After reading daydreamy, I decided to make my own map of the states I've visited. Sadly, I've only set foot in twelve of them, a whopping 23% of the country. My world map is even worse.

Looking at this predominantly brown map causes me to sigh, shake my head and question what I've been doing with my days off. At the same time, it makes me wonder how many states the typical American visits in a lifetime. My wild guess (and secret hope) is 12. But more importantly, the map makes me want to go outside and explore.

As a slight tangent, I recently came across 50 States: Sharing the Beauty of the United States. The project encourages people to share one photo from each state they've visited. It's a pretty neat idea.

Since I'm birdwalking, Rockapella's "Let's Get Away From It All" has been playing in my head.

Let's go again to Niagara,
This time we'll look at the Fall
Let's leave our hut, dear
Get out of our rut, dear
Let's get away from it all.

We'll travel round from town to town
We'll visit every state
Alaska and Hawaii, too
Then all the forty-eight.