“You’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So… get on your way!”
— Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You’ll Go!)
I found this fun post over on Crazy about My Baybah blog. I thought it looked super fun, so I thought I would join in.
The colored states are all ones I have been too. It is possible I missed a state or two. But I suppose if I can’t remember it, then I shouldn’t be marking it down anyways right?
So where are my favorite places?
1. Chicago! I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and lived in the city for quite a few years during college and afterwards. I met my husband there. I have danced in the streets, and swam at the beach. Chicago is home to my favorite sports team of all time, the Chicago Cubs! Many a lazy afternoon was spent in the confines of Wrigley. From Downtown to everywhere else in Chicago, I love that city. It will always be a home to me.
2. Minnesota! (Mainly Twin Cities area) I have so many family members that now live in MN, my mom, brother, sister-in-law, sister, aunts, cousins… I have been to the State Fair, and spent many a cold day in the snow there. They saw “Home is where your heart is”, and part of my heart is always in MN!
3. Sanibel Island, Florida! I grew up spending Christmas vacation on Sanibel Island. From the time I was a little girl, up until last year. I have enjoyed all that the sandy beaches and humid air had to offer. I have so many memories from this place. It will always be near and dear to me.
4. Newport Beach, California. I spent a wonderful two weekends there with my husband. While we aren’t huge fans of California as a whole (no offense) we are big fans of The Crab Cooker. Seriously, yummy. Hands down, the best seafood I have EVER had.
5. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. I visited when I was a little girl, and then again when I was a teenager, but I love the feeling this part of the country has. So laid back and relaxed.
6. Springfield, Missouri. I went to college here (before I transferred to UIC), and without the experiences I had in Springfield I wouldn’t be who I am today.
7. Disneyland, California! A magical place. I enjoyed a wonderful weekend here with my husband. It was so fun being like little kids again. While the castle didn’t live up to my husbands childhood memories, that weekend left lots of fond memories with me.
Last, but not least…
8. Galveston, Indiana. This is the place my husband grew up. When we were dating, it was long distance while I lived in Chicago. So I often visited him here. I love this place for the simple fact that it is where my husband is from.
I hope to get to Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon soon.
So what are you favorite places?
Want to make your own map? Head over here to create a map of the places you have been.
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You have been to so many places! I have been to hardly any! Wait unti you see my map!
I’m amazed we are friends with you being a Cubs fan! :-p
Hey Lolo and I are friends and our teams played against each other in the superbowl. I also went to school in MO so I know how do “deal” with you cards people! 🙂
WOW! You have been to even more places than me! I would love to go to Chicago to the Art Institute to see their gallery!
Years of diving competitions. 🙂 I would love to go with you! I love all of Chicago!
I’m working on this now. It will probably post midweek.
Oh that is so fun! You have quite an impressive amount colored. I think mine might be close to that but only because I grew up driving for every vacation so a lot of my colored states would be because I drove through them! Not sure if that counts!
What a fun idea! Chicago is one of my favorite cities, such a great place. I LOVE Sanibel Island, my in laws have a condo there and we love going, so beautiful!!
Thanks for joining Feed Me Friday. I, also, am already following you on gfc. I tried to subscribe to your email (twice actually) but both times this is what it said when I tried:
The feed does not have subscriptions by email enabled
Let me know and I’d love to come back and subscribe! Sorry!
Oh Liz! Thank you for letting me know about that! I will get it fixed ASAP! Thank you.
Okay Liz – I have fixed it! Thank you so much for letting me know! I wonder how many people just ignored it…. 🙁
No problem, glad I could help! I am now subscribing to your email. Hopefully it’s something that went wrong recently and not too many people encountered it.
I joined in! Here’s my post
http://chalkboardstostrollers.blogspot.com/2011/03/places-ive-been.html
Thanks for the great idea!
