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		 I've been to every state but five on various road trips so for me it wasn't so much an exercise in remembering the states as remembering the trips. 
 
Olympic soccer, 1992 - Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illionois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Massachussetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut (which I forgot), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Pennsylvania again, Ohio, Indiana again, Illinois again, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington again. 
 
Retrieve Lani, 1998 - Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington 
 
6-week Sabbatical, 2004 - California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California. 
 
Walt's 100th birthday in Marceline, 2001 
 
etc.... 
 
 
It's all in the mnemonics. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
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