New Hampshire

Year of First Visit – 2011
Point of Entry – I-95 near Seabrook

New Hampshire currently stands as the only state I've been to without actually stopping in it. My first trip there was on a drive from Boston to Maine. My second trip there, ten days later, was on a drive from New Brunswick to Boston. Though we planned to stop in New Hampshire for a break in our drive, we were out of the state before we had a chance to.

My son missed his first trip to New Hampshire. He nodded off in the car around Salem, Massachusetts, and woke up near Kennebunkport. On the trip back he made it a point to stay away through the Granite State.

Now, some might judge and scoff me for counting these quick drives through as having "been to" this state. I figure I was there long enough to live the irony of my EZPass to taking my money for the privilege of being in the state whose motto is Live Free or Die, then it more than counts.