Our 50 states (and provinces/territories)

OK, to participate in this thread without being a complete wuss, I will add, and it's the last entry until new categories are added.
Sex: Ariz., Cal., Colo, Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., Tex., Ut., Va., Wash. Provinces: Alberta, B.C.. Ontario.

 

Airports: Buffalo. LaGuardia. Westchester/White Plains. Fort Myers. Miami. Governor's Harbor, Bahamas. Toronto. Boston. Rochester. O'Hare. MSP. Fargo. Grand Forks. Boise. Bismarck. Raleigh-Durham. Cincinnati. Charlotte. Atlanta. Orlando. Dallas-FW. El Paso. Fresno. SFO. Oakland. Burbank. LAX. Laramie. Colorado Springs. Pullman/Moscow. Lewiston. Santa Rosa. Las Vegas. Reno. Minot. Phoenix. Tucson. Seattle. Omaha. Detroit. BWI. Dulles. Ontario. Honolulu. San Diego. Charleston, SC. Albuquerque. Columbus. Portland. Eugene. Birmingham. Moses Lake, Wash. Pittsburgh. Austin. Washington National. Houston. Denver (Stapleton and DIA). Rapid City. Sacramento. Des Moines. Madison. San Jose. Salem, Ore. Salt Lake City. Richmond. Casper.


Every time I think this list is complete, I remember another one. I think I landed once in Huntsville on the way to Birmingham from Chicago but I can't remember.

 

Some interesting airports on here. Moses Lake, Wash? Was it a floatplane?
I think the closest airport to Moscow, Iowa, is in nearby Pullman.
And I'm very jealous of Kauai ... on the bucket list for me.

Airports (in relative order of frequency): Chicago (O'Hare and Midway), Phoenix (Sky Harbor), Spokane, Wash., Seattle (Sea-Tac), Denver (both Stapleton, as a teenager, and DIA), St. Louis, Moline, Ill., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oakland, Calif., San Francisco, LAX, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Portland, Ore., Escanaba, Mich. (U.P. Power!), Grand Rapids, Mich., Indianapolis, Anchorage, Alaska, and Juneau, Alaska.

 

Moses Lake was a quick stop from PDX to Pullman/Moscow. Not even sure why we stopped there, nobody got on or off. Old Horizon prop plane with about 18 seats.

 

I left off Elmira, NY. I have no recollection of flying in or out of there, because it was my first airplane flight and I was only a few months old.

 

Airports (interesting ones bold):

• AK ... Fairbanks
• BC ... Vancouver
• CA ... SFO
• CO ... Denver
• DC ... Reagan National
• GA ... Atlanta
• FL ... Melbourne, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tallahassee
• IL ... O'Hare, Midway
• KY ... Cincy-N.Ky
• MI ... Detroit, Traverse City
• MD ... Baltimore-Washington
• MO ... Kansas City
• NC ... Asheville, Charlotte, Piedmont Triad
• NV ... Las Vegas
• NY ... Laguardia
• OH ... Columbus, Cincy (see KY)
• TN ... Memphis, Nashville
• TX ... Austin, DFW, Dallas-Love, Houston George Bush
• UT ... SLC
• VA ... Dulles
• WA ... Seattle-Tacoma

 

MLB:
CA ... San Francisco (AT&T)
DC ... Nationals
FL ... spring training, only ... Viera, Vero Beach
MI ... old Tiger Stadium
MO ... Kauffman Stadium
OH ... old Municipal Stadium

 

MLB:

DC Stadium. Camden Yards. Old, old Yankee Stadium. New old Yankee Stadium. Current Yankee Stadium. Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Tiger Stadium. MSP Metropolitan Stadium. Metrodome. Mile High Stadium. Coors Field. Kingdome, Safeco Field. Vet Stadium. Oakland Coliseum. Candlestick Park. Wrigley Field. Coors Field is probably my favorite.

Many. many more minor-league parks.

