...and the Crown goes to...

Guest Post by Team Cange:

CO-CHAMPIONS FOR 2013!!!    Team Cange and Team Parkinson together claim the ‘first time ever’ shared first place prize in the 2013 LPG!! 

After an extremely frustrating drought over the last (how many?) weeks of only needing one plate, and after nothing but the sound of crickets from all competitors over those weeks, FINALLY today the ‘where oh where is Delaware’ turned into the ‘There oh There is Delaware’!!  

  

But Team Cange would not have seen the Delaware plate without the unselfish assistance of Team Parkinson who so graciously shared the big find with Team Cange.  We will not have any ‘globbing on’ as happened embarrassingly in prior years; it is Co-Champions for 2013!!

To add even more decisiveness to the shared victory, see the other two attachments for plates also seen by Teams Cange and Parkinson today: one from Puerto Rico and one from, are you ready for this: Washington D.C. (which is actually the second one from D.C. that we saw this summer!!).  We have never seen D.C. plates before during our years of playing the game.

So, John, I hope you kept that box for the crown as we advised last year so you can mail the crown back to its rightful place in Southern California.  Please mail it to: Team Parkinson.

Who will be next to get all 50???
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Team Debbie's response:
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OMG!  Congratulations!
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How generous of you to share your victory with Team Parkinson.  Has Team Parkinson collected all 50 states?  If not, I believe the victory belongs to Team Cange, alone.  Sorry, Team Parkinson...get over it.  I think the "globber rule" aka "globbing on rule" applies, but I will defer to the group's decision on the matter.
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(Interesting that a Delaware temporary plate is all the way in San Diego.  Can't say I've ever even given a temporary plate a second look because I've always assumed they were local.  Knuckle bump for thinking outside the box!)
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I'm really surprised it took so long for a License Plate Game 2013 winner to be declared.  So many of us have been down to one plate for so long!  I'm still standing by my observation that the economy is better than the last few years because I continue to see many difficult plates.  Just yesterday, I saw West Virginia (Sorry, Team Parkinson), Delaware (Yep, Team Cange), and New Hampster. 
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So, Team Cange you are proposing Co-Champions, does that mean if Team Parkinson finds West Virginia before any of us find our last plate, they are not in coveted 2nd place since they are already 'co-champions?' 

Or if they find their last plate, say after one of us, does that mean, for example:

1st place + 3rd place = 2nd place? 

Just trying to clarify where we all stand...doesn't seem quit fair, but again, I will defer to the consensus of the group.
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Congratulations, Team Cange, well done!  Can't wait to see your Official License Plate Game 2013 portrait wearing the coveted crowns!

What rhymes with banana?

 
You guessed it, Montana!  Team Debbie has found 49 of 50 state license plates since Memorial Day.  Will I actually find all 50 states before the 4th of July?  It's only happened one other time in the 20+ years we've been playing.  One more to go...Rhode Island.

UPDATES:

"Team Cange is still stuck on Delaware…AARRGGHH!!"
Team Gallina, "...Rhode Island, Hawaii and Nevada for me."
Team Loretta,  "We still need Wyoming, Vermont, Rhode Island, Oregon (C'MON), New Hampshire & Hawaii!!!!!"
Team Barbara is keeping pretty quiet about her progress.
Team Parkinson, has 43 plates.

  

Mele Kalikimaka!

Yep, it's true!  I saw Hawaii this morning.  Happy Father's Day to me!  The really interesting thing was that it was parked next to a van with an Alaska license plate (already had Alaska).  It's June 16th and Team Debbie only has three more license plate to go:  North Dakota, Montana, and Rhode Island.  Gotta admit I'm feeling pretty confident that this is a 50 state summer.  

Anyone else willing to share their progress?  Helloooooo?

While Visions of License Plates Danced in Their Heads

The first day of License Plate Game 2011 is history and after dreaming all night of all those plates out there waiting to be found, we're waking up to another day. The first day found the contestants making many snarky comments about each other. Hopefully, today we will be a little more civil. After all, this is a family fun game and winning isn't EVERYTHING, and everyone can't be the Reigning Queen. I don't have first day totals from everyone, but Team Gallina seems to have the lead with "coughseventeencough" and Team Cange has thirteen!

Today is another day. As Bob said, "Game on!"

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

License Plate Game 2011

After a long winter and turbulent spring, we're finally ready for our annual License Plate Game!

The rules: find license plates from all 50 states, and as many Canadian territories and provinces as possible, within 50 miles of your metropolitan area between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend.

May the best family win!

On your mark, get set, gooooooo!

License Plate Game warm-up

Tiny Bubbles

Only five more plates to go: Nevada, Louisiana, Vermont, Utah and Hawaii, which I think is going to be the hardest plate this summer. We saw hundreds of Louisiana's this past weekend in Houston. I couldn't count them, though. Why? Because Houston is not in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. I shall try my luck tomorrow by singing "Tiny Bubbles" while I'm in my car. I'm sure that will work because tomorrow is my birthday, and finding a Hawaii license plate would be a great birthday present. "Ti-ny Bubbles..."

License Plate Game update with 11 days to go

Italy countdown = eleven days! Great year for the license plate game. So far, 41/50 plates. The only difficult states left are: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Hawaii, and North Dakota. I'm very hopeful that I'll finish by Labor Day weekend, could it happen during 4th of July weekend? Stay tuned! How do you like the image "Mouse" by Aaron Foster?