Travel – 50 States Update
Cassie and I both hope to visit all 50 states. We’re getting closer to reaching our goals! Here’s the latest tally:
State
|
Chris
|
Cassie
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Alabama
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Yes (Covered 2007 LSU-Alabama football game for WGMB)
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Yes (regular trips as a kid, grandparents lived there)
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Alaska
|
NO
|
NO
|
Arizona
|
Yes (Grand Canyon trip in high school)
|
Yes (visited dad at Honeywell school)
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Arkansas
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Yes (Hot Springs and Little Rock trip in elementary school)
|
Yes (childhood trip)
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California
|
Yes (San Francisco as newborn)
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Yes (Los Angeles trip with Chris in 2013)
|
Colorado
|
Yes (many ski trips as kid)
|
Yes (visited friends as kid)
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Connecticut
|
NO
|
NO
|
Delaware
|
NO
|
NO
|
Florida
|
Yes (Rangers spring training trips as kid)
|
Yes (Disney trip as kid)
|
Georgia
|
Yes (Atlanta Olympics trip with family in 1996)
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Yes (Craig and Amy’s wedding in Athens - 2010)
|
Hawaii
|
Yes (Easter 2023 trip)
|
Yes (Easter 2023 trip)
|
Idaho
|
Yes (sunrise in Coeur d’Alene during UCA-EWU playoff trip in Dec. 2016)
|
NO
|
Illinois
|
Yes (Rangers road trip to Comiskey as kid)
|
Yes (visit to Cyn and Chapman)
|
Indiana
|
Yes (Notre Dame Summer 2018)
|
Yes (same)
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Iowa
|
Yes (accepted job at WOI sight unseen in 2000)
|
NO
|
Kansas
|
Yes (Mizzou-kansas basketball game in 1999)
|
NO
|
Kentucky
|
Yes (road trip to Louisville following ADs for Christ meeting, summer 2019)
|
Yes (same trip)
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Louisiana
|
Yes (drove through a lot as a kid, but may not have stayed overnight until I visited James Adair in 2003)
|
Yes (born in Baton Rouge)
|
Maine
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Yes (Lobster and Portland Head Light 2012)
|
Yes (same trip)
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Maryland
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Yes (Orioles game with family in 1995)
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Yes (lunch during DC trip in 2013)
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Massachusetts
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Yes (Emerson College visit, Red Sox game 1997)
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Yes (New England trip 2012)
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Michigan
|
Yes (South Haven Summer 2018)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
Minnesota
|
Yes (Summer 2014 trip to Minneapolis)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
Mississippi
|
Yes (Visited Vicksburg National Military Park in 1996)
|
Yes (regular childhood visits)
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Missouri
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Yes (Weekend in St. Louis and Columbia for initial Mizzou campus tour in 1997)
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Yes (Mizzou vs. Miami Ohio football game in 2011)
|
Montana
|
Yes (Incarnate Word vs. Montana State FCS playoff game in 2018)
|
NO
|
Nebraska
|
Yes (TCU-Nebraska football game with brother Kevin in 2001)
|
NO
|
Nevada
|
Yes (Las Vegas 30th birthday trip in 2008)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
New Hampshire
|
Yes (Visited Dartmouth campus in 2012)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
New Jersey
|
NO
|
NO
|
New Mexico
|
Yes (Santa Fe trip as kid)
|
Yes (childhood trip)
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New York
|
Yes (Baseball Hall of Fame trip with dad as a kid)
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Yes (mission trip as a kid)
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North Carolina
|
Yes (Biltmore visit pre-Craig and Amy’s wedding in 2010)
|
Yes (same trip)
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North Dakota
|
Yes (Visited Fargo in 2014)
|
Yes (same trip)
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Ohio
|
Yes (Cleveland and Canton trip with mom as a kid)
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Yes (Chris's University of Cincinnati master's graduation in 2021)
|
Oklahoma
|
Yes (several times as kid)
|
Yes (childhood trip)
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Oregon
|
Yes (Portland and Cannon Beach in summer 2015)
|
YES (same trip)
|
Pennsylvania
|
Yes (honeymoon at Cove Haven Resort in 2006)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
Rhode Island
|
Yes (New England trip 2012, visited Brown campus)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
South Carolina
|
Yes (Clemson driving range and Running Down the Hill in 2010)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
South Dakota
|
Yes (Climbed Nicollet Tower in 2014)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
Tennessee
|
Yes (Church trip to St. Jude’s in Memphis - 2004)
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Yes (Opryland as kid)
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Texas
|
Yes (born in Arlington - 1978)
|
Yes (childhood trip)
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Utah
|
Yes (ski trips as a kid)
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Yes (Heather and Blake Mycoskie wedding in 2012)
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Vermont
|
Yes (New England trip 2012, quick coffee stop)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
Virginia
|
Yes (Arlington National Cemetery as kid)
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Yes (Arlington National Cemetery with Chris in 2013)
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Washington
|
Yes (Rangers-Mariners trip as kid)
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Yes (Visited Mount St. Helen's with Chris in summer 2015)
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West Virginia
|
NO
|
NO
|
Wisconsin
|
Yes (toured Miller Park circa 2010)
|
Yes (same trip)
|
Wyoming
|
Yes (Visited Terry Bison Ranch in summer 2015)
|
Yes (same trip)
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STATES REMAINING
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5
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10
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