I'm just kidding about the Chevrolet, of course (Been there, done that!)... I'm a Volkswagen man through and through. And gas is too expensive for people to be taking the long road trips those old Chevy commercials used to glamorize, although I admit I like road trips (If I'm the one doing the driving). I also admit I'd rather take a trip to Europe right now, like we used to, but -- hey! -- the dollar is worth practically nothing against the Euro these days, which makes everything over there super-expensive. So it seems like a good time to "see the USA"!
Plus, at some point recently I decided I should see all 50 states sometime before I'm dead, and I still have these ones to visit --
--- Northeast: Maine and Rhode Island.
--- South & Southwest: Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma (I should add Tennessee to that list, since technically I've only been to the Memphis airport).
--- West & Northwest: Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Alaska.
So that's 14 states left to experience.
Jerry somehow has a couple of vouchers from Northwest Airlines -- anywhere in North America, $99 round-trip for each of us, must be used by the end of this month. So over this past weekend we put together a four-day trip to Alaska later this month.
And I've been itching to get back to New England for some time now, so we are starting to plan a trip up there for the middle of September. I'll make sure we swing through Maine and Rhode Island.
... and what will be the 50th state, if I make it that far?... Might that feel weird to be done with them? :-(
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i've yet to visit vermont and oregon, alaska and hawaii. you've been to two of those in the last 4 months! i'm hoping hawaii will be the next one i mark off the list.
Michelle -- those are the only 4 states you haven't seen?.. wow.
also, we'll be in Vermont next month -- one of my favorite states.
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