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"I'm a hobo!" (A travelling person, not a gay with a cold!!!!
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OH : My first visit to US, did a year at Kent State University on an exchange programme. (Been back on business a few times since then, worked at Batelle Labs, drove down from Ann Arbor, MI to visit my brother who was also doing a year at University of Toledo on an exchange programme some years later!)
IN : Drove through on a Spring Break roadtrip to Colorado.
IL : Drove through on a Spring Break roadtrip to Colorado. (Been back on business since then, working at Abbott Labs)
MO : Drove through on a Spring Break roadtrip to Colorado. (Been back on business since then, working at ABC Labs & Aventis)
KA : Drove through on a Spring Break roadtrip to Colorado. (Been back on business since then, working at KSU & Aventis)
CO : Sprink Break trip ended here. (Been back on business since then, working at places around Denver)
WV : Passed through on the way into PA, went to Greyhound races in Wheeling with friend's Uncle!
PA : Stayed with a friend in Pittsburgh here after Uni year finished before going back to UK. (Been back on business since then to numerous places)
VA : My first business visit to US 5 years later, worked in Richmond, went back a couple of times too.
NJ : Numerous business visits to various Pharmaceutical companies there.
NY :
Ditto Visited NYC one night while staying in NJ, went to 107th floor observation deck of WTC in 1999.
DE : Business visit to Quest labs in Newark. (Went back a few times over 3 year period)
CT : Drove through to get to Groton to stay with a friend after finishing job in DE, was supposed to work at Pfizer there for a week, but found out on my arrival that I had to go to Baltimore instead, and drove all the way back again!
MD : Worked at Johns-Hopkins in Baltimore, customer took me out for seasoned crabs. No cutlery, just a paper tablecloth, napkins & a wooden mallet! Mmmmm.
RI : Drove through on my way from NJ to MA a few times.
MA : Visited many times, company I work for is HQ'd there, so I go over for training periodically.
NC : Worked in Greensboro for Syngenta, went out with colleague in Durham.
GA : Installed a machine for Coca Cola Company in Atlanta.
MI : Many visits on business to Ann Arbor, & Kalamazoo (where I got "trapped" in the hotel bar with the multinational female cast of Riverdance! 👍)
MN : Spent a chilly few weeks on business in the twin cities.
ND : Spent an even chillier 2 weeks on business in Fargo one November! Saw the world's largest plane at the airport there! Was given free ticket to see Aerosmith (who I'm not keen on) just for something to do!
TX : Spent over a month in 2 separate visits working for CEDRA corp in Austin, customer picked me up for dinner in 1939 Rolls Royce one night! 👍
CA : Been a resident here for 7 years now, came a few times before that on business, and once on vacation. Love it! 👍
WA : Go up to work in Seattle periodically. Great city!
OR : Go up to work in Portland or OSU in Corvallis ocassionally.
ID : Put some equipment in the University in Moscow. Not much going on!
MT : Been to Bozeman & Missoula. Pretty country, very sparse. Missoula was very smoky due to forest fires in the surrounding valleys!
FL : Went to San Destin resort for meeting & golf. Hurricane damage still visible in places, forget which one it was after though.
UT : Worked in Logan & SLC on occasion. Also went boarding at Snowbird & visited lots of the national parks in the southern part of the state on our roadtrip last year.
AZ : Worked at U of A in Tucson, also drove parts of Route 66, and did Grand Canyon & Monument Valley during last year's roadtrip.
NV : Spent a couple of nights in Vegas on our roadtrip, not really my scene, but refreshing after Death Valley! Also spent a night in Reno when I went up there to collect my Porsche. Casinos suck. 👎 Porsche rules. 👍
There you have it. 31 states. Mostly missed out on the midwest WY, OK & the like, extreme North East, NH, VT etc. and the deep south, LA, MS etc. Must go on down there sometime.
Oh and of course HI and AK!