When is the last time you left your home state/province?

[KrissiK]

Back in March DH had a trade show in Vegas and I went with him. Stayed in the Hilton for 3 days without kids and watched tv and ate icecream all day while the hotel housekeeper vacuumed and cleaned the bathroom. It was truly heaven. Other than that, I haven't left California in 4 years. Although this state is so huge that it really counts as, like 5 states.

[MissKNG]

We went to PA in July.

[NorCalMom]

We previously lived in AZ for almost 6 years. We go to visit friends every 3-4 months.

[eternalknot]

Last week; I work three states away from the one I live in.

[LibraryLover]

July - for dance nationals in CT.

 

Did you get to see any Dance Moms filiming? ;) (I know the ballet Grand Prix is in NYC and in the Spring, so I am assuming it's the acro/tap/ lyrical etc comps et).

Edited October 11, 2011 by LibraryLover

[LaxMom]

Last week. We're 8 miles from the Delaware border and go through to get to the bottom, stick-out portion of MD.

 

Our milk farm and butcher are also in Delaware, so we go there pretty regularly.

 

The week before, we were apple picking in PA.

[QuirkyKapers]

About 3 months ago. Went to Pa.

[dangermom]

It's been a few years. Last time it was a road trip to Utah with a friend and our 5 kids. Since then I've barely been past Sacramento (2 hrs away), but this summer I got to go to the Central Coast!

[mazakaal]

We don't have states, so I'm not sure how to answer. I live very close to the border of another county, so I can go back and forth between counties several times in a day. The last time I was in London (about 4 hours away) was in July. The last time I left England was February.

[Lady Florida.]

Almost 3 years ago, when we went to Washington, D.C. for the Inauguration.

 

When I was a kid, my mother went through a period where she didn't leave NC for about 5 years. But she traveled extensively. It's a big state with lots of possible places to see and I think my mother saw them all.

 

This more or less describes us. Florida is also a big state with so many things to see and do (much more than theme parks, which we rarely go to). We travel around Florida several times a year.

[Lady Florida.]

I live in NJ. It's an unwritten requirement that we leave the state at least 1x per year for FL. So anyone from NJ who hasn't been out in a year is really flaunting tradition. :tongue_smilie:

 

I was born in NJ and we lived there until I was 13. Our entire extended family took an annual trip to Florida. :D We also traveled to nearby states fairly often.

[UnsinkableKristen]

We last left TX to go see my grandparents in Missouri about .... a year ago. Wow! I was thinking it was shorter than that, but it's not! We usually travel out of state a couple of times per year, but with my pregnancy and DH's work schedule we just didn't. We traveled a lot around Texas, though!

 

Next year, we are planning on traveling a bit more, thankfully. Indiana in the Spring (I hope!) and an extended family road trip to Yellowstone & surrounding areas next fall.

[Mommyof4ks]

Last year we went to Florida. We live in central Tx, so it takes at least 6 hours to get out of the state from here. We really have to wantit lol.

[Matryoshka]

Well, the largest shopping area nearby (with TJ's and B&N) is in the next state, about 15 min. away, so I'm up there all the time to shop or meet up with friends.

[Murmer]

I live on the border...everything I do tends to be in the other state so it is daily. It also helps that the nearby states are little so we tend to travel in multiple states in one day when we do take a "long" car ride.

[curlygirlzx2]

We were in Oregon 2 months ago visiting relatives and checking out Portland. We usually go back home to LA a couple of times a year as well.

[Thea]

We live really close to the WA border, so it's not that uncommon to end up in WA for something.

 

This past March-May we did a cross country, 8600 mile, RV trip. We definitely left the state. :)

 

Now, out of the country? My dd went to Peru this summer, but it's been 18 years or so since I've either been to Canada or Mexico.

[nukeswife]

I've been back home for almost a month now. In July we took off for a 6 week family vacation before dh left to go to his new duty station.

[Elisabeth in IL]

I said within the last week. We leave our State several times a week but we live 5-10 minutes from the State line and a lot of our activities are up on Wisconsin. I think it will depend on where you live and how big your state is.....

 

 

Oh I wish I could change my answer. We're leaving the state in just 2 hours! I guess that will count for today. ;-)

Edited October 11, 2011 by Elisabeth in IL

[Stayseeliz]

I put 1-2 weeks ago. We live 15 from the SC/NC border though and my DD1 goes to vision therapy in NC. We did go to a wedding on the Outerbanks of NC last month.

 

My parents live in Florida so we travel at least 2-3 times per year. We spend a lot of time in NC, GA and FL.

[Amy in NH]

Our town is on the VT border, so we enter VT quite often for various reasons.

[Annie G]

I work part time out of state- but it only takes me 15 minutes to get to the state line. I'm out of state twice a week.

[myfunnybunch]

August. It barely counts, as we crossed the Columbia from Oregon into Washington just so the kids could say that they'd been in another state. And we bought some peaches at the fruit stand.

 

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[iamrachelle]

August... but it's only a few hour drive for us to our neighboring state. We have family there so we pop over every couple of months for a visit. It's only an hour to the border.:D

[rwjx2khsmj]

We live on the border between OH and WV. We cross the border several times a week.

[homeschoolmom]

We were in Greece four months ago. While we've traveled through NJ we've remained in state. No plans to leave until February when we go to Hawaii. When we leave home, we do it in a BIG way. :lol:

[gardenmom5]

Three weeks ago dh and I took the dudling to see the Missouri. He did not want to go. He had a model of the missouri - he didn't need to see the big one, and threatened to tear up the tickets. 2ds offered to take his place.

[littlebug42]

In July, I traveled to Wisconsin for a family funeral. I do live about 25 minutes from one state border and 1 hour from another but rarely ever have occasion to cross those borders. We will be going to St. Louis in a few weeks so we will be leaving the state again then.

[creekland]

No plans to leave until February when we go to Hawaii.

 

I wish I could come with you!!! I love Hawaii in Feb, but lately the majority of our out of state trips have been to visit colleges and family.

 

Youngest wants to go to college in HI. In two years, maybe we'll have an excuse... :tongue_smilie:

[nono]

Youngest wants to go to college in HI. In two years, maybe we'll have an excuse... :tongue_smilie:

 

Encourage that thinking. Whenever my children ask about college, I use the University of the Virgin Islands' website to explain things. Subliminal messaging, and all that! ;)

[creekland]

Encourage that thinking. Whenever my children ask about college, I use the University of the Virgin Islands' website to explain things. Subliminal messaging, and all that! ;)

 

:lol: Hubby's been known to show Caribbean Med Schools to middle son when they were searching to see what's required. I "think" he did it later, after searching for state-side schools, but now that you mention it... ;)