In answer to the Open Call for pictures of America, I am offering a few that I have taken through the years.  I have also posted some additional thoughts in honor of our nation's birthday here.

I have visited 44 of our nation's 50 states.  For some reason, however, my  photos, at least the good ones, are limited to about six or seven of them.

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 Sawtooth Mountain in west Texas

 Central West Virginia

 Lake Superior, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin

 Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan, 1987

 Small town post office, northeastern Kentucky

 Taos Pueblo, northern New Mexico

 Devil's Thumb Ranch, west slope of the Continental Divide, central Colorado

 Old tobacco barn, western West Virginia

 Chuy's Restaurant, home of the John Madden Football Hall of Fame, Van Horn, Texas

 The Greenbrier, White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia

 Peering over the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Nearing the summit of Mt. St. Helens, looking toward Mt. Ranier through the volcanic dust, Washington

 Northern Wisconsin in the fall

 North Texas in the spring

   The Ohio River (left) enters the Mississippi (right), Cairo Illinois

 Outer Banks, North Carolina

 Salt flats, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

 Palmquist tree farm, northern Wisconsin

 cattle ranch, central Oklahoma

 Striders Duathlon, San Angelo, Texas

Nearing the end of the 500 mile AIDS Ride, St. Paul Minnesota to Chicago Illinois