50 States in a Week's Vacation

Back in '98, this guy traveled to all 50 states during a one week vacation from work. He details how he was able to accomplish hitting every state in 11 days (Friday afternoon through the following Monday morning). He drove it all, except for painfully quick flights to Hawaii and Alaska.

I flew up to Seattle, and then on to Ketchikan, Alaska (#50) where I took a 45-minute taxicab tour of the city, and then got on the next flight back to Seattle (thus entering Washington state for the third time in eight days) and then back to San Francisco.

That's a long way to fly just to drive around for an hour. Not sure it sounds like a fun trip, but it must be a great to say you've done it.