Cowboys and Cowgirls

[Mariner*]

Up North Hint:
August 18, 2008 #msg-31547219
If you happen by chance to the Dallas / Fort Worth Airport DFW and look up at the ceiling and count all of the state flags hanging there and match them up with a state, you will notice that one is missing.

When you figure that one out, you will know where I am from.
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Another clue:
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, either way you look, over water it is cast.
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Another clue:
Many people pass through here but never land, it's sitting right there in the palm of your hand.
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New clue:
From the bottom to the top by water you can go, never touching land to another countries shore.