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Since the last time this meme came around, I've visited a couple of new states.

I'd flown through MSP before and not counted it (likewise, I don't count Peru in my countries list), but this May, roozle and I had a three-hour layover there, so we hopped on the T (even the logo is the same) to the Mall of America, rode the rollercoaster, and had lunch at a little crepe stand before heading back to the airport to catch our connecting flight. I figure this counts as having visited the state.

With that, there are no longer any states I've been through without visiting at least a little. But there are quite a few I haven't slept in.

Slept in:


Been to:


As always, the link to make your own:
create your own visited states map

Comments

[drbitch.livejournal.com]

My map has both coasts, the southwest, AK, and a line along I-70 from the cross-country road trip I took in 2005. Now I want to hit the northern tier. Not so sure about the deep south.

Even though I've slept in MN (our connecting flight never arrived due to bad weather) I haven't counted it yet since it doesn't feel like I've been there: one Holiday Inn is much like another.

Then again, at said Holiday Inn I did get to experience an all-the-cholesterol-you-can-eat breakfast buffet (with token canned fruit in syrup, yogurt, and granola hidden in one corner for the health-conscious). We were served beverages by a poker-faced matron who sternly explained to me (after bringing me the coffee I'd asked for) that I could have either coffee OR orange juice with the buffet, not both. I was disappointed but didn't make a fuss. A little while later she silently and still unsmilingly brought me a glass of OJ at no extra charge. I got the impression that my quiet "thank you" may have been considered too effusive.

So maybe I have been to Minnesota.

[starphire.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I suppose if I only count states I've slept in my tally would drop from 49 (all of which involved covering some ground, at least) to just 41. But trying to reconcile reality with simple definitions gets sticky somehow: does sleeping on a cross-country train while it's passing through a state count, or only if you spent some part of that state transit looking out the window? What if it was night and I couldn't really see anything?
If I take a strict definition and only count the states I've covered some ground in while awake and able to see the countryside at least, I think I lose a state. If all of the above PLUS at least a stop to walk around, then it's only 43.

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

For sleeping, I didn't count sleeping on long-distance trains -- doing so would have given me WV*, KY, and IN from the Cardinal, and NE from the California Zephyr.

For visiting, in my particular case there's no state I've taken a train through that I haven't also at least driven through. I'm not sure if I'd count it if there were.

* The Cardinal wouldn't have given me WV if it had been running on time.