all 50 states
On this page I want to tell of at least one visit to each of the following states. Four states left?! Really? I thought I had six.
(key: bold – never visited, italics – never spent the night)
- Alabama – while visiting Tennessee with my nephew James, my nephew Devon and I drove down to Alabama for a rather short visit
- Alaska
- Arizona – went to see BYU play ASU (I think), did a week worth of Java training near Phoenix, also many times to vegas and cutting through a bit of Arizona
- Arkansas – went to Little Rock with my mom, dad and sister when I was but a lad
- California – been there many times, though I think the first time was when I did speech and debate for Ricks college. We went to a tourney at I think Point Loma and visited DisneyLand. Also Coachella, many trips with BYU college bowl, and a family vacation
- Colorado – used to visit with some regularity when living in Cheyenne. Went for a day trip to Denver with my buddy Daniel. Stayed the night at one place when on the seminary council, and also at the Berge’s for one stretch
- Connecticut – east coast road trip
- Delaware – east coast road trip and college bowl trip, though I don’t think I ever stayed the night
- Florida – went my first few days after working at the church for a camera operator convention. Also visited DisneyWorld
- Georgia – started this list when staying at the downtown westin for an archivist convention. Also started east coast road trip by flying to Atlanta and staying at my sister’s place
- Hawaii – good old honeymoon
- Idaho – went to Ricks College
- Illinois – good old college bowl. Went to a tourney at I think University of Illinois when competing for BYU’s college bowl team and visit the University of Chicago for a as yet failed documentary
- Indiana – lived in lovely Evansville for like seven years
- Iowa – good old college bowl
- Kansas – good old I-80, and stayed at Bruce’s brother house (I think) on the midwest road trip
- Kentucky – my dad worked in Kentucky when we lived in Indiana, though I can’t recall ever staying the night
- Louisiana
- Maine – east coast road trip, though I can’t recall staying the night
- Maryland – college bowl, east coast road trip and I likely visited there when living in Virgina
- Massachusetts – east coast road trip
- Michigan – went to visit my brother a time or two, one time on the old midwest road trip
- Minnesota – chilling with Ken and R., also midwest road trip
- Mississippi
- Missouri – midwest road trip and visiting my “cousins” Karen and Richard in Independence
- Montana - a trip to Billings with mom, siblings and my grandma Asay. No idea why we went up there
- Nebraska – visited when living in Cheyenne, also I-80
- Nevada – lived in Henderson, visited Vegas a few too many times, Mesquite with Scott
- New Hampshire – east coast road trip
- New Jersey – east coast road trip
- New Mexico – visiting some of my dad’s aunts and uncles
- New York – visited New York city some few times, including for work when I was with About.com, to see Martha Argerich perform, east coast road trip, to sing at Carnegie Hall with the Wasatch Chorale
- North Carolina – east coast road trip and I think we stayed with a couple Dave friends?
- North Dakota
- Ohio – visited when I think Trent was in some basketball tourney, also midwest road trip
- Oklahoma – en route to Texas when competing for Ricks speech and debate team
- Oregon – west coast road trip and Oscon two or three times
- Pennsylvania – east coast road trip, also Penn Bowl a few times
- Rhode Island – east coast road trip
- South Carolina – east coast road trip
- South Dakota – Mount Rushmore
- Tennessee – James’ graduation
- Texas – Ricks College speech and debate
- Utah – I live there now, silly
- Vermont – east coast road trip and visiting Sharon
- Virginia – used to live in Vienna
- Washington – took a ride one night while going to Oscon in Portland, and recently stayed a few days for Radiohead concert
- West Virginia – east coast road trip
- Wisconsin – midwest road trip and Steven’s Point trivia
- Wyoming – some few years in Cheyenne