It Is a Winter Project; But....

[Estonut]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

#3 & #6 Google hits & the first one where the description displays the actual limerick. Coincidence?

[Bob Juch]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

#3 & #6 Google hits & the first one where the description displays the actual limerick. Coincidence?

Huh? What I posted was the original limerick.

[Spock]

I did Illinois as it is fresh in my mind.

I have 36 (solid) out of 102.

35 Percent.

One time I got lost on gravel roads in western Illinois, on a short jog from Missouri, but I can't figure out where that was.

Granite City?

In consultation with Mrs S-we figured 3 more counties on the 1996 western Illinois adventure.

For Mr. Kelley, I just did Indiana.I have 23 solid (out of 92). I might have a handful more if we took I-65 northwest from Indianapolis in 2010, but I am not sure on that. My gut says Yes, but I have to talk with Mrs S. It might be too doubtful to credit those counties.

After 4 states-Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Delaware-I have 151 counties. There are about 3,100 total-so I need 1,550 for half.

Littlest Spock joined the chorus that I don't have half.

Big raw numbers coming from Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and the Dakotas.

[Spock]

I did Illinois as it is fresh in my mind.

I have 36 (solid) out of 102.

35 Percent.

One time I got lost on gravel roads in western Illinois, on a short jog from Missouri, but I can't figure out where that was.

Granite City?

In consultation with Mrs S-we figured 3 more counties on the 1996 western Illinois adventure.

For Mr. Kelley, I just did Indiana.I have 23 solid (out of 92). I might have a handful more if we took I-65 northwest from Indianapolis in 2010, but I am not sure on that. My gut says Yes, but I have to talk with Mrs S. It might be too doubtful to credit those counties.

After 4 states-Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Delaware-I have 151 counties. There are about 3,100 total-so I need 1,550 for half.

Littlest Spock joined the chorus that I don't have half.

Big raw numbers coming from Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and the Dakotas.

It is going to be hard to get to half, but I had forgotten to include part of the route on 2 trips through Indiana. Picked up another 5 solid for 28 out of 92.

In consultation with Mrs. Spock, we guesstimated our 2010 route through parts of Indiana and Illinois. This will give me a few more in each state.

I tend to take a lot of back roads, so guesstimating will be necessary for non-Interstate routes.

[Spock]

Darn project got addicting. I have finished 2 more-Kentucky and Ohio. They were not nice to my percentages.

24 out of 88 in Ohio and 29 out of 120 in Kentucky.

The other Ohio River states ended up with 42 out of 102 in Illinois and 33 out of 92 in Indiana.

With the addition of Minnesota and Delaware I have 217 total.

Next up: Wisconsin and Michigan

[Spock]

Darn project got addicting. I have finished 2 more-Kentucky and Ohio. They were not nice to my percentages.

24 out of 88 in Ohio and 29 out of 120 in Kentucky.

The other Ohio River states ended up with 42 out of 102 in Illinois and 33 out of 92 in Indiana.

With the addition of Minnesota and Delaware I have 217 total.

Next up: Wisconsin and Michigan

Decided to do North Dakota first, in case there were any low-hanging fruit to pick up on a Sunday drive. Not really, the ones I don't have are scattered pretty randomly.

Darn ND and its large counties (LOL)-42 out of 53.

Running total of 259.

[Estonut]

Darn ND and its large counties (LOL)-42 out of 53.

Large counties? Go southwest, young man! We have some large counties.

[silverscreenselect]

Darn ND and its large counties (LOL)-42 out of 53.

Large counties? Go southwest, young man! We have some large counties.

On the other hand, if you want to go somewhere there's a lot of counties, come here to Georgia. We have 159 counties, second only to Texas (Florida, which is almost the same size and has double the population, has 67). There were actually 161 until the 1930s when two smaller counties were merged into Fulton County, where most of Atlanta is located (and I live).

[Spock]

Darn ND and its large counties (LOL)-42 out of 53.

