MANITOBA TO MICHIGAN

THE HOODOOS.VARIABLE EROSION FEATURES. THE SOFT LIGHTER SILTSTONE THAT IS THE DINOSAUR FOSSIL LAYER CAPPED BY A HARDER SANDSTONE .

THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES ARE DOTTED WITH GHOST TOWNS. MAINLY COALTOWNS AS OIL AND GAS WERE DISCOVERED AND BECAME MORE PC.THIS CHURCH HAS A BUNDLE OF WOOD STILL IN IT'S WRAPPER ALONGSIDE. IT APPEARS AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO REPAIR IT JUST AS THE TOWN GAVE UP THE (HOLY) GHOST!!

CENTOSAURUS DINOSAUR DIG!!

EVERY STATE OR PROVINCIAL CAPITAL IN NORTH AMERICA HAS AN ELABORATE CAPITOL.I LIKED THIS ONE IN REGINA SASKATCHEWAN BECAUSE THERE WAS A STATUE OF THE QUEEN RIDING HER FAVOURITE HORSE!!

QUEING FOR KEILOR ST PAUL. GREAT WAY TO SIT IN THE SUN,READ AND WATCH LIFE GO BY!!

START OF THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI -LAKE ITASCA MINNESOTA

PITCHER PLANTS IN THE WILD-SWAMPLAND MINNESOTA

AMAZING WHO YOU CAN MEET IN HANNIBAL MISSOURI!!

MISSISSIPPI AT HANNIBAL LOCATION OF HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER -MARK TWAIN'S BIRTHPLACE

THE ABE LINCOLN FAMILY HOME WHEN HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.

THEIR CURRENT HOME! IN THE SAME TOWN.

ROUTE 66 (1926-) THE MOTHER ROAD.FRAGMENTS EXIST FROM CHICAGO TO LA.STREWN WITH THE REMAINS OF MA AND PA SHOPS,GARAGES,RESTAURANTS,MOTELS .NOSTALGIA OF AN ERA BEFORE AMERICA BECAME GENERIC.YOU BABY-BOOMERS WILL REMEMBER THE 60'S TV SERIES-THE NELSON RIDDLE THEMESONG STILL ROLLS ON IN MY BRAIN-DO-DO-DO-DO-DOOO!!

AN OLD ROUTE 66 ICON WITH THE BUNYON GIANT ORGINALLY OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT IN CICERO CHICAGO. IT MANIFESTED ITSELF IN MANY FORMS HOLDING AN AXE,MUFFLER ETC

SURE BEATS A BOY NAMED SUE!! WALDHEIM JEWISH CEMETERY CHICAGO.WE SPENT TWO NIGHTS OPPOSITE IN THE WALMART CARPARK.

AMAZING CHICAGO IS CERTAINLY MY KIND OF TOWN-VIEW FROM WILLIS(FORMERLY SEARS ) TOWER ACROSS TO LAKE MICHIGAN. HOWEVER I THINK THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE INSPECTED THE ROADS AND DECIDED AGAINST THEM FOR 2012 THEY ARE AS BAD AS THE DALTON HIGHWAY!

AS THE LEAVES CHANGE THE NON-HIBERNATORS ARE IN A FRENZY STORING AND STEALING FOOD AND JOINING THE NATIONAL OBESITY EPIDEMIC!!

HARD TO BELIEVE THIS BEACH SCENE IS LAKE MICHIGAN ON THE EAST DUNE SIDE. LOOK HARD YOU CAN SEE CHICAGO ON THE HORIZON

WITH UNEMPLOYMENT IN DOUBLE DIGIT % AND RISING I THINK THIS SCENE IS LIKELY TO GET WORSE. CAPITALISM-IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM JOIN THEM FIRST THEN BEAT THEM!!