Post the U.S. states you've never set foot in

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. North Dakota
4. Iowa
5. Louisiana
6. Mississippi
7. Alabama
8. Wisconsin
9. Michigan


Honorable mention:

1. Minnesota (Minneapolis airport only)
2. Florida (Miami airport only)

[greendog]

1. Hawaii

I've stayed overnight at least 3 nights in 49 states.

[skygazer]

2. Alaska and Hawaii

I've driven or hitchhiked through all the others more than once. :hi:

[Beausoleil]

3. Only five

Vermont
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Oregon
Kentucky

I feel like I've been everywhere (man).

[skygazer]

4. How did you get to Maine without at least hitting New Hampshire?

Just curious...

[Beausoleil]

9. USN

We sailed from San Diego through the Canal to Rockland, Maine and stayed for three days anchored in the harbor (on-shore liberty, of course); made stops in R.I., Florida and Mississippi on the way back.

Good question, though.

[skygazer]

11. Figured it had to be air or sea

:hi:

[grace0418]

5. Hawaii, Maine, Vermont and I've only been in the airport in Alaska. Although that will change.

I'm going to Alaska in July.

[Bicoastal]

12. Where did you fly to that required a stopover in Alaska?

Let's see--Canada or Russia, right?

[grace0418]

18. Japan actually. It was on Korean Air so we stopped in Anchorage, then Seoul, then

Osaka. On the way home we flew non-stop from Seoul and it SUCKED! After the 8th hour I almost lost it, with 5 hours left to go. It was much better having that stopover in Anchorage.

[Beausoleil]

13. "going to Alaska in July"

I'll bet you LOVE it. In July! Wish I was going. But I lived there for 6 years.

Have fun!

:thumbsup:

[grace0418]

21. Thanks! I bet I will too. In fact, we're going with my husband's family and

my husband and I are already pretty sure we're going to go back by ourselves sometime. The family trip is a cruise, which is not normally my kind of thing, but it's the best option for his family. My husband and I like to travel more quietly, away from touristy stuff. So I think once we get a little taste of it on this cruise, we'll be itching to go back and see it for real.

[Blue_In_AK]

32. July is nice

but bring a raincoat, sometimes it's a little damp. Will you be in Southeast or come up here to the main part of the state? I can tell you some nice places to visit if you're in Southcentral.

ed. Never mind, I didn't see your post immediately above. If you're cruising, you'll probably be in Southeast. It's really pretty down there, but you'll probably need a raincoat even more. :)

[Beausoleil]

38. Actually, Blue, when we lived in Seward

we had about 100 cruise ship landings a year. But I think most of those now go to Whittier (where everything is shittier).

But, yeah, I'd bring a raincoat.

[Blue_In_AK]

43. You are correct, of course...

And we see those Princess buses all over the place toting the cruisers around. I think there are still quite a few cruise ships that come into Seward, but also Whittier. I guess I was making an unwarranted assumption about the Southeast thing -- it just seems like a lot of people take that trip.

[Beausoleil]

49. That's good to hear

The summer tourist business is a big deal for Seward. It's good to hear that Princess hasn't completely abandoned them.

I used to have this view from my bedroom window:

http://photos.alaska.org/alaska-photos/Seward-Kenai-Fjords-Photos/kenai-fjords-maps/seward/Seward+Cruise+Ship.jpg.html

[Blue_In_AK]

56. The cruise lines are a little irritable right now

because we enacted a law that makes them tighten up on their discharges into the water and also enacted a head tax, but I'm sure they'll get over it.

http://www.adn.com/money/story/358430.html

[grace0418]

62. We're taking the Inside Passage, stopping in Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, then

Victoria B.C. before heading back to Seattle. I'm fully expecting a lot of rain, but I don't care (although my husband's family might have some complaints about it). At least my husband's family is on board with NOT taking the ship's excursions where everyone is herded around like a bunch of cattle. Of course, they're interested in taking smaller excursions because they're cheap, I'm interested because I hate traveling in herds. My husband and I also plan to break off on our own at least once. We're exploring some possible hikes in Ketchikan that I'm told the cruise ship tourists don't bother taking. That's what I want, peace and quiet and a nice hike somewhere pretty.

[Blue_In_AK]

63. You won't be disappointed down there.

It is absolutely gorgeous. Maybe your next vacation to Alaska you can come up this way -- it's a completely different although equally beautiful environment. It's impossible to "do" Alaska in one vacation unless you've got months to spare.

