Arizona – hot, dry, the Mexican restaurant in Yuma, vastness of the Grand Canyon (in winter and summer), being marooned in Holbrook for a week with Mary (their Pizza Hut is good)
Arkansas – Misty Mountains, driving through at night in Feb 2005, visiting Erwins
California – place of my kauye (village), brilliant sunsets on the beach, rocky crags and plunging waterfalls of Yosemite, redwoods along the coast
Colorado – flat east, sand dunes, cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, Rocky
Connecticut – trees, a man from Togo pumped my gas
Delaware – visiting Singers, watching the World Series '04, my first white Christmas ('00)!
Florida – hot, muggy, mosquitoes, swampy, Kennedy Space Center (WOW), touching the Gulf of Mexico
Georgia – visiting Laura, seeing Parks, the Coke museum, trees and hills, Lookout Mountain
Idaho – mountains, eating lunch at Subway
Illinois – Urbana: flat flat flat flat flat, Chicago, Navy Pier, rolling hills along the Mississippi, spring walks along the Fox River with budding trees overhead, my home away from home
Indiana – farms, the Greyhound bus station in Indianapolis, congestion around Lake Michigan, visiting Harrigans in Ft. Wayne with John and Jimmy
Iowa – gas prices in Des Moines! visiting Charisa, rolling hills in the east, green
Kansas – trees, crossing the border to say I'd been there, no postcards!
Kentucky – beautiful mountains, crossing the river into Louisville, always passing the caverns sign and wishing I had enough time to detour
Louisiana – Shreveport, swampy trees, listening to My Antonia on tape for my American Lit class
Maine – apples, lots and lots of trees, a mailbox in the shape of a barn, eating lobster (after watching it die in the cooking pot)
Maryland – the airport in Baltimore had a mock cockpit in it, visiting Ardills
Massachusetts – driving under Boston (Wait...what?), now I've “been to Boston in the fall”
Michigan – another home, the shores of Lake Michigan, snow snow snow, ice-skating outside in Grand Rapids the day before Thanksgiving, spinning on ice, the Meijer Gardens in full bloom, lots and lots of trees, visiting Murrays in snowy grey Detroit
Minnesota – cold, very cold, Leslie's wedding in John Piper's church, riding the Ferris wheel at the Mall of America, watching Titanic in the theatre with Laura, lots of snow
Mississippi – I like the river better than the state (no offense), wet
Missouri – rolling hills, sparse trees, AN ELEPHANT viewed from the freeway, all country radio, meeting Brandon for an hour at Denny's, following a yellow moving truck in a heavy downpour so I wouldn't have an accident
Montana – moose and fires at Yellowstone, red sun, Northern Lights, driving when I was 16 without a speed limit
Nebraska – Are we there yet? Bugs on the windshield, farms, corn, TRUCKS
Nevada – flat, dry, hot, lights of Las Vegas (Lord, deliver us from evil), seeing gorgeous snowy Lake Tahoe from Reno, visiting Racheal and Christopher, no hotels to stay in if you're under 21
New Hampshire – beauty beyond words, trees, hills, touring Dartmouth with Ben
New Jersey – putting my feet in the freezing cold Atlantic at 11PM in October with Anna and Kari, watching the World Series, getting up before dawn to go to the bakery, why is it the garden state? turnpike
New Mexico – visiting Arrowsmiths, mountains and desert, dusting of snow, the Navajo flea market, Ruth's wedding and outdoor reception at the state park (beautiful red rocks), Carlsbad Caverns (one of my favourite places in the country)
New York - 4th of July concert in the mountains, cascade of Niagara Falls, driving into Manhattan to meet Brent & Jenny for church (and paying $30 for parking – never again!), Phantom of the Opera
North Carolina – Charlotte, driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway with Thomas (it really does look blue), SIMCO '89, enjoying fall colours Thanksgiving '00 with the class and Tolars
Ohio – visiting John at Cedarville (one stoplight in the town), corn fields, driving across in such a heavy rainstorm that I had to pull over for 20 minutes, beautiful reds oranges browns on trees
Oklahoma – visiting Anstines with my sister and later with Mary, atrocious road signs, fields and fields
Oregon – majestic mountains, full service gas stations, taking Sarah Rondema out to dinner, meeting Michael W. Smith & shaking his hand
Pennsylvania – green hills, a full rainbow after the storm of Ohio, “Where is my oil cap?”, the Liberty Bell, eating Chinese take-out outside the museum in Philadelphia
Rhode Island - **blink** Where did it go? I didn't even get a chance to get a postcard!
South Carolina – seeing Josh at camp in the mountains, touring Furman & Greenville with Thomas, seeing Laura, lush green hills and meadows, lemonade at Chick-fil-A, Coach's memorial service
South Dakota – Mt. Rushmore...that's all I remember – honest
Tennessee – picking blueberries with Megan, Chattanooga, driving across the Mississippi to Memphis, Justin's wedding, hazy mountains, getting stranded in Knoxville on the way to Coach's memorial service
Texas – Linda's wedding, road trip with Danny, John, Jimmy, and Mark; nighttime speed limit (be aware!), flat west, real Mexican food in El Paso, tornado warning; touring downtown Dallas with Marc, Daniel, & Young Jun; hot and muggy Houston
Utah – Zion National Park, climbing Angel's Landing and feeling on top of the earth, walking the Narrows along the river with rock walls on both sides, Bryce Canyon, trees that smell like vanilla
Vermont – vibrant fall colours, low mountains full of trees, fresh air
Virginia – staying with Lisa, driving an hour to the nearest town with a FedEx-Kinkos, Hannah's wedding in Fredericksburg, everyone claiming “Stonewall Jackson was here,” hills and trees
Washington – rainy Seattle, dry Yakima, rocky peaks in between, visiting Sauerweins, practicing driving in an orchard
West Virginia – going two hours out of the way with Heather to say we'd been there, the biggest teapot in the world?
Wisconsin – visiting Jonathan and Lori, cold, cows, green hills
Wyoming – Devil's Tower, prairie dogs, mountains,
very cool. It makes me want to try this, although I think you've been to more states than I have.
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