Where in North America have you been?

[CDNSushi]

*****Important Note!! Please read******

If you want to participate, you cannot simply hot link the URL to your picture. You must do as the site says, and right-click on your completed map, save the picture to your computer, and then upload it here to XMarks, using the "attach" feature (looks like a photo gram on your toolbar)


Here's a fun, little activity for the rabble. Head over to http://www.defocus.net/visitedstates/us-canada.html where you can create a customized map of North America, where you can indicate all the places you've visited (and how much).

If you feel inclined, share your piccy here. Here's mine. And as you can see, I still have a fair bit to see from this great continent of ours... And yet, I'm no slouch. I think I've still seen quite a bit, all things considered.

Legend:

RED = states/provinces where you've not spent much time or seen very much.
AMBER = states/provinces where you've at least slept and seen some sights.
BLUE = states/provinces you've spent a lot of time in or seen a fair amount of.
GREEN = states/provinces you've spent a great deal of time in on multiple visits.

(Direct linkback to the main page, as requested by the Blog's author: http://www.defocus.net/visitedstates/)

[Richrail]

Ok Here's mine.

[Grizzly]

This is mine so far. Bear in mind that I live in the UK . There is still so much to see.

[HippieLee]

I'm mostly an east coast guy...hoping to add Rhode Island next month

[EagleJCS]

Here's mine. Live in KY, have family in So. Indiana. Worked on OH (CLeveland) for about a year. The rest is travel for work/vacations.

[Calgacus]

As a Scot who has only visited on business, here's mine.

[Chas]

When my family left Canada in 1966 to go back to Europe, it was decided that we should see the whole of North America before going.

We spent 3 months touring in a blue Ford Falcon.
I remember;
- days and days driving through endless wheat fields;
- a ride on a Mississippi steam boat;
- a terrifying horse ride down into the grand canyon (but not the canyon itself);
- being unable to find a hotel room in New York city;
- touring the Space Centre and being in awe at the size of the rockets;
- street musicians in New Orleans who played and danced just for the love of it;
- seeing the 'grassy knoll' in Dallas;
- the kindness of total strangers who took us in at midnight and fed us and rescued our car and arranged for 4 brand new tyres to be fitted when ours had been slashed and would not take a penny piece for their troubles (because they were ashamed that such a calamity had befallen us in their community);
- apple pie, with cream, or ice cream, or all manner of sauces, or vintage cheddar cheese;
- discovering pumpkin pie and still loving the subtle taste to this day;
and the warm and genuine smiles of people in every State and Province.

We never made it to Hawaii, it was just too far. But we did get to Alaska when we saw the Yukon.

We even spent 4 hours in Mexico and Mum bought a wall hanging rug. It still hangs in her living room and the colours are still as vibrant as they were that day in '66.

Happy memories.

[unixken]

I've seen a fair amount of the continent, but "colorized" most of this map before the age of 30, it seems. I'd love to see more.

[English Bloke]

When I was eighteen I went on a Grand Tour of the US & Canada. I worked 16 hour shifts (you could in those days) six days a week for two and a half years and saved every spare penny. I used Freddie Laker's Sky Train to get me there and Greyhound Buses to get me about. Six months of 'on a budget' travel later I flew home again via Iceland and Paris and hitched-hiked back from France, arriving with two quid in my pocket and a big smile on my face.

In '96 I worked in Alberta for 9 months and did some more of the Province and over the border in Montana, Wyoming, S & N Dackota in a battered RV.

Not been back since.

[Father Bill]

Here's mine. We've driven every inch of the Trans-Canada Highway, the Yellowhead, and the Banff-Jasper and toured the east and west coasts a few times too.