Monday, April 30, 2007

The Great State Roundup

When planning a long road trip, it's important to understand how the trip will affect your state list, that is, the list of U.S. states that you have visited in your lifetime. Erica and I recently spent an evening planning our move from Palo Alto to Cambridge, after which I lay in bed, unable to sleep because I was trying to name all 50 states in alphabetical order in my head, along with when I visited each one. I wasn't terribly successful, but I think that I have discovered the opposite of counting sheep.

Our planned route cross-country will add three more states to my list: New Mexico, Arkansas and Tennessee. Here's the list of states that will remain unvisited after the move.
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Michigan
  • Nebraska
  • North Dakota
Michigan is a pretty glaring omission; the others don't seem to cry out to be removed from the list any time soon. Knocking off Alaska last summer was a huge milestone.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your heinous insult to the great state of North Dakota has been noted and filed.

Lauren said...

Don't tell Steve about Michigan - he may be offended.

I would recommend avoiding Detroit and Lansing - not too exciting.

Anonymous said...

All I have left is North Dakota and Alaska! Looks like we'll have to take a trip to ND someday!

Anonymous said...

I'll second skipping Michigan. Unless you're looking to check out a ghetto.