A New State
For all the very many years I’ve been coming to the US, the total number of States I’ve visited is relatively small, and is mostly comprised of states close to or on one coast or the other. By My reckoning, it’s thirteen all told.
But today added to that as I’m briefly in Missouri, and if you can count a one hour airport transfer I’ll add Texas to the total tomorrow as I connect through Dallas en route back to San Francisco.
Ironically, I’m in an hotel just across from the St Louis ballpark, where for a long chunk of the evening St Louis have been playing San Francisco - it’s a small old world, really. The hotel is full of fans, including many families, which reinforces that image that American sports really are much more family-friendly than their British equivalents.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Nope. I’m collecting states, and my (self-made) rules state that airport transfers do not count at all. Nor does driving through the corner of a state on your way from here to there unless you get out and have a meal and look around, pick up a local paper and maybe buy a small souvenir of your time there.
And those are the rules. So says … um … me.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Then I will abide by your rule Anna, and not count Texas. I did remember that I once went to a meeting in Maryland, so with Missouri yesterday I am in fact up to fifteen.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Baseball is particularly family friendly. NFL Football, is notably less so.