The Western Path

The Western United States is amazing with its rugged terrain and amazing feats needed to pass through this area. The top picture is Spokane, Washington. It is on the Eastern Border of Washington State, next to Idaho. The Mountains can be seen in the distance as we get ready to head East. Our route takes us over the Great Rocky Mountains. I have shown them to you before but they amaze me every time I fly over. What amazes me is how people in the 1800's traveled through them. There are only small passes that work there way through these great mountains. One of them is called Mullans Pass, (the second picture). It is a small pass that crosses the Continental Divide in the Rocky's. Explorers found this pass and in the middle 1800's the Military came and turned this wagon trail into a road for the military to bring troops and supplies through the Rockies to fight the Indian's. As you can see by the last picture, which is just to the South of Mullans Pass the mountains are very treacherous and rough making the feet of building a road a huge endeavor even today.