tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50643472326016160332011-07-31T04:21:19.899-07:00I've been to all 50 states.oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-91868939658779860382010-06-13T09:39:00.000-07:002010-06-13T09:41:27.199-07:00Because of my mother I took the journey of a lifetime in one summer, visiting the 48 states. Today Mother would have been 100. Happy Birthday Mother. The family now numbers 114.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5064347232601616033-9186893965877986038?l=the50stateclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-88850387690812420842010-02-09T10:30:00.000-08:002010-02-09T10:32:53.960-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/S3GqRhytVWI/AAAAAAAAACo/R8HSyGKoSoY/s1600-h/One+Magical+Summer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436313443318453602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/S3GqRhytVWI/AAAAAAAAACo/R8HSyGKoSoY/s320/One+Magical+Summer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://http://www.publishamerica.net/product87963.html">http://http://www.publishamerica.net/product87963.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5064347232601616033-8885038769081242084?l=the50stateclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-8896174561028867202009-08-04T09:32:00.000-07:002009-08-04T09:37:15.136-07:00I recently typed my 1960 summer journal and here is the route we took.<br /><br />California<br />Nevada<br />Utah<br />Arizona<br />Colorado<br />New Mexico<br />Texas<br />Oklahoma<br />Kansas<br />Missouri<br />Arkansas<br />Kentucky<br />Tennessee<br />Mississippi<br />Louisiana<br />Alabama<br />Florida<br />Georgia<br />South Carolina<br />North Carolina<br />Virginia<br />West Virginia<br />Maryland<br />Delaware<br />New Jersey<br />New York<br />Connecticut<br />Rhode Island<br />Massachusetts<br />New Hampshire<br />Maine<br />Vermont<br />Pennsylvania<br />Ohio<br />Michigan<br />Indiana<br />Illinois<br />Iowa<br />Wisconsin<br />Minnesota<br />North Dakota<br />South Dakota<br />Nebraska<br />Wyoming<br />Montana<br />Idaho<br />Oregon<br />Washington<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5064347232601616033-889617456102886720?l=the50stateclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064347232601616033.post-55709152929046576572009-06-17T15:46:00.000-07:002011-01-21T14:51:24.283-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/SyKCaoUPyfI/AAAAAAAAACA/25r97qXYkPA/s1600-h/Olivetta__VHS62_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414033096063306226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/SyKCaoUPyfI/AAAAAAAAACA/25r97qXYkPA/s320/Olivetta__VHS62_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/SjvP6JRqJCI/AAAAAAAAABY/lU9mJ7GiLV0/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349097580261942306" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/SjvP6JRqJCI/AAAAAAAAABY/lU9mJ7GiLV0/s320/flag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjp8JUWcGGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/KKfOa2H_r38/s1600-h/vallejo+map.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348724006979377250" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjp8JUWcGGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/KKfOa2H_r38/s320/vallejo+map.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjp6huvhJJI/AAAAAAAAABI/wIRAGR00qJE/s1600-h/us_map.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348722227357492370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjp6huvhJJI/AAAAAAAAABI/wIRAGR00qJE/s320/us_map.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjpu1x7t-yI/AAAAAAAAABA/mHyx2dtquDI/s1600-h/waikiki.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348709377671822114" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjpu1x7t-yI/AAAAAAAAABA/mHyx2dtquDI/s320/waikiki.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/SjlzDJ_BSBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/9CVImDBolhc/s1600-h/hnlalohasignl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348432530536220690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/SjlzDJ_BSBI/AAAAAAAAAA4/9CVImDBolhc/s320/hnlalohasignl.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjly8JcfvFI/AAAAAAAAAAw/Pol7GcqoxUM/s1600-h/pali+lookout.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348432410132331602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rR-r-txrFjE/Sjly8JcfvFI/AAAAAAAAAAw/Pol7GcqoxUM/s320/pali+lookout.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I completed my 50-state journey May 16, 2009, when my husband and I touched down in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the first time we'd flown together in more than 26 years of marriage. It all began in 1960 when my younger sister and I drove for the second time to Ontario, Canada, with our mother making sure we went to every contiguous state. In May 2008 I visited Alaska, my 49th state during their 49th anniversary, and it's the 49th state. In May 2009 I visited my 50th state during their 50th anniversary and Hawaii is the 50th state in the Union. E-mail me to receive the story written in the Honolulu Advertiser by Lee Cataluna in June 2009. My mother was 50 when she saw the 48 states and it took me almost 50 years to see my 50th state. She missed only one: Hawaii. If you've been to the 50 states you're invited to join The 50-State Club. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5064347232601616033-5570915292904657657?l=the50stateclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>oliechavezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940165572281875416noreply@blogger.com2