Someday I’ll enjoy saying that I’ve been to all 50 states. I’d been stalled at 38 for several years, actually, not just because of Covid but because, well, they just get harder and harder to collect. Two days ago I drove to Tennessee because… it was the closest state on my list of states I’d never been to.

Yup.

Remember, the best gift you can give yourself is a good story to tell.

I ever tell you about the time I drove to Tennessee just to say I’d been to Tennessee?

Great way to spend a Monday.

Like George Mallory and Mount Everest, I went because it was there. And someday, yes someday, I’ll say that I’ve been to all 50.