Last night I got home from my most recent road trip. I drove to Tupelo, Mississippi then visited the Corinth (Miss.) and Shiloh (Tenn.) Civil War battle sites. After a night in Franklin, I caught the northern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway Saturday morning and took it all the way to Natchez before coming on home to Mobile. It was a 14 hour drive, but I’m glad to be home.
Since I graduated high school, I’ve been a lot of places on the road. I decided to see if I could come up with a map of all the traveling I’ve done over the years, including a few trips that I forgot details for. I’ve been to thirty-seven states (in high school I flew into New York City and we visited New Jersey from there) and four Canadian provinces. I’ve lived in four states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama). One of my goals before I’m 40 is to make it to the rest of the United States and Canadian Provinces.
I’d also like to visit more of the National Parks. I’ve driven the Natchez Trace and Blue Ridge Parkways. I’ve seen the Smokey Mountains, Glacier National Park, and Yellowstone. I drove through the Bighorn National Forest, the Badlands, and the Grand Canyon. I caught the west end of the Florida Everglades. I’d love to get out to Big Bend in Texas and visit the Pacific Northwest.
Anyway, you can click the image (or here) to see a higher-resolution version.