ON THE ROAD

VISITING EVERY STATE AND COUNTY IN THE USA

• 606 counties visited (19.6%), 97.7% of these visited on a motorcycle

• 15 states visited, 6 have all their counties visited

• Record year of counties visited: 

  • 2024 - 165

  • 2012 - 148

  • 2025 - 90

OTHER STUFF

• 2/14 - Canadian areas visited

• 23/93 - "I've Been Everywhere" song locations

• 2/50 - State highest points

• 6/7 - Centers of the USA

  • Pole of Inaccessibility left to do, between Kyle and Allen, SD

• 6/61 - Tri-state markers

• 1/8 - Extreme compass points in the US

  • NW Angle done

(UPDATED 1/20/2026)

RIDE PLANS

• 2026

  • "HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER" - length of trip: 6500+ miles. MN > NE > KS > OK > TX > NM > AZ > CA > NV > UT > CO > WY > MT > ND > MN

  • "OKIE DOKIE" - 2000-2200 mile Loop through Eastern Oklahoma for a few Route 66 stops on the 100th anniversary of the road

  • GLACIAL LAKES MOTORCYCLE CLUB GRAND TOUR - see motorcycle games page for more info.

• 2027

  • "DIAMONDS AND RUST"- Northeastern states with a detour through Canada. Attempt to find the ghost town of Ombabika, and visit Jellicoe (from the song "I've Been Everywhere"). Billy Diamond Highway to Hudson Bay. Technically counts as visiting Nunavut and the Arctic ocean if I go out in a kayak.

• 2028

  • Either....

    • "CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE" - Key West, FL with stops for short hikes to state high points, Tail of the Dragon, and the Barber Museum

    • "TOSSED SALADS AND SCRAMBLED EGGS" - PNW with stops at Twin Falls (Evel's Snake River Jump), Leslie Gulch, Seattle, and the Redwood Forests

• My continuing mission: to explore strange new counties, to seek out new roads and lost civilizations, to boldly go where some people have gone before!