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January 12, 2014

ON THE ROAD TO ALASKA

... in june of 1958, via a stop in rhode island where mike and i finished school, we drove from west palm beach, florida, to our new home in anchorage, alaska ... pa took the far northern route so that we could enjoy all sorts of famous landmarks such as this ... the highlight of his trip planning, however, was our drive through the clouds across the top of montana along the spectacular "going to the sun" road ...

... note:  it turns out the the "geographic center" of north america is the subject of a bit of controversy ... when mathematician edward douglas first determined the point on the map in 1932, he neglected to include central america in his calculations ... rugby still has the monument, cafe, and trinket shop, but if pressed most of its residents will admit to the geographic center of north america being "down the road a piece in a cornfield outside of what used to be the town of orrin" ...
... perhaps on our next cross-country wanderabout adrien and i will see if we can find it ...