The Great American West

I always wanted to go on several cross-country trips. The longest I ever took was from New York to Wisconsin and then down to Oklahoma, returning through Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, etc. The other long trip was from NY all along the Atlantic coast, up through Maine, New Brunswick, to Nova Scotia.

I've also toured Washington state--one of the most beautiful and diversified states in the US. And, from there, down through Oregon, to California & Nevada. If you are to do one long trip, do this one. Take your time, transversing left & right in Washington, Oregon and California, from Seattle to San Fransisco, and back.

This film shows the huge territory of the Louisiana Purchase--that is, when president Jefferson bought this vast, mostly unexplored land, from France for $15 million. The US in the early 1800s, was a much smaller country, mainly a collection of states on the East coast. The lands west of the Mississippi were home to sparse Indian tribes, unchartered, and a true wilderness. The Lewis-Clark expedition, funded by Jefferson was a great feat to accomplish. They reached the Pacific Ocean while they mapped the lands later to become part of this country. [hit the link and watch the PBS wonderful series on the subject]
It's summer, and many of us associate it with travel, time to see parts of this magnificent cosmos, and in particular this beautiful continent. The world is my home; there are no borders in the experience of life and of imagination.