[grace0418]

65. I would love to do that some time in the next few years. We were laughing as we

looked at the map. Our cruise will only take us a super tiny SE tip of the state. But that will be a trip to take without high-maintenance relatives and pre-teen girls. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

73. No doubt...

When you come up here to the main part of the state, your best bet would be you and your husband alone, a tent and some sleeping bags, a couple of fishing poles, and LOTS of time. It can be expensive up here in the summer if you stay in hotels and lodges, but if you don't mind roughing it a little, you can keep costs down and see much more of what the state has to offer. Make your rental car arrangements well in advance and look for good deals.

[grace0418]

75. That sounds fantastic! Maybe I will be PM-ing you when we make the trip.

If you don't mind, that is. :hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

76. Absolutely.

Chances are you could even use Casa Blue_in_AK as a home base, assuming we don't have other visitors. We have a nice guest room and a place to shower, which is always appreciated after long camping trips.

[grace0418]

82. Thanks!

That's very nice of you! I will keep this bookmarked for the future. :)

[QMPMom]

71. I'd move to Skagway if I could. I *love* that town.

Did you go to the Red Onion?

[grace0418]

74. Haven't been yet. Going in July.

But I am looking forward to it! :hi:

[QMPMom]

83. If you can, go to the Red Onion Saloon. It's a pub that used to be

a Gold Rush Brothel. Food and atmosphere is great and there is a museum upstairs.

There's also a seafood restaurant called the Skagway Fish Company. OMG, the halibut is amazing.

I hope you have as good a time as we did. We drove from Edmonton to Whitehorse, Yukon where my parents flew in and met us. We picked up our son at Army Cadet Camp and did the drive to Alaska. We took a cruise on the Inside Passage and fell in love with the place.

Take a very large memory card for your camera (if you have digital) and be prepared to be awed. There is a lighthouse between Juneau and Skagway that is beautiful = just one of the hundreds of beautiful things you will see.

[grace0418]

84. Thanks for the tips! I will put them on our list. Luckily I bought a 2G card

for our camera before our trip to Italy last year, so I can take tons of pictures. It's the sifting through them afterwards that's difficult! LOL!

I will post some picks when we get back and thanks again! :hi:

[SteppingRazor]

6. I had to look at a map to check them off, but I've only got 11 I haven't been to.

Alaska
Utah (Weird ... been to every state around it, but can't remember ever being in Utah)
Oklahoma
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Hawaii
Maine


Not bad for a 30-year-old guy! :)

[SoxFan]

7. My list

Alaska
Hawaii
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
West Virginia
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah


Airport only:

Michigan (DTW)
Kentucky (CVG)

I've been to two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick

[StrongBad]

8. There are a lot

Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming

It is my goal in life to visit all 50 states at some point.

[Bicoastal]

10. Wouldn't it be easier to tell you which states I HAVE set foot in?

1. California
2. Nevada
3. Arizona
4. Washington
5. New Mexico
6. Colorado
7. Texas
8. Louisiana
8. Illinois
9. Michigan
10. Ohio
11. Kentucky
12. Virginia
13. Maryland
14. Pennsylvania
15. New York
16. New Jersey
17. Connecticut
18. Rhode Island
20. Massachusetts
21. Florida
22. Hawaii
23. Alaska

[madinmaryland]

14. Here you go (12)

1. Hawaii
2. Oregon
3. Washington
4. Alabama
5. Arkansas
6. Oklahoma
7. North Dakota
8. South Dakota
9. Nebraska
10. Minnesota
11. Montana
12. Idaho

[jakefrep]

15. My list...

Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Delaware
Massachusetts
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Minnesota
California
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Nebraska
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
Montana

[1gobluedem]

16. I think these are all mine

Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska

Thirteen, it looks like.

[pokerfan]

17. ...

Better yet, create and post a map http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedstates">here.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

19. I learn something new from DUers every day!

Cool site!

[mikita]

20. Here ya go

Alaska
Hawaii
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Olkahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah

Texas (airports only)

Would love to visit Wyoming first.....

Mikita

[EstimatedProphet]

22. Mine

Hawaii
Wyoming
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island

[BreweryYardRat]

23. Easier just to tell you where I HAVE been.

Florida (native), Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire (drive-through), Maine.

[pokerfan]

25. You are the anti-me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7644842&mesg_id=7644962

[BreweryYardRat]

40. Oops. Left out Massachusetts.

[CottonBear]

24. Here are the ones that I've been to (I semed to have missed seeing the top of the country!):

Shhhhh! Don't tell BOSSHOG that I've never been to Arkansas! ;)

http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=ALAZCACODCFLGAILINKSKYLAMDMSMONVNJNMNYNCOKORSCTNTXUTVA

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Alaska, Vermont, Alabama, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas

I've been to all the others.

