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THE MENTAL GREAT DIVIDE

The great divide is a function of nature. It’s also called the continental divide. From a geological stand point it where water in the form of rain or snow flows toward either the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific. To help illustrate how this works hold your hand flat, then give it a quarter turn and […]

OREGON DEFENDER? FACING ADVERSITY FROM THE INSIDE

The state of Oregon doesn’t need any defending, but a series of maps was practically an invitation for an Oregon Defender. The rest of the states can find their own defenders, and they need them. Before breaking down these maps from inside the Oregon border, they came from the Parent Influence dot com website, which […]

MAP LIFE STARTS WITH FOLLOWING A PLAN

A map life starts with an idea, then a list. The idea is to see more than the usual, the every day, the mundane. A list compiles those magical places. You should have a list. If you have a travel partner and they make a list, make one anyway. Show some interest even if you […]

AMERICAN WEED MAP, WITH HIGHWAY TO HELL

Google ‘legal weed map America’ and this is what you get. Or, maybe it was ‘legal weed state map.’ The pic is a screen shot. The dark left side are legal weed states with weed stores. The bottom right is a lighter shade on most maps.

COCKFOSTERS SOUNDS RIGHT IN LONDON AND PORTLAND

Young and old alike can look at a Northwest Portland neighborhood map and figure out the street naming theme. Ankeny, Burnside, Couch, Davis, Everett, Flanders, Glison, Hoyt, Irving, Johnson, and the rest of the alphabet. City planners must have taken the idea from the London Underground?