I call it 50at60. In fact, that is the name of the site I decided to start, to share my research, planning, and documentation of this sort of what can only be described as a bucket list of sorts. As I have already been to most states (about 40 I think), some of these will be a revisit, but a visit none the less.
And what exactly constitutes a “visit”? Well, to give it some sort of a bar to reach or metric, I have chosen a minimum of 36 hours spent in the state. I know, an easy achievement that I am sure I will surpass with most of these visits.
So the site like I said is called 50at60.com. A quest to visit all 50 states during my 60th year on this earth. To accomplish this, I plan on taking monthly outings in somewhat carefully planned routes, loops, and efficiently planned paths as to NOT haphazardly wander about.
I have a tendency to do just that … roam! This should keep me somewhat in check 🙂
Roaming … indeed a passion of mine, but not a great time to embrace that quality of mine with such an aggressive plan like this for the year though. I am sure however, I will find the time to wander off from time to time, like the roamer I have been up until now during most of my travel trips!
Also, even a half assed plan seems like a good idea as my goal is NOT to empty my retirement savings!
I do like to wander though, but decided to take a different approach this time around, or this entire YEAR around. In fact, I started creating a couple of maps to get the journey started. My first state will be Washington as I have booked myself at the TravelCon convention / conference in Portland, Oregon in May!
I attended this before in Boston and it seemed like a perfect time to connect with like minded Nomads as well as travelers of all types to get me in the mood and focused for the year. I created this map today actually that covers 6 states. The first trip is sneaking up 🙂
I will be trying to focus on small town on this first loop, as well as most others. In fact, I did a whole month of posts of exactly that, small towns, that will be released on a daily basis over on that site as well here starting in April. Make sure and check the site out here for that. Ill try to put a tab for the small towns on the site after all the posts have been uploaded 🙂
With the help of AI, I have created some images from 6 of the first areas I hope to visit on this first leg out on the “project”. I think they came out pretty cool or at the very least, sparks the imagination!
Will I follow these exact routes? Who know. Most likely not. They are a good start though. A good start for THIS roaming cat 🙂