I just want to thank you for giving me a tour of the United States! I think your site has got to be the most AWESOME site I have ever been to on the internet....and that is 8 years of surfing!! I think you are the luckiest man alive! One day I hope to travel to all states. (Actually any state. Haven't been out of California in 35 years and I am 35 yrs old! Ha!) Anyway, thanks for the tour! It has been great.

Stella Mathews

This is an extremely nifty web site! Thanks for sharing your interest this way. As a "provider of resources" and for my own "love of cool stuff around America" this is a fun and informative site. Thank you!

Lori Krause
Library Media Specialist

I've had fun going through your site. I don't know how many of these emails like this you've gotten, but if there have been a lot I hope you can stand one more.

Like you, I had gotten bitten by the welcome-sign bug. When I first stumbled upon your site I was already well on my way towards finishing what I call the grand tour. In fact, I'm still there, as I just passed the four-year mark on my own project and my welcome sign completion rate is currently 35 of 50 (with #36 to be added in late August). State capitols I have 32 of 50, and Canadian provincial capitols I have one (go Manitoba!).

I just started on a whim; a friend and I were in Boston back in 1999 and I gave him my camera, saying, "Hey V, take my picture. I'm going to take a picture in front of all 50 state capitols." Somewhere along the line I decided that I would not make Alaska or Hawaii the final chapter of this story, as intuition would tell me that anyone who had done this before us would likely have finished there, given their remote situation, and that Alaskans and Hawaiians would be tired of this whole thing by now. Nevadans, on the other hand....

I started putting a website about my exploits together, and two and a half years, 30,000 words, lots of work, one previous launch, and one disappearing web host later, it's ready. I figured that July 4 would be as good a day as any.

I'm writing to let you know that I've included your site on my links page. As I find more weirdos like us I'll add them as well. My site is located at http://www.jimpoz.com/project50/.

So far I've found only one sign that we've shared; that lonely little Nebraska sign on US-75 north of Topeka. Although I thought a year or so ago you had a picture of a Pennsylvania sign on I-78 as well; mine is there too, but the actual signs were different.

Keep up the good work.
Thanks,
Jim Poserina

Roger, I was recently reviewing your website "Welcome to America" and it is great!! Full of photos as well as information what a great site! Keep up the great work!! :)

Michael A. Hughes

I think I'm in love with ... your website
You made me laugh my ass off this morning at work! While surfing the web for info on the 4 corners National Monument (I'm in the middle of planning my 19 day road trip across America this August.) I stumbled across your most impressive website. I am a travel freak & when I saw your site I was amazed at the amount of work you put into it. Not just your travels, the story telling and phototgraphy, even the compiling of info, but the organization of that site is incredible. One of my goals is to see all 50 states- and after this trip I'll only have 10 left. But, I feel bad now that I didn't come up with the idea of getting a picture of myself in front of all the welcome signs. Damn you!

Amy Cardinaletti

My summer school class and I were working on an assignment when we stumbled across your page. I think it is cool , but then I'm a huge nerd.
Eric-Kosher
Bostic- UHHH
Rocky- its great great.(said in monotone) He's still asleep. He wants to know if you have t-shirts

Mrs. Scottie Johnson
Lago Vista High School

Greetings from Sioux Falls, SD. Today I found your website by accident while trying to get to a Crazy Horse Memorial website. I'm at work and "Super Scout" likes to deny access to anything fun or interesting. Luckily, "Super Scout" doesn't know about your site! It's fantastic! I only wish I would have found it sooner. I was an elementary school teacher for six years and your site would have been so cool for the kids to look at. Well, even though I'm not officially a teacher anymore, I'm still going to tell all the teachers I know about your site so that they can use it. I also volunteer at the Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center and work part-time at the Falls Park Visitor and Information Center. I'm going to print the "home" page of your site and put it out where visitors can see it. I'm sure anyone who likes to travel (or wishes they could) would love your site.

Thank you so much for your wonderful web-site! I love it!
Alexandra Szameit Haydl

You have an unbelievably wondrous site! Thank you so much! God bless you!

Pauline Zellner