[Beausoleil]

33. Did you know that there are a lot of transplanted Minnesotans in Alaska?

They like the mild winters there.

[Blue_In_AK]

36. Hahahahaha!!

My sister-in-law is from Minnesota. She met my brother in Barrow where they were enjoying one of those "mild winters." You're right, though, our winters down here in Anchorage (or Homer where they live now) aren't nearly as bad as Minnesota's.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

41. And they're even better in the Panhandle, from what I hear

:-)

[Beausoleil]

47. Yes, they can get a lot of snow, but rarely subzero temps.

That maritime climate.

[Blue_In_AK]

57. Lots of snow,

but it is quite a bit milder down there in the winter, generally 10-15 degrees above what we have here in Anchorage. But it's not below zero that often even here. The really cold winter temps are up in the Interior away from the coastline.

[Critters2]

27. I've been mostly in the Midwestm, plains and New England. So, a lot I haven't seen...

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
Puerto Rico
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming

[huskerlaw]

28. Ok...

1. Alaska
2. Arkansas
3. Connecticut
4. Indiana
5. Maine
6. Massachusetts
7. Michigan
8. Mississippi
9. Montana
10. New Hampshire
11. New Jersey
12. New Mexico
13. North Carolina
14. North Dakota
15. Ohio
16. Pennsylvania
17. Rhode Island
18. South Carolina
19. South Dakota (and I grew up in Nebraska...for shame!)
20. Vermont
21. West Virginia
22. Washington

Honorable mention:
1. Minnesota (Minneapolis airport only)
2. Oregon (technically, I've crossed the border. But only momentarily)

I have plans to go to Oregon for real this summer though.

[geardaddy]

29. Over half

1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. South Dakota
4. Wyoming
5. Louisiana
6. Mississippi
7. Alabama
8. Nevada
9. Oregon
10. New Mexico
11. Arizona
12. Idaho
13. North Carolina
14. South Carolina
15. Georgia
16. Texas
17. Oklahoma
18. Rhode Island
19. Maine
20. Delaware
21. West Virginia
22. Tennessee
23. Kentucky
24. Arkansas
25. Utah
26. Maryland

[abq e streeter]

30. Wash. ,Oregon, Montana Idaho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Alabama,

Georgia, Fla. , The Carolinas, Maine, N.H., Vermont, The Dakotas

[Blue_In_AK]

31. None of the New England states or New York

New Jersey, and I don't think Delaware. No Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakotas, Montana, Idaho. No Hawaii. Other than that, I think I've hit most of the rest of them.

[TZ]

34. Oh lots...

Pretty much every state west of the Mississipi, except Colorado most of the South except Georgia (except for a 30 minute layover in Miami) and most of New England except Connecticut. However I will soon be able to take Minnesota off that list.....

[Lautremont]

35. Deleted 'cause the map didn't work...

[Hawkeye-X]

37. Here's my list..

1) Alaska
2) Washington
3) Oregon
4) Idaho
5) Montana
6) South Dakota
7) North Dakota
8) Indiana
9) Hawaii
10) Georgia (Atlanta airport only)
11) North Carolina
12) South Carolina
13) Maine
14) Vermont
15) New Hampshire
16) Lousiana
17) Mississippi
18) Kentucky (Covington airport)
19) Tennessee
20) West Virginia
21) Alabama
22) Rhode Island
23) Michigan (Detroit airport)
24) Kansas
25) Missouri

Yeah, and the next 30 years, I hope to visit the other half.

Hawkeye-X

[fizzgig]

39. lemme think....

maine
new hampshire
vermont
connecticut
massachusetts
rhode island
delaware
the carolinas
virginia
west virginia
georgia
alabama
mississippi
indiana
ohio
kentucky
tennessee
texas
north dakota
alaska
hawaii
arizona
arkansas
pennsylvania
oklahoma
maryland
wisconsin

airport only:
michigan (detroit)
minnesota (minneapolis)
dc (dulles)

i really want to see new england at some point

[Samurai_Writer]

42. The states I haven't been to yet

1. Alaska
2. Hawaii
3. California
4. Oregon
5. Vermont
6. New York
7. Delaware
8. Connecticut
9. Rhode Island
10. Idaho

States I want to go to but haven't yet, in order of interestingness:
1. Alaska
2. Oregon
3. California
4. Hawaii
5. New York
6. Vermont

[Rosie1223]

44. Fewer than I thought

ALASKA
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
HAWAII
MAINE
NEW JERSEY
OREGON
RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON

[LynneSin]

45. Here you go

http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=CACOCTDCDEFLGAILINKYLAMDMANJNMNYNCOHPARISCTXVA

