, Hank Snow topped the US charts after place names from the US and Canada were incorporated.

In addition I found out that the American Motorcyclist Association had done a tour thing in 2001. The idea was to get 25 out of the 49 cities. You had to have a picture of your bike in front of a sign. The rules were pretty flexible. The sign had to be a permanent sign erected by a government body and contain the whole name, but extra names were allowed, so El Reno Oklahoma will do for Reno, or Panama City for Panama. City Limit signs are preferred but Court Houses Police stations and in desperation police cars will do.

Then I found Johnny did sing it on Tour, and being a fan of the “man in black” I said ?F$%^ it I’m doing the Johnny Cash version which means booze, strippers and cops WILL BE involved? I can do pretty much all but one ”Dimondtina” which is in Australia, I have no plans to visit Oz anytime soonother than that, Brynhilde (my BMW R1150GS) is ready, so here we go
I have broken out my goals in verses and log the GPS coords

http://wrlok.smugmug.com/Travel/110693
One other note, I have noticed a LOT of spelling errors in peoples “places” lists on this forum, try hitting a few different version of the lyrics, this is my list after some extensive filtering:

Verse one
Been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota, Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I’m a killer

Verse two
Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake Grand Lake, Devil’s Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake

Verse three
Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica, Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport, Idaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina, Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir

Verse four
Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, El Dorado, Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika, Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika, Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity

Good luck

This week I added Tampa and Waterville (Kansas) and I decided to go with Costa Rica instead of Costa Rock and Texarkanna instead of Texas County. So now I’m at 34.

Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Wichita Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texarkana Monterey Fairaday Santa Fe Tollaperson Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloussa Tennessee Tinnesay Chickapee Spirit Lake Grand Lake Devil’s Lake Crater Lake Louisville Nashville Knoxville Omerback Shereville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rica Richfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport Hakensack Cadallic Fond du Lac Davenport Idaho Jellico Argentina Diamondtina Pasadena Catalina Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravelburg Colorado Ellisburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado Larimore Adimore Habastock Chadanocka Shasta Nebraska Alaska Opalacka Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Sioux City Cedar City Dodge City

Well the way that I have decided to do this one is to count a place if I have been to ANY of the places by that name. So whether it’s the country of Panama or the town of Panama in Oklahoma or Nebraska or wherever, I’m going to count it. And if I ever get them all, and I may not since some of them don’t seem to be real places, then I am going to go back and try to get them ALL (all the Panamas all the Springfields etc.).

Anyway, this year I’ve added Davenport, El Dorado (Kansas) and Panama (Nebraska). So I’m at 30.

Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota Wichita Tulsa Ottowa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattua LaPaloma Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocapillo Pocotello Amperdllo Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texas (County) Monterey Fairaday Santa Fe Tollaperson Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloussa Tennessee Tinnesay Chickapee Spirit Lake Grand Lake Devil’s Lake Crater Lake Louisville Nashville Knoxville Omerback Shereville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rock Richfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport Hakensack Cadallic Fond du Lac Davenport Idaho Jellico Argentina Diamondtina Pasadena Catalina Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravelburg Colorado Ellisburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado Larimore Adimore Habastock Chadanocka Shasta Nebraska Alaska Opalacka Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Sioux City Cedar City Dodge City