50 States Complete
It’s official. In September 2025 we officially visited our 50th state. We flew to Anchorage and immediately sprinted over to the Welcome to Alaska sign to document our arrival. Crossing this one off my list felt oh so good.
- The states I had visited as of 2015. In order of visit – California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Illinois, Nevada, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, and Florida.
- February 2016, I took a solo trip and added Oregon.
- November 2016, I took a road trip with my future husband and added Tennessee, Arkansas, and Alabama.
- 2017, solo again to Kansas and Missouri.
- 2018, I took a road trip with my future husband through Tennessee, Alabama, and added Georgia.
- 2019, I took a road trip with my now husband spanning nine states including adding new states Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
- May 2021, solo I added Utah.
- June 2021, I added Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
- August 2021, solo I added Oklahoma.
- October 2021, my bestie and forever favorite travel buddy, Lorene joined in my quest, and we took a road trip to Montana, Wyoming (new for her), and Idaho.
- March 2022, Lorene and I visited Hawaii. New for me but not for her.
- July 2022, Lorene and I brought along some family and took a road trip spanning eight states – Massachusetts (not new for me), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- October 2022, Lorene and I added Michigan.
- September 2023, we took a mini road trip from Pennsylvania, through Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. No new states for her, I added PA, DE, and WV. West Virginia was the 44th state I visited.
- Memorial Day weekend, Lorene and I flew to Minneapolis and added Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa to our list. We now have visited 47 states.
- 4th of July weekend, Lorene and I flew to Fargo and added North Dakota and South Dakota. This bring our total to 49. Only one more to go!!!
- September – We flew to Anchorage Alaska and officially visited our 50th State!