Large counties? Go southwest, young man! We have some large counties.

On the other hand, if you want to go somewhere there's a lot of counties, come here to Georgia. We have 159 counties, second only to Texas (Florida, which is almost the same size and has double the population, has 67). There were actually 161 until the 1930s when two smaller counties were merged into Fulton County, where most of Atlanta is located (and I live).

Georgia's going to be hard to map because of the small counties-hard to see them. OTOH, my 3 routes through Georgia have mostly been interstate travel (except for a small area near Chickamauga) which makes it easier to follow.

Georgia with its small counties should give me a decent raw number-even if my percentage is lower.

I figured out that putting the county into Google Maps helps a lot as you can see if a particular highway runs through them, or even catches the corner.

[Spock]

Darn ND and its large counties (LOL)-42 out of 53.

Large counties? Go southwest, young man! We have some large counties.

Yeah, the boys are ridiculing me when they bring up California. I have a lot of southern Cal with the large counties, but haven't been to northern Cal with its smaller ones.

[Spock]

Throwing in 2 of my poorer states that I am not going to map yet.

Nevada-2 out of 16

Virginia-4 out of 95-Arlington County and then 3 others out west.

Virginia also has a mess of independent cities that they consider the equivalent of counties-but I am only going to include counties.

Total now is 265.

A trip to visit historic sites in Virginia (via a zig-zag route through KY,IL, and IN may be in order-LOL). The Spocklette made it to Mount Vernon this year, but she didn't buy me any books there. You think she would have learned by now.

Mrs S has now become reconciled to the fact that a large part of our future US travels will be going after counties.

[Bob Juch]

Throwing in 2 of my poorer states that I am not going to map yet.

Nevada-2 out of 16

Virginia-4 out of 95-Arlington County and then 3 others out west.

Virginia also has a mess of independent cities that they consider the equivalent of counties-but I am only going to include counties.

Total now is 265.

A trip to visit historic sites in Virginia (via a zig-zag route through KY,IL, and IN may be in order-LOL). The Spocklette made it to Mount Vernon this year, but she didn't buy me any books there. You think she would have learned by now.

Mrs S has now become reconciled to the fact that a large part of our future US travels will be going after counties.

Virginia Beach is bigger than most Virginia counties.

[Spock]

Throwing in 2 of my poorer states that I am not going to map yet.

Nevada-2 out of 16

Virginia-4 out of 95-Arlington County and then 3 others out west.

Virginia also has a mess of independent cities that they consider the equivalent of counties-but I am only going to include counties.

Total now is 265.

A trip to visit historic sites in Virginia (via a zig-zag route through KY,IL, and IN may be in order-LOL). The Spocklette made it to Mount Vernon this year, but she didn't buy me any books there. You think she would have learned by now.

Mrs S has now become reconciled to the fact that a large part of our future US travels will be going after counties.

Virginia Beach is bigger than most Virginia counties.

You are free to do your Virginia county count however you choose to do so.

Wisconsin-29 out of 72.

294 total.

Spent a lot of driving time in Wisconsin-but it is usually to and from Chicago and points east-so have followed the same route many times from the Twin Cities to Illinois. From that point, various options open up.

Large cluster of counties in east-central Wisconsin that I have not been to.

[Spock]

Probably to no one's surprise, I opened an account at the counting counties website mentioned earlier in this thread by Bob#s. Hey, it is more fun this way.

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

Anyone can look at the home page and scroll down on the left to see the 20 least visited counties (by site members).

Not surprised that 11 of the least visited were in North Dakota. They just aren't on the way to anywhere.

I think I have 6 of the 11. I have all 3 of the Montana counties on the least visited list.

I haven't checked the 4 South Dakota counties on the list yet.

I am kind of surprised that some small West Texas county didn't make it to the 20 least visited. Altho, I suspect that it is a thing to visit all Texas counties (more so than for other states.)