Over my 48 years, I’ve done my fair share of travelling across these United States.  I thought it would be an interesting experiment go look back at those trips to each of the 31 states I have visited (62% isn’t bad, is it?) and see if, and when, I may be returning.  Working in alphabetical order, we continue today with the 15th state to be added to the Union: Kentucky.

State: Kentucky
Joined the Union: 1792
Visits: 7

Aside from driving through on my way to Florida, I’m pretty sure I’ve made seven distinct trips to Kentucky, although nearly all of them had nothing to do with Kentucky.  My first six stops came as part of trips to Ohio, specifically the town of Cincinnati.  The current home of the Reds, Great American Ballpark, is right on the Ohio River, which forms the border between Ohio and Kentucky.  When visiting my old friend Scott and attending a Reds game, we would drive over the bridge and find free street parking on the Kentucky side, walking across a pedestrian bridge to get to the park.  This trip occurred annually from 2003 through 2008.

My most recent foray into Kentucky came on the trip home from Universal in 2010.  For some reason, Angelina thought there would be nothing better than eating at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in the great state of Kentucky.  And so we did.

Will I return?  Who can tell.  It has been 14 years since my last game at the Great American Ballpark and, frankly, I wouldn’t be able to do the walk now even if I wanted to.  Aside from that, there isn’t much driving me down to Kentucky.