Everyone else is posting their States I’ve Visited maps, so what the hell. Click on the More link to see mine. I’ll even throw in a little bit of useless trivia about me to make it seem more worthwhile:
States I’ve Attended Weddings In: Massachussettes, New York, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada, Montana, Oregon.
Not A State, But I’ve Attended Weddings There Anyway: Washington, DC, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
States I’ve Attended Sporting Events In: New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Montana, California, Oregon.
Not A State, But I’ve Attended A Sporting Event There Anyway: Tokyo, Japan.
States I’ve Only Driven Through And Thus Haven’t Technically Visited If Actually Setting Foot In The Place Is Required To Count As A Visit: Connecticut, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Idaho.
I’m sure you’re all just enthralled. You can create your own visited states map if you want to, or just click on More and see where I’ve been.
Tokyo Giants baseball? Sumo?
That reminded me; I saw Foreman beat somebody I had to go look up (Joe Roman, it turns out) in a fight for the undisputed heavyweight title in Tokyo in 1973. One round knockout.
Hanshin Tigers versus Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium. Great game, excellent experience.
I guess we all have our own definitions about what constitutes a “visit.”
For example, you mention “States I’ve Only Driven Through And Thus Haven’t Technically Visited If Actually Setting Foot In The Place Is Required To Count As A Visit.” To me, that’s a visit (though if it’s not, I think only Connecticut and New Jersey fall out of the 19 states plus D.C. I’ve visited).
What I do not count as a visit are places where I only change planes in an airport. That excludes Washington, Utah, Colorado, Illinois and Tennessee; include those and I’m up to 24 states (plus D.C.)
I do include states where the main purpose was to change planes– IF we spent time off the airport. That allows us to claim Minnesota (long layover plus trip to the Mall of America) and Missouri (overnight stay in St. Louis).
I may have had a change in Salt Lake once, but if so I can barely remember it, so I’m not counting Utah. I agree that such a thing doesn’t count. At least I got to see scenery (even if it was just an interstate) driving through.