Friday, February 25, 2005

States Meme

Because I haven't done one of these in a while (and because I think they can be kinda interesting.)


From PSoTD

Bold the states you’ve been to, underline the states you’ve lived in and italicize the state you’re in now.


Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maine / Maryland / Massachusetts / Michigan / Minnesota / Mississippi / Missouri / Montana / Nebraska / Nevada / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New Mexico / New York / North Carolina / North Dakota / Ohio / Oklahoma / Oregon / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / South Dakota / Tennessee / Texas / Utah / Vermont / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Washington D.C. /

(Looks like I still have a ways to go to finish my complete tour of the good ol' USA :-)

10 comments:

WebGuy said...

Hey Michael, when and where in PA did you hail from?

Michael K. Willis said...

My father's side of the family comes from a very tiny suburb of Philadelphia (Morton...near Chester) and I lived there for a year or so when I was a child and I visited a few times when I was older (until my Grandmother died.)

Karama said...

Check that out! Small world! I went to college at Swarthmore and was a watch-care member at Shorter AME Church in Morton. I volunteered in their tutoring program and really enjoyed the folks I met in Morton. The smallness of it reminded me in someways of my home state, Arkansas. I really enjoyed being able to go to Morton during my college years.

makuahine said...

I must be boring, I've lived in Missouri my whole life and only been to Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. I was too young to remember OK and TX and was just in KY for about 6 hours and TN and AR are pretty much just drive throughs to Mississippi where my grandmother-in-law is. :)

Carolyn said...

I’ve lived in West Virginia all my life. Have traveled to:

California; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Kentucky;
Louisiana; Maryland; Michigan;
Mississippi; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington, DC
(Outside US- Bahamas)

SweetKali said...

Alaska - High school in Fairbanks.

California - live there now.

Hawaii - attended Pearl City Elem.in Honolulu there for three years as a child.

Idaho - have driven thru this state, fast!!

Illnois- spend three days in Chicago once and at OHare Airport on the way to Ohio.

Kansas - lived in Topeka as a kid for a couple of years.

New Jersey - have driven thru.

New Mexico - spent a couple weeks in Santa Fe.

New York - have visited twice, once for pleasure and once for work AND pleasure.

Ohio- have family there, visited once.

Oregon - worked off and on at a newspaper in Portland.

Washington - born in Seattle and lived off and on in Tacoma and Seattle area for a few years.

..and that's justi n THIS country!

Karama said...

Hi Michael, Did you know Charles Bond in Morton?

Michael K. Willis said...

Karama,

Actually that names sounds vaguely familiar but it's been so long since I was in Morton...and whenever I went I met so many people (my grandparents had 8 children and so the area in and around town has more cousins and friends of cousins and friends of the family than I could hope to count) that it's hard to know for sure.

Karama said...

Your grandparents might have known him. He worked on the grounds at Swarthmore and was a member at Shorter.

Thanks for bringing back fond memories of Morton.

Anonymous said...

A few states to go...

Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida /

Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maine / Maryland /

Massachusetts / Michigan / Minnesota / Mississippi / Missouri / Montana / Nebraska / Nevada / New

Hampshire
/ New Jersey / New Mexico / New York / North Carolina / North Dakota / Ohio / Oklahoma /

Oregon / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / South Dakota / Tennessee / Texas / Utah /

Vermont / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Washington D.C. /

and a lot of countries in the world I would like to visit yet too!

It wouldn't accept my underline tag so I used the bold for the states I've been to and added the italics to the one I'm in now.