I'm amazed that I've lived next to West Virginia for most of my life but I've never visited it

[pokerfan]

48. West Va. is a hole on my map as well

[NMDemDist2]

46. Vermont, Conn, NJ, NY, MD, Delaware, WI, MN, MI & DC. That's it

I really need to make a trip to the NE

[ForrestGump]

50. Fourteen...

Alaska
Connecticut
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[devilgrrl]

51. Mine

Hawaii
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
West Virginia
South Carolina
Arkansas

[YankeyMCC]

52. Alrighty

* Alaska (AK)

* Arkansas (AR)

* Colorado (CO)

* Delaware (DE)




* Hawaii (HI)
* Idaho (ID)

* Iowa (IA)

* Minnesota (MN)

* Nevada (NV)




* New Mexico (NM)

* Oregon (OR)




* South Dakota (SD)

* Utah (UT)

* Washington (WA)

* Wisconsin (WI)
* Wyoming (WY)

[ashling]

53. OK

Alaska
Hawaii
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maine
Rhode Island
Iraq

Actually I've only been on the toll roads in Delaware. Does that count?

[Mendocino]

54. Alaska, Washington, Arizona, Louisiana,Mississippi

and the Canadian Provinces of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

[billyskank]

55. Easier to do it this way

not(New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachussetts)

[Iggo]

58. All of them except for...

California

Arizona

Nevada

[Crabby Appleton]

59. Been to 40 of 50

Haven't been to ME,VT,OR,ID,NV,WY,ND,SD,NE,IA.

My visits to Alaska were stops at the Anchorage airport going and coming from Japan and other Far East places.

[sakabatou]

60. Hmmm

I've never been in all of the states, excpet:

Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
Texas
Florida
Vermont
New York
Arizona
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
California

[Awsi Dooger]

61. I finally completed all 50 last year

Hawaii was #50, slightly less than a year ago. In fact, I remember the date I landed in Honolulu, April 15, because it was one day prior to Va Tech. That massacre happened on the first morning of my week's cruise on the Pride of Hawaii, which has recently been renamed Norwegian Jade and transferred from the islands. Luckily I made that cruise when the market was saturated and the prices reasonable. NCL recently pulled another of its ships from the islands, from 3 to 1.

[tjwmason]

64. Here we go:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massacheussetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Misouri
Mississippi
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

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

77. You must hop across the pond one day!

Although I envy you, living in Britain. We are taking another tour of Europe next month and only have a day in London, alas.

[XemaSab]

66. hmmm

Hawaii
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wyoming
South Dakota
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Michigan
New Jersey
Kentucky
Tennessee (airport layover)
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi

[QMPMom]

67. Too many. I want to see most of these:

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachussets
Delaware
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Hawaii

[Dulcinea]

68. Here goes....

1. Kentucky
2. Idaho
3. Montana
4. Wyoming
5. Arizona
6. Utah (only changed planes in Salt Lake)
7. Oklahoma
8. Iowa
9. Minnesota
10. N. Dakota
11. S. Dakota
12. Nebraska

[ScreamingMeemie]

69. I cut quite a few off the list last week.

There's an open door in Michigan if you ever want to check it out.

My List:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona (MrG had though)
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii (MrG had)
Kansas
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming

Last week I was in Missouri and Arkansas, which I had never been in before.

What was amazing is, driving South, James was able to bang off 39 of 50 states on the license plate game.

[Burma Jones]

70. Alrighty

Alaska
Hawaii
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska

[Zavulon]

72. Zero.

My parents wanted me to see every state, even if for only a day. It took years to do it, but it was done.

Hawaii was the last on the list.

[sinkingfeeling]

78. Alaska.

[Initech]

79. My list:

Washington
Oregon
New Mexico
West Virginia
Vermont
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma

But the first two will change this summer since I'm planning on hitting both those states, as well as Vancouver! :woohoo:

[Thirtieschild]

80. Nine

New Jersey
Maine
Michigan
North Dakota
California
Oregon
Washington
Hawaii
Alaska

[JTG of the PRB]

81. Quite a few, actually.

Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin

I do, however, intend to visit every single one of them some day!

[fortyfeetunder]

85. 14/50 (dang, I've been one traveling fool...)

1) Vermont
2) Maine
3) Indiana
4) Iowa
5) North Dakota
6) South Dakota
7) Arkansas
8) Nebraska
9) Montana
10)Oklahoma
11) New Mexico
12) Wyoming

Honorable mentions
1) Minnesota (Minneapolis airport)
2) Colorado (Denver airport)

Edit -- added another state!

[bixente]

86. All of them

Cool, I'm different.