tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542928.post-18134764678177770182008-07-19T11:43:00.001-07:002008-07-19T12:15:10.949-07:00It turns out I've visited 35 of the 50 states, although some states I was just passing through on the way to somewhere else. I can't remember if I've been to South Dakota or not. I'm pretty sure I went to Kentucky to eat at a restaurant with Jeff McDaniel and Joe Ray Sandoval on an AWP trip. I think the least amount of time I spent in any state was 45 minutes in Nevada, when me and Kenny Carroll changed planes in Vegas coming back from a poetry convention in Cali. I've spent most of my life (19 years) in DC, which isn't on this map because it isn't a state. The state I've lived the most amount of time in is PA (17 years), next is MD with one year in Baltimore in '68, then 4 years in PG County during the '80s, then NJ since I've basically spent the last 4 years in Atlantic City. I lived in TX, MS, WA, and MD during my three years in the US Air Force. No matter where I go or where I live, if someone asks me where I'm from, the answer will always be "Pittsburgh, PA."<br /><br /><img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=t&chs=440x220&chtm=usa&chf=bg,s,336699&chco=cc0000&chd=s:99999999999999999999999999999999999&chld=CAFLILMAMONCWIGALAMIMTNJPATNVAAZCTMNNMOHRITXWADEIDMDMSNVNYWVKYORSCNDIN" width="440" height="220" ><br/>visited 35 states (70%)<br/><a href="http://douweosinga.com/projects/visited?region=usa">Create your own visited map of The United States</a>Joel Dias-Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07078260711837933351djrenegade@hotmail.com