Thanks for joining in – it was fun wasn’t it! “)
We plan to visit Disneyland when our daughter’s old enough to appreciate it – can’t wait! My favourite place is Kauai, Hawaii, where we spent our honeymoon. It is absolutely perfect. Gorgeous and peaceful, without the commercialism of the other islands. No wonder celebrities go there to get away.
Visiting from Bloggy Moms Writer’s Workshop 🙂
Hi Ixy – Thank you for stopping in! I can’t wait to take our little man to Disney either. And Kauai! Oh I dream of visiting there some day soon. I bet it is just amazing. Hope you had a nice weekend.
Being from MN, I think you are crazy that it is your *favorite* place. We have had the longest winter ever and I’m sick of it!!!!!!!! Ok now that I got that off my chest, I’m visiting you from the #BloggyMomsWrite link up.
Visiting from Bloggy Moms Writer’s Workshop!
Good for you for being able to visit so many places. I personally have been to all the states on the east coast (well, through them anyway!), but have really only gotten to visit all of the northeast states, North Carolina, and Florida, and now am living in Ohio (I hate it, since I grew up in New Jersey – what a difference!) I’d love to spend a summer going through all the states.
Hi Amy! Thanks for stopping in! I haven’t even had a moment to go check out the fun link ups yet!! I think a summer road trip would be a blast!! Hope you had a nice weekend! Stop in again some time! 🙂
I love how colorful your map is! We had a map like that on our basketball court in our elementary school growing up. My country wouldn’t be quite so colorful though!
Bridget from http://www.bumluxury.blogspot.com
Thanks for stopping by Bridget. We have our whole lives to color our maps! Who knows what yours will end up looking like!! 🙂
I love that you chose a Dr. Seuss quote! Such a classic….And wow, you’ve been around the way! I’ve had my share of living in multiple places but you really put some color on your map.
Thanks Pamela, being a competitive diver had a great hand in it! I can’t say I saw all the sites that many of these places have to offer, but I have been there!
Visiting from Bloggy Moms Writers Workshop – what a great map! I will save your summaries for future travel ideas!
Thanks for visiting Jenny!
Wow, you have been to a lot of states! I have been to 5. Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey and New York. I love your quote! Dr. Suess was so wise!
Visiting from Bloggy Moms
There is so much time to visit more! Dr. Suess was a very wise man! Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂
I am so jealous of your travels, how amazing to know that you have seen so much of the places we call USA.
plus that quote by Dr Suess is a favorite along with the book. It is a standard gift I give Graduates and I know know they love it.
Visiting from the Bloggy Moms Writing Workshop, loved “Meeting” you. 🙂
Thank you Kir! I love that book. I think it makes a wonderful 1st b-day gift too! 🙂
Hey Emily! I love this post! So fun, I’m going to post it on my blog tomorrow!
Sorry it’s taken me so long to catch up but I wanted to thank you for linking up for Feed Me Friday. I’ve actually been a follower and subscriber of yours for some time! 😉
No worries Amy! I thought for sure I had already followed your blog! Thank you so much for stopping by! I look forward to seeing your map!! 🙂
Chicago and Cape Hatteras are 2 of my favorite places as well. I haven’t been to nearly as many states as you have, but I’ve enjoyed most of the ones I’ve visited. You can include Atlantic City in that too.
Stopping in from Bloggy Moms Writers Workshop.
The Drama mama! Thank you so much for stopping by! I have never been to Atlantic City – but would like to one day! Hope you had a nice day!
Fun quote! It’s great seeing what people are writing about. I’ve been to 37 out of 50 states! Getting to all 50 is on my “Bucket List.” Glad to hear from a “real” person in Vegas!
Thank you for visiting Jamie! 37 is pretty awesome! You can totally check that off your bucket list one day!!
What a fun post! I grew up in the Chicago area…Wheaton / Winfield! Loved it!
Oh how fun! Small world isn’t it! I love Chicago.
Three cheers for Minnesota! It is freakin’ cold here…but the summers and the lakes are grand! So are the people.