Field notes / Three approaches

There is no single way to count a state.

Choose a primary mode for the map color, then keep secondary modes as visible context. Your map can be broad, delightfully specific, or both.

01 / Baseball weekends

Chasing every ballpark

Use one state for several memories while keeping the most important story as its primary color.

Example state

Missouri

Primary: Ballparks visited

02 / People and places

Imagine modes that mean something to your family instead of fitting every trip into a generic visited list.

Example state

Pennsylvania

Primary: Family roots

03 / A map with flavor

Track a focused quest and overlap it with the broader journeys that got you there.

Example state

Texas

Primary: BBQ destination

Start with the included modes, then decide what each state means.