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Stillwater, OK USA

Welcome - this site is a personal blog where I discuss issues related to Tech and Geography (two of my favorite issues) along with an occasional sports comment on one of my favorite teams.  There is no real schedule for updates, I will simply add things as something interesting comes up.  Comments in this blog are the thoughts and opinions of the author, and do not reflect the position of Oklahoma State University or the OSU Department of Geography in any manner.

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Travels and Counties

August 04, 2023  /  Allen Finchum

As I noted on the Places Visited page I have made two trips to gather counties toward visiting all of the counties in the Continental US (CONUS) - there are 3,108 of these political units. I have also visited all 5 counties in Hawaii and 7 of 29 boroughs in Alaska.

The two trips I took in May and June allowed me to finish the 255 (most in the US) counties in Texas and all of the counties in Illinois and Missouri. This means I have completed the counties in 29 of the states.

In late September and early October I am planning a trip to Colorado which will allow me to get the last 8 counties in that state. In addition, I will visit 3 National Parks (Rocky Mountain, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, an Mesa Verde), attend a Rockies/Dodgers game in Denver,, and hopefully see some colorful fall trees. In addition, we will take a narrow gauge train trip from Durango to Silverton and back.

I am looking forward to this trip, and will be happy to update the Places Visited page when I return home.

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