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[jfb]

I don't often do these things, but I've been meaning to visualize this anyway. States I've visited:



create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

I only included places I've been as an adult, mostly because, aside from DC, I just don't remember where I might have visited as a kid. I did include states I can prove I drove through but have absolutely no memory of. (Sorry, West Virginia.) I think I've been to all of these except Florida in the last year.

So I've sketched out a road trip that takes me through Arkansas, Kentucky, DC, New Hampshire, Maine, and Michigan. Alaska's gonna be a pain, though, and Hawaii, well. I hope my car can swim.

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[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Someone pointed out on the tool's home page that DC was on the wrong place in the map.

Once when I was working on a project, someone indicated DC on a map of the US -- except they pointed to Boston. Geography's a funny thing.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

While working on the map today I realized I have a much better grasp of US geography since this year's road trips--because using the states I already knew, I can say, like, "Oh, those states are between Oklahoma and Iowa, and this is the route I took, so they must be Kansas and Missouri."

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I am occasionally embarrassed when I realize I couldn't name/identify all the interal states. Clearly I need to take some road trips.