The State Game

Britt and a couple of his old high school friends play what I call "The State Game" (clever, I know). Whoever visits all fifty states first wins. I think the leading score is around forty right now. The rules are minimal. One is disqualified if his age in years ever exceeds his number of states (thus ensuring that the game won't last forever, which is nice for us wives). Airports don't count; one must leave airport property to snag the state it's in. Entering and immediately exiting a state counts too, simply because it was done by one of the friends before anyone ever thought to declare it against the rules. They basically go on the honor system, I think. But it is generally deemed more fun to buy a post card or other piece of proof and send it to the others to rub it in when one claims an especially coveted state. Nothing like gloating.

I am not really in the game, but it's fun to keep track of where I've been in my little life. My dad used to keep US maps for each of us kids and highlight every state we had been to with an old yellow highlighter. Not sure what ever happened to my map, but I started keeping track on my own after I met Britt and learned of The State Game. I may never see all the states, but I did live most of my life in Texas, and that's what counts.

I found this little gem on another blog earlier and thought it was fun.


bold the states you've been to, underline the states you've lived in and italicize the state you're in now...

Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maine / Maryland / Massachusetts / Michigan / Minnesota / Mississippi / Missouri / Montana / Nebraska / Nevada / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New Mexico / New York / North Carolina / North Dakota / Ohio / Oklahoma / Oregon / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / South Dakota / Tennessee / Texas / Utah / Vermont / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Washington D.C /

Go HERE to have a form generate the HTML for you.