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50 Memories
I’m four states shy of having visited every state in the US. I didn’t set out to visit every state, it was a goal thrust upon me once I did the math and realized how close I was to 100%. I owe a lot...
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50 Memories: Alabama
We were coming back home to Midland, Texas from my maternal grandparent’s home in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina circa 1993. We’d taken a more northerly route up to the Smokies and were coming back to...
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50 Memories: Alaska
Here’s where doing the states in alphabetical order has the potential to get lame. I’ve never been to Alaska. Write a quick commentThe post 50 Memories: Alaska appeared first on Bye Bye, Bitters.
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50 Memories: Arizona
Arizona is a state I wouldn’t have been to without my old job. We used to head to a conference center in Scottsdale every year for training. The place was gorgeous – Spanish mission style dripping...
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50 Memories: Arkansas
We traveled through Arkansas when we moved from Virginia to Texas just after my ninth birthday. We stopped for a late breakfast (the closest my family would get to brunching) one morning in an old...
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50 Memories: California
I’ve only been to California for work. My first visit to California was courtesy of my old company. I was flying to San Francisco to meet a colleague and the two of us were driving to Pleasanton....
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50 Memories: Colorado
Colorado and I have a pattern. I’m there for one of two reasons: to ski or to see a dear friend get married. My first visit was the Winter of Freshman year of college. A friend from high school...
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50 Memories: Connecticut
I must have been to Connecticut in my childhood. I had family in Windsor. We went all over New England – beach homes on the Cape, family visits to Boston, a wedding in Vermont – but I have no solid...
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50 Memories: Delaware
My main memory of Delaware is an event born of a sad summer vacation. My extended family on my father’s side goes to Ocean City, Maryland each summer. When Kerry and I were little and our family lived...
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50 Memories: Florida
My first trip to Florida was the week before my 7th birthday. My father had won a trip to Disney World through his company and I was convinced my upcoming birthday helped us win. My only memories of...
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50 Memories: Georgia
Georgia is a state of Firsts for me. When I was about three, my mom’s oldest sister was living outside of Atlanta. Mom and I were going to take a trip to visit her – on a plane. This wasn’t my first...
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50 Memories: Hawaii
Hawaii is one of the Four Remaining States. While I haven’t been (yet), Will and I planned a trip to Hawaii about 10 minutes after we first met. We checked out books and took quizzes to see which...
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50 Memories: Idaho
With Idaho, we first get into the game of “what counts” as visiting a state. I’ve been to Idaho, but on a train. In 2011, Will and I took the Amtrak Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle. Yep, two...
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50 Memories: Illinois
Ah, Illinois. We all know I have memories of Illinois as I’ve lived here from ninth grade on. However, I still remember my first visit. In the summer between sixth and seventh grade, my family moved...
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50 Memories: Indiana
Honestly, my initial memories of Indiana are of the rest stops we visited as we passed through. Moving from Texas to New York and then New York to Illinois two years later (with a visit for...
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50 Memories: Iowa
Between sophomore and junior year of high school I spent two weeks at the University of Iowa for a youth science program. We were using our mad computer skills to design a program that calculated the...
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50 Memories: Kansas
Oh, Kansas, you saucy minx. I’ll get there someday. Write a quick commentThe post 50 Memories: Kansas appeared first on Bye Bye, Bitters.
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50 Memories: Kentucky
Kentucky and Maine were, for a long time, the only two states east of the Mississippi to which I had not been. It’s just south of us here in Illinois, but my family’s trips east long cut across...
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50 Memories: Maine
Maine was long the lone state east of the Mississippi to which I had not been. In my immediate family, only my father had been to Maine (on a trip up to Canada to see a solar eclipse, if I remember...
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50 Memories: Maryland
While I have no proof, I’m willing to bet that Maryland was the first state I visited (after being born in Virginia). Much of my dad’s family – and, at times, my mom’s family – lived in the state, so...
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