It seems as if every where we go the scenery is just so vast and expansive that a camera just can't capture it all. It also makes me feel so small all the time.

  The rock here is quite different from the rock we have seen elsewhere, particularly that seen at Bull Frog Marina. This is layer upon layer of a soft and crumbly stone. I imagine that the boilerplate geology explanation is repeated depostion of sediment layers over millions and millions of years. That seems a lame explanation to me. After all, each of the layers is almost exactly the same thickness as all the other layers. And there is nothing stuck anywhere between the layers. If all this time passed between deposition of the layers, I would expect to see other rocks, petrified branches, or something! I'd also expect there to be more variation in the thickness of the layers. Hmm... Very peculiar indeed.

  These two massive formations are known as the Monitor and the Merimac, named after the Civil War Ironclads that faced off in battle. Don't ask me which is which, I can't even remember. Far below them you can see part of the road we just came up to get here.

  I can't hear John from where I am standing, but from his body language it certainly seems like he saying something very important.

  This is back in the parking lot of the rest stop. The exposure is whacked thanks to the Walgreens that developed the film. I had to do some serious photoshop mumbe jumbo just to get it to look as good as it does. This is a large part of why I now use a digital camera for my trips. Immediate results.