The States We've Seen

OK, so I'm feeling just detail-oriented enough to actually list the states we've visited. This will also tell you a bit about our history.

1992: Met in California; started dating in 1994
1995: Road trip to Arizona, New Mexico (where Jennifer is from), Colorado, Utah, and Nevada
1996: Married in October and honeymooned in Oregon and Washington; drove through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama two months later while moving to Florida
1997: Road trip to Georgia and South Carolina
1998: Road trip to North Carolina
1999: Moved back to California
2004: Drove through Oklahoma to see family in Missouri; also saw parts of Kansas and Arkansas
2006: Ten-year anniversary trip. Flew to Massachusetts, then drove and saw Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
2007: Flew to St. Louis and drove into Illinois to see friends

That brings everyone up to date on the 28 states we have seen. We have taken other trips, of course, and both of us saw other states before we met, but I've only counted the travels that added new states as we saw them together. Jennifer has seen a total of 31 states, and I've seen 38 so far. Most of what's left is the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes area, northern Rockies, Appalachia, and Mid-Atlantic, plus Alaska and Hawaii. So we still have a ways to go, but we always have fun taking pictures of the "Welcome to..." signs on the state lines and buying souvenir magnets. Our refrigerator looks like an atlas!