I have been fortunate in my life to have lived about 3 lifetimes packed into one. And because of both a lifelong thrill for traveling and a consulting career that made me a road warrior for a good few years, I have made it to 33 state so far and to over 130 countries. After a recent cancer battle that stopped the career but didnt stop my love for seeing the world and the good people in it, I've made my travel list and domestically there are 17 states that i've not had the pleasure of visiting. My challenge is to find creative ways to get there when the salaried income changed in the blink of an eye to an early social security disability (i hate that term!) income... But where there is a will there is away and thank God for things like Secretflying.com that posts newly released fare sales (today there was philadelphia to quito for 373 round trip. best of all, you dont have to "join" as the info is free and this site doesnt sell the tickets so there's no hidden catches). And since i am on the tangent of giving thanks, thanks as well for sites like couchsurfing.com that matches folks who open their home, spare room, or even sofa...to travelers coming their local) So with some creativity and the serendipity of finding the right fare when you have the right amounts of pennies scraped together...I am confident i can make it to those other 17 states bennett