June 26, 2007
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The Continental Divide
Mile 23, US highway 12 in Montana, east of Lolo Pass, Lolo peak visible. Note also the checkerboard clearcut pattern visible on the side of the mountains.
In this part of the world, there are really only two cities: New Orleans and Astoria.
Stand on a mountain pass. Piss one direction, and put that much more strain on the new levee in the Bayou City. Piss the other direction, and risk diminishing the salmon run with your personal toxic waste.
It’s these weighty decisions that delight me.
I pulled into a driveway to take this picture. The driveway had a huge gate, with posts made of foot-wide steel tubing. I was going to take a picture, but the owner was leaving just as I got back into the van.
Comments (4)
Ah, the good divides. The ones that control where the water goes.
Stunningly beautiful
or, you could earn your big boy pants and hold it until you reach the next restroom mister.
One should piss in the great continental divide basin in Wyoming. Who’d care?
Besides, piss isn’t really toxic
Plants love that stuff.