Lots of RVers like to post or show a map of their “States Visited”.
There are, of course, no rules, but we have always only put a state on the map if we slept there in the motorhome. Just driving through is not quite good enough, but stopping for a few days or more to sight-see is just a little too much for us so far.
Currently, our map shows every state we spent at least one night in, in both motorhomes we have owned.
Someday, I can see whittling it down to “just this bus”, or “just states we’ve stayed in for some time”. Who knows, we might just start over, and up the ante to include “only states we’ve spent a “week or month or whatever in”. Again, there are no rules, you decide what works for you, and change it whenever you like.
We have a couple we use. “Hardware” and “software” so to speak.
First is our hardware map. From “Signs Of Life” in Estes Park, CO, this one is on the door of our Monaco Knight. It’s a sturdy removeable “cling” base map, with multi colored “cling” states that can be attached as needed.
Go here http://www.signsoflife.net/rv-travel-map.php for the best RV travel maps.
I HIGHLY recommend this company. They are a Christian family-owned business, and they are themselves RVers. In addition to the USA, they also have same-scale maps of Canada and Mexico. We have Canada on our door, and still look forward to filling in our first province. I’ve yet to convince Carol that Mexico should be on our list of places to go, but as a fan of warm weather, Mexican food, and Margaritas, I’m hoping she will someday enjoy visits south of the border.
Next is the electronic version. This website http://www.visitedstatesmap.com/ is the place to go for an electronic map of your states visited. These are commonly used in signatures in Rv forums, but could be used on your blog or anywhere else you need a jpg or gif of the states you’ve stayed in. Here’s ours:
FYI, since these were done last July, we’ve added the great state of Alabama to our list.