1 STARTING POINT: THE BOATS ARE SECURE HERE
Lockport, NY
Marleese Patterson 2 pts; Stephen Griffith, John Wulf 1
pt
2 NO EVACUATION NEEDED TODAY
Dunkirk, NY (a reference to evacuation from France in
WWII)
Marleese Patterson 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
3 A MEADOW AT 270 DEGREES
Westfield, NY (west is 270 degrees on the compass)
Marleese Patterson 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
4 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE PASSED RIGHT ON BY
Ripley, NY
Marlesse Patterson 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
5 STATE BORDER CROSSING #1
New York to Pennsylvania
Olivia Austin 2 pts; Marleese Patterson, Orin Helfrich,
John Wulf 1 pt
6 IT IS “ALMOST AN ISLAND”
Presque Isle, PA (French translation)
Sara Villa 2 pts, Orin Helfrich
7 STATE BORDER CROSSING #2 (THAT WAS QUICK)
Pennsylvania to Ohio
Marleese Patterson 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
8 #20’S HOMETOWN
Mentor, OH
Karla Mansour 2 pts
9 DID THEY NAME THIS PLACE AFTER #22 & #24?
Cleveland, OH
The answer is NO. Cleveland existed long before Grover Cleveland became famous.
Sara Villa 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
The answer is NO. Cleveland existed long before Grover Cleveland became famous.
Sara Villa 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
10 THE HOME OF #19
Rutherford B Hayes National Historic Site, Fremont, OH
Karla Mansour, 2 pts
11 STATE BORDER CROSSING #3
Ohio to Indiana
Karla Mansour 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
12 “OUR LADY”
Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
Sara Villa 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
13 IRONICALLY, IT IS NOT IN MICHIGAN
Michigan City, IN
Melanie Brady 2 pts; Michael Mordenga hilarious humor 2 pts;
Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
14 STATE BORDER CROSSING #4
Indiana to Illinois
Karla Mansour 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt.
15 NAMED AFTER A 17TH CENTURY
EXPLORER
Joliet, IL
Orin Helfrich 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
16 JOHN DEERE HQ
Moline, IL
Olya Schumacher 2 pts; Mary Merle, Orin Helfrich, John
Wulf 1 pt
17 STATE BORDER CROSSING #5
Illinois to Iowa
Sara Villa 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1 pt
18 SOFA
Davenport, IA
Karla Mansour 2 pts; Orin Helfrich, Judy Hamrick, John
Wulf 1 pt
19 AROMATIC WOOD WITH QUICK MOVING WATER
Cedar Rapids, IA (visiting the Cannon family!)
Cara Jane 2 pts; Olivia Austin, Orin Helfrich, Judy
Hamrick, John Wulf 1 pt
20 “SOME MOUNDS”
Des Moines, IA (French translation)
Karla Mansour 2 pts; Olivia Austin, John Wulf
21 STATE BORDER CROSSING #6
Iowa to Nebraska
Karla Mansour 2 pts; Oliva Austin, Orin Helfrich, John
Wulf 1 pt
22 ORIGINALLY IT WAS NAMED LANCASTER, BUT
NOW IT IS #16
Lincoln, NE
Karla Mansour 2 pts ;Olivia Austin, Orin Helfrich, John Wulf 1
pt; Mike Mordenga (humor) 2 pts
23 STATE BORDER CROSSING #7
Nebraska to Colorado
Olivia Austin 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
24 NOT A COMB
Brush, CO
Lennie Gunder 2 pts; Olivia Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
25 MISSIONS DOOR HQ
Denver, CO
Don Carrato 2 pts; Marleese Patterson, Lennie Gunder,
Oliva Austin, John Wufl 1 pt
26 WASHINGTONVILLE
Georgetown, CO
Don Carrato 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
27 YOU REALLY WANT ONE OF THESE IF YOU JUMP
OUT OF AN AIRPLANE
Parachute, CO
Olivia Austin 2 pts; Lennie Gunder, John Wulf 1 pt; Humorous
answers Don Carrato, Kathy Duff 1 pt
28 IT’S A BIG BIG INTERSECTION
Grand Junction, CO
Lennie Gunder 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
29 STATE BORDER CROSSING #8
Colorado to Utah
John Wulf 2 pts
30 WEALTHY MEADOW
Richfield, UT
Don Carrato 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
31 WHEN A WHIRLWIND BLEW THE TOP OF A BUGGY, THEY MISTAKENLY CALLED THE TOWN THIS.
Hurricane, UT
31 WHEN A WHIRLWIND BLEW THE TOP OF A BUGGY, THEY MISTAKENLY CALLED THE TOWN THIS.
Hurricane, UT
Lennie
Gunder 2 pts
32 Apparently, I don’t know how to count…
33 STATE BORDER CROSSING #9
Utah to Arizona
John Wulf 2 pts
34 STATE BORDER CROSSING #10 (THIS WAS
RATHER QUICK TOO)
Arizona to Nevada
Joe Crimando 2 pts; Oliva Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
35 IT ADDS A GREAT TASTE TO YOUR GRILLING
Mesquite, NV
Joe Crimando 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
36 SIN CITY
Las Vegas, NV
Lennie Gunder 2 pts; Olivia Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
37 STATE BORDER CROSSING #11
Nevada to California
Joe Crimando 2 pts; Olivia Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
38 IT WAS 124 DEGREES AT 4 PM
Death Valley National Park, CA
Lexi Bolding 2 pts; Michael Mordenga best humor 2 pts; Olivia
Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
39 YOU CAN BELLY UP TO THIS + WHAT YOU DO
TO YOUR LUGGAGE IN AN AIRPLANE
Barstow, CA (Bar + Stow)
Jennifer Helfrich 2 pts; Olivia Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
40 THE HOME AND LIBRARY OF #37
Richard M Nixon Presidential Library/Museum, our 37th
President
Yorba Linda, CA
41 AMERICA MADE THIS PLACE POPULAR IN 1972
Ventura Highway
The pop group America made this a top 40 song.
