License Plate Game

JD and I have a sense of wunderlust. We like to travel. Explore new places. Experience new things. So that fact that we have been here in the middle for the past 8 years is amazing.

Not too long after JD left Middleville, I started playing the license plate game with myself. I drive 26 miles one way to work. And 95% of it is on Interstates. And Middleville being, well, in the middle of the country, there are cars here from everywhere. I believe that I have seen license plates from every state, including Alaska and Hawaii. One day while in a suburban grocery store parking lot, I saw a car with a license plate from Guam.

So I thought I might write down the plates I see . . . the best I can remember cuz I wouldn't want to do that while driving, right?

Here are the plates I saw between 29 Mar and 5 Apr. Total: 36.
AL AR AZ CA CO CT DE FL GA HI IA IL IN KS KY LA MD MI MN MO NC NE NJ NY OH OK OR PA SC SD TN TX VA VT WA WI

License Plate Game: UPDATE #3

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that I dropped this silly license plate game thing. But nope, I've been diligently searching Middleville high and low (mostly low - you know, bumper level) for those few remaining states that have not appeared . . . until now.

Here's the next installment of the progress of the game.

NM NH NV
Total: 47

Remaining states: MT RI WV

What am I looking for?

I am looking for South Dakota and Rhode Island.

"Huh?" you ask.

I love my sitemeter. And I love geography. I've been keeping track of the location of my visits and I have had visitors from 49 states. Now, I just need to get someone from South Dakota here.

One of the first things I posted about was playing the license plate game. Been a while since I updated that, but there were only 3 states left. I saw Montana while I was out in CA; if I counted this it would be a violation of my rules of the game as I was trying to find all 50 here in Middleville. Then a week or two ago, I found myself going the wrong direction so I pulled into a parking lot, and BAM, there was a West Virginia plate (nah, I didn't run into the car, but I understood why I was going the wrong direction). Later that same day, BAM, there was another. So that takes my list down to Rhode Island (and an asterisk next to Montana).

License Plate Game UPDATE

I wanted to update my post last week about license plates. I did see Massachusetts on Saturday while out running errands, and I saw Maine this morning on my way to work. Funny that those are the 2 states that follks commented on me not seeing, and then boom, there they are. I also saw North Dakota, which was not on the list.

Also, it is a rare day when I do not see Ohio, and it is not a neighboring state (nor the state I am in).

New States: MA ME ND
New Total: 39

I guess this means I will continue to keep track.

License Plate Game: UPDATE #2

The next installation of the progress of the game.

AK ID MS UT WY
Total: 44

Remaining states: MT NH NM NV RI WV

I think I may have seen New Mexico, but I could not get close enough to confirm. So it remains on the list. Of course, Ohio and Texas, both non-neighbors, remain daily sitings. I get Texas, it is a huge state. But Ohio, what's up with that?

Somebody please explain Ohio to me. I beg of you. I don't understand that state!