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Most of these were covered in several major roadtrips. Michigan to Montana when I was 16 covered a big swath, as did Ohio to Arizona (several times, by a few varying routes), and California to Ohio (by a route designed to cut right between states visited on the previous trips), Ohio to Vermont, Ohio to Alabama (two different routes, and one of those many trip extending into Florida). Ohio to DC to NYC covered most of the rest, I think. I've meant to hit all 50 states since I was a teen, though, and have been perfectly willing to detour roadtrips as necessary. Now I just need to plan to get the stragglers. I should cover New Hampshire and Maine whenever I go out to Portland, Maine to get my tattoo finished. And I owe visits out to the Pacific Northwest in Washington and Oregon, so maybe I can figure some reason to pop over to Idaho at the same time (this may be a long-term holdout -- Idaho isn't exactly "on the way to" anything -- same problem with North Dakota). I really should just check out Louisiana for its own sake one of these days. Alaska and Hawai'i would be nice when someone hands me a pile of money.