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For #TravelTuesday I've been thinking about my nation. I've been to a few states but nowhere near all 50. It would be fun - and interesting - to visit each state at least once. It would also be fun to travel through states in some kitschy manner - like traveling Route 44 and making stops along the way. Or traveling to all the big roadside attractions like the World's Biggest Dinosaur and stopping at each one (I stole this particular idea straight from a book I read in which the main characters did this very thing). Or visiting all the Hall of Fames, or baseball stadiums, or fill in the blank. Not only would it help the traveling bug but it would give me particular insight into the different cultures of this melting pot country I call home. I would get to experience the different regions - their music, their dialects, their food, their dress, their pride, and yes, perhaps even their flaws. 

So today I'm going to spend some time looking up a state I haven't been to yet and beginning to make plans to visit in the future - I can get to know my nation one state at a time. How many states/regions/areas of your nation have you been to? 

"It doesn't matter how old you get; buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised nine-year-old was given $100." @lisaxy424 (bananafanafofisa)

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