This is the "ground zero" of the large Four Corners area. Paul's heels are in Utah (his right) and in Colorado (his left). His right toes are in Arizona and his left toes are in New Mexico.

   If he were to earn his living right here, he might have to pay income taxes in four states. However, I believe that this location is within an Indian reservation; so maybe he would be off the hook.

   We were enroute this early morning from Mesa Verde to Monument Valley. There were Native American vendors coming in and setting up shops nearby this marker about the time we left it.

   For the two previous nights in Colorado, we had stayed at an Ute Indian Casino which had RV hookups.

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   Below is an expanse of "Nowhere".

   Bedrock - slowly eroded by dry winds, occasional intense thunderstorms, a bit of freezing in the winter, and a hot sun in the summer. No soil to speak of - mostly a dense, rather hard packed, very fine sand and perhaps ash. Dry. Almost no shade. An inhospitable place for life. However ....

   This part of the country does not have that dense blanket of life and the residue of life that we take for granted in the east. Yet, there is a lot of life surviving and adapted to this tough environment.
   I count 15 forms of life in this picture; 14 of them are bushes. The 15th is connected to a vertical shadow that is not a cactus and is not native to the area; for "nowhere" is in the Four Corners area, and I had gone out to videotape something.