Very nice!
I had the same fear about being in Washington as a stumbling block, even though Binance removed our state from their "no fly zone" a few weeks back. Thankfully, a helpful soul on the LeoFinance Discord traded me 10 Hive's worth of BNB to get started. Just needed enough for one transaction, and then swap from there forward... just don't run out of BNB.
It's a whole new frontier for me.