Photos: The top ten happiest states
March 8, 2013
Hawaii # 1. Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara looks at the ocean before his surf session at Praia do Norte in Nazare on January 29, 2013.PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images ( DV1398840 )
Colorado # 2. Olympic medalist Nelson Carmichael busts through the powder at the Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Monday Jan . 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Steamboat Ski & Resort, Larry Pierce) ( Colorado Skiing )
Minnesota # 3. A fishing boat travels across Rock Lake as the sun sets near Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) ( Sunset Fishing )
Utah # 4. Competitors scout the course on the eve of the race in preparation for the 2010 24 Hours of Moab on October 8, 2010 in Moab, Utah. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ( 61983112 )
Vermont # 5. A group of University of Vermont students backpack over the section of the Long Trail on Jay Peak Resort's ski trails in Montgomery, Vt., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett) ( TRAIL PROTECTION )
Nebraska # 6. A view at sunrise from behind the green on the 402 yard par 4, 9th hole on the Sand Hills Golf Club, on September 14, 2005 in Mulllen, Nebraska. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) ( 55992487DC025_Sand_Hills )
Iowa # 7. The sun sets over a farm January 1, 2012 in Johnston, Iowa. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 13629762WM001_IOWA_SETS_THE )
Montana # 8. People embark on a canoe ride at dusk on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight ( USA/ )
New Hampshire # 9. Dan and Faith Seguin sit beside their lines while ice fishing on Pemigewasset Lake in New Hampton, New Hampshire March 7, 2009. To match feature USA-FISHING/ REUTERS/Brian Snyder ( USA-FISHING/ )
Massachusetts # 10. The cliffs and lighthouse at Gay Head are seen August 7, 2009 in Aquinnah, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 58078176 )
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