Twenty-third Psalm Major Domo, Reserve me a Table for Two

I must say, it feels really good to be back in the desert after spending the summer out East... 

Yes, I Think it can be Very Easily Done...

Here's my first view of the port of Vicksburg, Mississippi.  During last year's flood, about half of that sign on the left was underwater.  Take a look at the map, and you can see that nature accomplished what Grant failed to do.  Shortly after the war, the river changed it's course, largely bypassing the city.

Adios California: Big Trees and Big Foots

Colby (an old friend from Washington) stands in front of General Sherman, in Sequoia National Park.  The General is over two thousand years old and the largest living thing on Earth (if we're not counting clonal organisms, and we're not.)

Funny, This Doesn't Look Like Pismo Beach

Maybe I'm road-weary or just spoiled by Capitol Reef,...

Monarch Pass

Monarch Pass, way up on the Great Divide.  Over eleven thousand feet and this flatlander is feeling a little woozy.

Midway, USA

Kinsley, KS gave itself this moniker due to its claim of being halfway between New York and San Francisco.  This is a bit of a fiction, though, as Route 50 doesn't actually go to New York City.

Maps

See Ozette on the map above (A), named for an ancient Makah village discovered at Cape Alava. Not labeled on the map is Neah Bay, which lies within the reservation on the northwestern portion of the peninsula. The Hoko-Ozette road runs from Ozette and comes out near Clallum Bay. Also notice Forks and Port Angeles, the location of the park headquarters. British Columbia can be seen just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, named for a possibly apocryphal Greek sailor.

Here you can see Cape Alava and Sand Point which, along with Ozette, form the corners of a nine-mile loop popular with day-hikers. To the north lies Shi Shi beach.

The Last Sunset in America*

Sunset at Cape Alava, the western-most point in the lower forty-eight. The soundtrack for this scene is the crash of the surf and the distant barking of sea lions.
* excludes Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Guam and American Samoa

Rugby, ND

Rugby, North Dakota -- the exact geographical center of North America.

The Continental Divide

May 2: The Roosevelt Monument on the Continental Divide. Elevation: 5,216 ft.