John Wulf 2 pts
42 THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF #40
The
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library/Museum our 40th president
Simi
Valley, CA
John Wulf 2 pts
43 WHAT DO JERRY SEINFELD, KRISTIN WIIG,
AND A 1964 VOLVO HAVE IN COMMON?
House of Pies in Los Angeles, CA
This place was featured in “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”
We ate dinner there. Great experience!
44 IT HAS AN ICONIC SIGN
Hollywood, CA
45 HOW DID WE GET TO CANADA SO FAST?
Ontario, CA
Gary Feiler 2 pts; Olivia Austin, John Wulf 1 pt
46 THIS IS WHERE “DESERT MODERN” GOT ITS
START
Palm Springs, CA
John Wulf 2 pts
47 THIS PARK HAS TREES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY
CAME FROM DR. SEUSS
Joshua Tree National Park
48 STATE BORDER CROSSING #12 [WE ARE
STAYING LONGER THIS TIME]
California to Arizona
John Wulf 2 pts
49 THIS WAS A “MONSTER” RIVER
Gila River, AZ (reference to a gila monster)
John Wulf 2 pts
50 BORN-AGAIN BIRD
Phoenix, AZ (got to know your mythology)
Gary Feiler 2 pts; John Wulf 1 pt
51 STATE BORDER CROSSING #13
Arizona to New Mexico
John Wulf 2 pts
52 STATE BORDER
CROSSING #14
New Mexico to Texas
John Wulf 2 pts
53 PREFER ITS THICK’N’CHUNKY MEDIUM SALSA
El Paso, TX
John Wulf 2 pts
54 THE LIBRARY OF #36
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library/Museum,
our 36th President
Austin, TX
John Wulf 2 pts
55 NEAR HOUSTON, A GOOD PLACE TO FIND YOUR
AMI IN THE FOREST
Friendswood, TX
John Wulf 2 pts
56 STATE BORDER CROSSING #15
Texas to Louisiana
John Wulf 2 pts
57 WE CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI AT RED STICK
Baton Rouge, LA (French translation)
John Wulf 2 pts
58 STATE BORDER CROSSING #16
Louisiana to Mississippi
John Wulf 2 pts
59 STATE BORDER CROSSING #17
Mississippi to Alabama
John Wulf 2 pts; Olivia Austin 1 pt
60 CITY OF SIX FLAGS
Mobile, AL (We visited the Hartin family here!)
John Wulf 2 pts
61 THIS ISLAND CLAIMS TO BE THE “AMERICA’S BIRDIEST CITY” FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW; WE SAW A LOT OF THEM AT PELICAN POINT
61 THIS ISLAND CLAIMS TO BE THE “AMERICA’S BIRDIEST CITY” FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW; WE SAW A LOT OF THEM AT PELICAN POINT
Dauphin Island, AL
John Wulf 2 pts
62 THE SOUTHERN VERSION OF THIS CITY WILL
BE WARMER THAN THE ENGLISH VERSION
Birmingham, AL
Joe Crimando 2 pts
63 DID #4 SLEEP HERE?
Madison, AL (Here we visited Justin & Samantha
Kuhlmann, and Parker!)
John Wulf 2 pts
64 STATE BORDER CROSSING #18
Alabama to Tennessee
John Wulf 2 pts; Olivia Austin 1 pt
65 I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WAS IN
DC, NOT HERE
White House, TN
John Wulf 2 pts
66 STATE BORDER CROSSING #19
Tennessee to Kentucky
John Wulf 2 pts; Olivia Austin 1 pt
67 THE QUEEN’S VILLAGE
Elizabethtown, KY (visiting our cousins, Don & Bonnie
Hobbs)
John Wulf 2 pts; Olivia Austin 1 pt
68 HOME OF KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY
Sparta, KY
John Wulf 2 pts
69 STATE BORDER CROSSING #19 (should have
been #20)
Kentucky to Ohio
John Wulf 2 pts
70 HISTORICAL SITE OF #27
William Taft Historical Site, our 27th
President
Cincinnati, OH
John Wulf 2 pts
71 THE NAME OF THIS TOWN REMINDS US OF
NIAGARA-ON-THE LAKE
Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH (We had dinner at our cousin’s restaurant
with a beautiful view of Lake Erie – really cool)
Karla Mansour 2 pts; Virginia Heffner 1 pt for complaint;
John Wulf 1 pt
72 STATE BORDER CROSSINGS #20 & #21
(should have been #21 & #22)
Ohio to Pennsylvania & Pennsylvania to New York
John Wulf 2 pts
73 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM
Lockport, NY
Jim Cummins 2 pts for humor; John Wulf 2 pts for correct answer
(kind of)
