Pins in the Map
Thanks, docbrite for reminding me this site existed. I too haven't done it in awhile.
I'm almost done with the States. I'd like Alaska, New Hampshire and Maine filled in. The northmidwestern states I don't really care about.
To be honest, some of the lamer states I've just driven through. Does that count? I do not count states/countries where you had a layover and never left the airport. You have to leave the airport and its immediate grounds to stick a pin in the map. Them's the rules. I think driving through counts because, for a while, you're intimately familiar with a vast amount of the area you're passing through.
visited 42 states (84%)
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For the world map, I've got a few new hits. And I'm pleased and perplexed to note that my reissued-just-one-year-ago passport has countries in five continents stamped in it. (Those are, amongst others, US, Spain, Thailand, Australia, and Argentina.)
A lot of the itty-bitty "countrylets" in the Caribbean don't even show up in red on this map, but I checked the boxes nonetheless.
I like to check boxes. It makes me feel like I exist.
I remain envious of Paul who's hit all seven continents (Antarctica's a toughie to get to). Not to mention a helluva lot more countries.
visited 27 countries (12%)
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Speaking of travel, here's my vague preview of what's coming up:
I'm almost done with the States. I'd like Alaska, New Hampshire and Maine filled in. The northmidwestern states I don't really care about.
To be honest, some of the lamer states I've just driven through. Does that count? I do not count states/countries where you had a layover and never left the airport. You have to leave the airport and its immediate grounds to stick a pin in the map. Them's the rules. I think driving through counts because, for a while, you're intimately familiar with a vast amount of the area you're passing through.
visited 42 states (84%)
Create your own visited map of The United States
For the world map, I've got a few new hits. And I'm pleased and perplexed to note that my reissued-just-one-year-ago passport has countries in five continents stamped in it. (Those are, amongst others, US, Spain, Thailand, Australia, and Argentina.)
A lot of the itty-bitty "countrylets" in the Caribbean don't even show up in red on this map, but I checked the boxes nonetheless.
I like to check boxes. It makes me feel like I exist.
I remain envious of Paul who's hit all seven continents (Antarctica's a toughie to get to). Not to mention a helluva lot more countries.
visited 27 countries (12%)
Create your own visited map of The World
Speaking of travel, here's my vague preview of what's coming up:
- May 2010: We're supposed to be in Spain right now. Rock City Morgue is doing a Spanish tour, and Chris Slave (singer Rik's husband-elect) has never been to Spain. Or anywhere out of the country for that matter. So our plan was to meet up with the band in Barcelona, see the show, then let them do their tour while we gad about my Plan B city. (If, for some unfathomable reason, I can no longer be proud to call New Orleans home, both Ben and I agree that Barca's our #2 choice in the world.) Anyway, the timing and finances didn't work out this month for Spain, so here I sit, whinging about it instead.
- May 2010: Last week I was gonna try for a quick overnighter in NYC. Ben texted me from Vegas that JetBlue was doing a $10 ea. way MSY->JFK dealio. An offer I can't refuse. I've been neglecting my New Yawk friends and family shamefully. I managed to find a seat on the outgoing, but the coming-home flights were overbooked. To stay another day would have been $238 instead of $10, so scrap that. More whinging for you!
- June 2010: Ben and I are really going to NYC for a few days, then boarding a boat to Bermuda, which will be another pin in my map that I'm very much looking forward to.
- July 2010: Provincetown, MA, for our three-way wedding!
- 1st week of August, 2010: I was thinking about seeing a friend in Providence, RI, and also was toying with the idea of taking an aimless drive through Maine because I've never been. We'll see how finances work out on that one. It's not looking good just now.
- August, 2010: Lakehouse in Upstate NY. That's fo' shizzle.
- August or September, 2010: Take 2 on this whole "introduce Chris Slave To His First out-of-the-country trip." We're aiming for Buenos Aires, where it will be winter. (Always good to leave New Orleans in August and end up somewhere cold!) The Argentinian peso is good n' weak, so our US$ will go far. But the fare there and back is a bit (a lot) steep. I'm sure we'll work something out. Ben's a god with pulling frequent flier miles out of his ass.
- Xmas, 2010: Most probably going to Ben's parents' house in Kentucky. And most probably somewhere in between the fall and winter. We're kinda spontaneous dat way.