Swampy's zany ABCs or Alphabetic Fun Monday
When Swampy gave us our instructions to post something to do with the ABCs, I felt like I was playing the ABC game with my kids. You know the one where you take turns naming foods, animals, names, etc through the alphabet. It kept my kids entertained in many a restaurant while waiting for food.
When she left it wide open for topic I was lost for a while. I thought about doing National Parks visited (it‘s our goal to see them all), States visited, etc but I couldn’t come up with one for each letter so I broke it down even further. Below you will find a partial list of cities I have been to; I made sure to include Canada and Mexico and at least one city from each of the 33 states I’ve visited. Maybe I’ve been near you?
- A - Alba, Missouri
- Ashland, Wisconsin
- B - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Biloxi, Mississippi
- Brownsville, Texas
- C - Ciudaa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico
- Clearwater Beach, Florida
- Chicago, Illinois
- Corpus Christi, Texas (lived there)
- Clinton, Kentucky
- D - Durango, Colorado
- Dubuque, Iowa
- Dallas, Texas
- Devil’s Tower, Wyoming
- E - Estherville, Iowa
- Escanaba, Michigan
- Elyria, Ohio
- F - Flagstaff, Arizona
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
- G - Goshen, Indiana
- Gardiner, Montana
- Grove, Oklahoma
- Galveston, Texas
- H - Hays, Kansas
- Horseheads, New York
- Hershey, Pennsylvania (yummy)
- Houston, Texas
- I - Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- J - Joplin, Missouri (raised in)
- Jerome, Arizona
- K - Kelso, California
- Kenosha, Wisconsin
- L - Little Rock, Arkansas
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Lubbock, Texas
- M - Mobile, Alabama
- Miami, Florida
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Moab, Utah
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (lived there)
- N - Neosho, Missouri
- Niagara Falls, New York
- O - Orlando, Florida
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- P - Pensacola, Florida
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Presque Isle, Michigan
- Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
- Plover, Wisconsin (lived there)
- Q - Quincy, Illinois
- R - Red Wing, Minnesota
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Rapid City, South Dakota
- S - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Sedona, Arizona
- Salina, Kansas
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- T - Tucson, Arizona
- Twentynine Palms, California
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Terlingua, Texas (awesome ghost town)
- Thermopolis, Wyoming
- U - Union City, Tennessee
- Uvalde, Texas
- V - Valparaiso, Indiana
- Viroqua, Wisconsin
- W - Wichita, Kansas
- Wabasha, Minnesota (Grumpy Old Men)
- Webb City, Missouri (born in)
- Wheeling, West Virginia
- X - x marks the spot of over 3000 geocaches done
- Y - Yorktown, Texas
- Yellowstone, Wyoming
- Z - Zion Lodge, Utah
I look forward to visiting many more states as soon as the opportunity arises. If you feel like you need a photo see some of the Easter ones in yesterdays post. I think I need a nap now.
wow....that is a lot of traveling...only a few to california though and I
don't recognize those cities!!
wow. this is an incredibly impressive list!
My city is on that list!
Wow, you've been to alot of places! Including where I live and used to
live!
Good list.
you need to head East... stop by and visit.
Wow, that's quite the list! But, you've never been to Massachusetts? You
simply must come! But wait until the fall, so you can get some folliage
shots! ;-)
***Johnny Cash singing...I've Been Everywhere Men, I've Been
Everywhere....***
Wow ! What an awesome list. Amazing that that I've been
to some of those towns, too. Grove, Oklahoma?
Thanks for playing the game. I loved reminiscing about these places that
I've visited (lived).
Have a wonderful week.
What in the world led you to Escanaba Michigan? The UP is scary!
Not bad ! The whole alphabet you travelled through. Good idea for the theme
!
Like your idea of identifying cities and town visited. I go on about
number of states I've traveled in but in all honesty am not sure the drive
bys should count. Love Clearwater, FL for memories of a happy year
teaching there and living on Clearwater Beach when I was not afraid to be
seen in a bathing suit. ..a long time ago!
No that is fun! Just as fun to read as to write I'm sure!
Looks as if someone else has a touch of the wonder lust. I'm been to or
near a lot of the same places, but there is no place line home.
nope. I guess you have to come visit me.
Well, now...you, my dear, get around ;). EXCEPT NOT ANYWHERE NEAR ME!! I
guess your Tennessee stops are the closest, but still you were a ways away.
I so wish I could help you out with that word. My first thought is
elucidation Here are a few more that come to mind:
advice, advisement, announcing, articulation, assertion, communion, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, corresponding, declaration, delivery, disclosing, dissemination, expression, global village, intelligence, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, link, making known, mention, notifying, publication, reading, reception, revelation, talk, talking, telling, transfer, translating, transmission, utterance, writing
A few more:
acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, band-aid*, clause, comeback, comment, cooler*, counterclaim, crack*, defense, disclosure, echo, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, parting shot*, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note*, topper*, vindication, wisecrack
Wow, that's a lot of travelling! And even though you were in Canada you
missed me by a LONG shot. Alberta is a little ways away from Ontario.
Maybe next time :o)
Wow!! You have certainly been to lots of places.
I've been to most of those, too. I've never met a town I didn't like, but
I try not to re-visit, there's so many more to see.
Wow- that's a lot of travelling. Great list!
did you go to MOAB for rock crawling?
I have been to Goshen, and Valparaiso is a neighboring town. I love Niagara
Falls and Presque Isle is beautiful. 33 states? Visiting all 50 would be
exciting.
If i do this kind of ABC I might need to include streets to accommodate all
letters! LOL
WOWOW!! you have been to ALOT of places!! in Minnesota but not close to
us!1
Thanks for your sweet words by the way come back and see what we
found!!
www.westartandendwithfamily.blogspot.com
Well I've made it to three of the places on your list!
Wow, that's a very impressive list! I haven't been to too many of the
places you listed, but all of the ones in Kansas are relatively close to
where I live. :-)
Wow, you have done a lot of travelling. I've been to Orlando, but that's
it in the US. Fabulous.
That is quite the list. That is a lot of road time, there (from someone
who knows about road time).
WOW! You have been so so many cities. This was very interesting. Makes me
want to see how many I've been to too.
WOW! What a fantastic list!! You and I are defiantly travelers, your post
makes me want to travel too!!!
You have been to just about everywhere. Next time you are out my way, stop
by for a spell! Sedona is very pretty. I am planning on going back late
summer this year.
Great list.
Cool! You've really done some traveling. You've been close to me but looks
like you need to visit Florida again, you missed the best part - the west
coast!
Your blog is always so much fun! :-)
Terrific job, Lisa! I wonder if we ever crossed paths?
Speaking of ABC's, I'm doing an A-Z photo challenge over at my journal. "A"
photos are due by the 31st if you want to join :-)
Link to the "A" entry - http://journals.aol.com/lifes2odd/perception/entrie
s/2008/03/15/a---apples/680