USA TODAY -- Al Roker is testing his endurance again — and this time he's picking up some frequent flier miles.
The Today show personality, a year after completing a marathon 34-hour weather forecast, plans to give reports from all 50 states within a week. He started on Nov. 6.
If successful, he'll try to have it certified as a Guinness World Record, not that anyone has done it before him.
Last year's stunt raised $70,000 for the USO. This year, Roker's trip is benefiting Feeding America.
"If we can shine a light on something that's a problem, I'm willing to do anything," he said.
Roker took care of the big travel issues first and started in Honolulu before flying to Anchorage on Saturday.
Roker traveled through the northwest on Sunday, Nov. 8, starting in Spokane, Wash.
He will cheat a little on Monday, visiting the Four Corners, enabling him to cross off Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado at one stop, and gradually makes his way East.
On Thursday, November 12th, Roker will visit USS Albacore Park located at 600 Market Street in Portsmouth, NH around 4:45 p.m. Following that he will make a visit to Kate's Bakery and Café at 1 Badger's Island West in Kittery, ME around 5:15 p.m. Please note: times are subject to change.
He'll be delivering forecasts throughout his travels, either on Today, local NBC affiliates, cable networks like CNBC, MSNBC or The Weather Channel and online.
Planes, trains and automobiles will shuttle him across the country, and Roker is packing a few books and a supply of movies on his tablet.
Johnny Cash's travelogue song I've Been Everywhere has been referenced. Roker promises not to sing it.
