[LM_NET] GEN: Most Interesting Thing I Did This Summer

[Alan Longwell <alongwell@MVR3.K12.MO.US>]

For years, my family and I have been in the progress of visiting 
every county (or equivalent) in the United States.  The idea behind 
this can be summed up in this way:  Someday, take a flight to Las 
Vegas and rent a car.  Drive across Hoover dam and you will have been 
to Arizona.  Now really, the only thing you will have seen is the 
other side of Lake Mead, but you can mark Arizona of as having been 
visited.  You will have missed out on the Grand Canyon, Phoenix, 
giant cacti, the Petrified Forest, Tucson, Tombstone, the Painted 
desert...  On the other hand, if you visit all fifteen counties in 
the state, you are almost bound to see something of Arizona.

This summer saw us exploring Georgia and Florida, as well as 
finishing off all the remaining counties in North Carolina, South 
Carolina and Tennessee. I have completed 40 states, my wife is up to 
38, and my fifteen year old son has finished 37.  He has been to 
2,906 of 3,141 and has visited 221 national park sites.  Curt is on 
pace to finish prior to his twentieth birthday.

For those who might be interested in sharing this particular form of 
lunacy, I recommend a visit to a couple of sites.  There is a club 
for county collectors called the Extra Miler Club, which meets 
annually during June or July in a different location.  This year's 
meeting was in Huntsville, Alabama, while next year will see us in 
Salt Lake City, Utah. There is a $12 annual membership fee, which 
pays for the cost of the quarterly newsletter. Visits to the EMC home 
on the net are free! The web address is:

http://www.extramilerclub.org/

The other site allows you to record, on-line, those counties you have 
visited.  It is free to join and can be found at:

http://www.mob-rule.com/counties/

The hobby allows one to collect something with out the need for 
dusting or storage...


Alan Longwell
Media Specialist
Pacific High School
425 Indian Warpath Drive        It's a dog-eat-dog world out there...
Pacific, MO  63069              ...and I'm wearing MilkBone underwear.
(636)271-1414                                           --Norm Peterson 

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