Showing posts with label montana continental-divide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label montana continental-divide. Show all posts

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Continental Divide!



At time of writing 46.57638N, 112.20361W at 4401.01ft 6:20pm (seattle time)
We just crossed the continental divide, which is the point at which the rivers flow in different directions (so any rivers to the west flow west, any to the east flow east). This is quite exciting for me as I have always wanted to see it for strange historical reasons, but instead have only flown over it before. Stef and I took a ton of pictures at a nice lookout point. Hopefully we will be able to put them together into a giant panorama later. Although we are only 6 miles from the capital of the state, it is still very rural. Also, giant billboards featuring Jesus and the Ten Commandments can be seen from the highway. Another weird trivia fact is that Montana has different speed limits depending on if it is day or night, most likely due to the abundant wildlife (we saw a bear warning posted at the gas station)