Today, I visited Arkansas and Oklahoma for the first time. They were short visits, but they were official visits nonetheless. I had no plans whatsoever to visit those states otherwise, so when I found myself traveling between Shreveport, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas, I made sure to take a detour to visit them. I’ve now visited 39 states (plus Washington, D.C.), with 11 left to visit.
Interestingly, I have been within one mile of both Michigan (I-90 in Indiana nearly crosses the border) and West Virginia (I-70 in Maryland is just across the Potomac River from West Virginia), but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.