College campuses:

Mass.: Harvard, Tufts.
Conn.: Coast Guard.
NY: Potsdam, Cornell, Brockport, U of Buffalo, Buffalo State, West Point, Canisius, D'Youville, St. Bonaventure, Rochester, Alfred.
Maryland: Mt. St. Mary's, Navy.
Virginia: UVa, Sweet Briar, Richmond, VCU, W&M, Longwood, Mary Washington.
NC: UNC, ECU, Wake Forest.
Kentucky: Berea.
Ohio: Kent State, Denison.
Wisconsin: U Wisconsin.
Michigan: UM.
Minnesota: U Minnesota, Concordia-Moorhead, Moorhead State.
ND: UND, NDSU, Mary, Minot State, Dickinson State, Jamestown.
SD: SD Mines, Black Hills State.
Nebraska: Creighton.
Wyoming: U Wyoming.
Colorado: Denver, CU, CSU.
Texas: UTEP, Baylor, UNT.
New Mexico: UNM, NMSU.
Arizona: ASU, UA.
Utah: UU, USU.
Idaho: UI, Boise State, ISU.
Washington: UW, Gonzaga, WSU, Whitman.
Oregon: UO, OSU, Portland State, U Portland, Linfield, Willamette.
California: Cal, UCLA, LMU, Pacific, USC, Fresno State.
Nevada: UNLV, UNR.

 

College campuses:

Long Beach City College, Cerritos College, Mt. San Antonio College, Hancock College, College of the Sequoias, Fresno CC, American River College, Long Beach State, Fullerton State, Emporia State, Bennington College, Southern Vermont College, St. Michael's (Vermont), Hudson Valley CC, Rider University, Iowa, Iowa State, NMMI, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Santa Rosa CC, Santa Barbara CC, UC Santa Barbara, Dartmouth, University of New Hampshire, Southern New Hampshire University, Norwich University, Porterville CC, Keene State, Plymouth State, Franklin Pierce, New England College, Saint Anselm, Castleton State, Goddard College, Middlebury, School of International Training (Brattleboro), Vermont Law School, Williams College. Loyola Marymount, Sacramento CC, Stanford.

There might be 15-20 more that I can't think of right now.

 

Stadiums: Dodger Stadium, Anaheim Stadium (three versions), Petco Park, Qualcomm/Jack Murphy, AT&T Park, LA Coliseum, Staples Center, The Forum, LA Sports Arena, Honda Center, Rose Bowl, StubHub Center, previous Yankee Stadium, Nassau Coliseum, MSG, old and new Busch Stadium, whatever the Blues call their arena, Kaufman, Arrowhead, last two Tex. Rangers ballparks, The Vet, Wrigley, old Comiskey, Memorial Stadium, Camden Yards, Capitals arena, The Bob (or whatever bank D'back stadium is now), Safeco Park

Colleges: USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge, Cal State LA, Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly SLO, Cal State Bakersfield, Sacramento St., a number of SoCal Jaycees, Georgetown, East Central Oklahoma, UNLV

 

Attended a concert? Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

Water? Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

Attended major-league sporting event? California, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas.

 

Airports: O'Hare and Midway in Chicago; Fort Lauderdale; Miami; West Palm Beach; Key West; Orlando; Tampa-St. Pete; Atlanta; Asheville, N.C.; Roanoke, Va.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Charlotte; Birmingham; Memphis; Nashville; Cincinnati (actually in Covington, Ky.); Washington Reagan National; LaGuardia and JFK in New York; Hartford-Springfield; St. Louis; Omaha; Dallas-Fort Worth International; Houston Intercontinental; Denver (Stapleton back in the day and then the current airport); Phoenix; Tucson, San Diego; Orange County; LAX; Honolulu. Also experienced the previously-referenced Kaua'i airport on a sidetrip from Honolulu. And three stand out as unique: Sedona, Ariz. (for a helicopter tour); Shawano, Wis. (dad's friend took me up in his two-seat Cessna for my first flight at age 10); and Fort Jefferson west of Key West (seaplane base for Dry Tortugas National Park).

College campuses: Southern Illinois-Carbondale; Illinois State; Illinois-Champaign/Urbana; Bradley; Eastern Illinois; Western Illinois, Northern Illinois; Illinois-Chicago; U. of Chicago; DePaul; Loyola-Chicago; Northwestern; Augustana, Ill.; North Central, Ill.; St. Ambrose, Iowa; Marycrest, Iowa; Iowa; Iowa State; Indiana; Purdue; Miami-Ohio; Notre Dame; Dartmouth; Yale; SMU; TCU; North Texas; UAB; Alabama; Auburn; Samford U.; U. of Montevallo (Ala.); Jacksonville State (Ala.); Georgia Tech; Kansas; Emporia State (Kan.); Colorado; Arizona; Arizona State; USC; UCLA; Miami (Fla.); Nova Southeastern (Fla.); Florida International; Florida Atlantic; Florida Gulf Coast. Will make it to U. of Florida and FSU one of these days.