This marks the fourth of six trips to complete my visit all 49 states on the United States.  This will be the second-largest leg of the tour, with (only) eight states visited, but is expected to exceed 8,000 miles and put it within wading distance of four of the five Great Lakes (sorry, but Lake Ontaio sounds a bit too Canadian for a Central America tour, eh?).

To see where I'll end up visiting on this trip, give this trip's map a peek... the states that are new to me (literally or relatively) are in red.  For those of you who didn't fare as well in geography, no, the blue isn't a future trip - it represents bodies of water (y'know, the Great Lakes and stuff, stuff like that).