I spend at least two hours on the road almost every day, and now with the summer driving season in swing, I'm using my own version of the game to keep myself entertained. All passenger vehicles are fair game; semi trucks are disqualified because it's their job to go all over the country.
The plates I've seen since the start of May:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California -- June 8
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia -- June 11
- Idaho -- June 7
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas -- July 8
- Kentucky -- June 11
- Louisiana -- June 18
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana -- June 18
- Nebraska -- June 7
- New Jersey -- June 11
- New York
- North Carolina -- June 9
- North Dakota (semi)
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina -- June 20
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington -- July 25
- West Virginia -- June 11
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming -- June 17
If I had a dollar for every Illinois and Ohio license plate I've seen in the past five weeks, I'd probably have enough to buy, um, something expensive. I see at least two or three almost every day. It's getting to the point where I'm starting to wonder whether U.S. 30 isn't just an extension of both states. Michigan plates, on the other hand, are surprisingly rare right now. I'm a little surprised also that I haven't seen an Ontario plate; it's not entirely unusual to see a car from Canuckistan passing through.
This past week, I saw 10 states' plates in less than two days. That's 20% of the country. I'm still holding out hope for a Hawaii sighting.
One side effect I've noticed is a near-obsessive need to glance at every license plate on the walk from my car to a store's front door. I haven't started parking at the far end of any parking lots yet, but I will admit to doing a little neck-craning to see into the next row sometimes.
It keeps me out of trouble.
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