"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
Visit All 50 - Bonus post
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I recently started to work more closely with the All Fifty States Club. (Link here) In keeping with the theme, I've updated my post about "50 States to Love." (And here's that link.) I'll be posting in the All Fifty States Club Facebook group soon. As you likely know, I write about places all over the US and encourage you to visit more states. Or all states! You may not think so, but there are great places to see and things to do in every state. I have several links in that post to other places and topics in "All 50." One of them, which you may find either bragging or just plain boring, is my accounting of time spent in every state. (I developed it over about 10 years of remembering when I visited and how much time I spent there.) Here's that link. I hope you enjoy! And I'll be back next week as I write to you from Chicagoland! I'm attending two travel writer events and then visiting a bit of Route 66 as it runs southeast out of Chicago. (Chicagoland, because I'll only spend a few hours in the city of Chicago!) Thanks for reading! Until next time... Stan |
Stan Wiebe
"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
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