These United States.
It was late August 2012 running into September.......... I had followed a woman [not just any woman] to New York...... when she left [which she did a lot] I drove South and on to the Pacific in search of what the US actually was...... Rome two millennia on...... and the centre of my life one way or another since Vietnam and JFK to Obama and the GFC... Just what was it...who are they and why should we care?
![Highway 179, Arizona](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Jeans_and_Things_1_thumb.jpg)
Highway 179, Arizona
![Cold Feet](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Seagulls_N_Cal_Coast_1_thumb.jpg)
Cold Feet
![Yosemite........ Lone Pine.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Yosemite_Tree_thumb.jpg)
Yosemite........ Lone Pine.
![Chewin Baccy......](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Chewin_Baccy_thumb.jpg)
Chewin Baccy......
![Rocket Territory!](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Its_Rocket_Country_thumb.jpg)
![Fremont Cinema, San Luis Obispo](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Fremont_Santa_Monica_copy_thumb.png)
Fremont Cinema, San Luis Obispo
![Seventy Nine Degrees!](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Empire_State_at_night_79degs_Web_thumb.jpg)
Seventy Nine Degrees!
![Climbing Half Dome, Yosemite National Park](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Granit_Pitch_Yosemite_2010_V2-denoise-denoise_thumb.jpg)
Climbing Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
![The Marin District........red brick splendor](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Red_Light_on_Main_St_Web_thumb.jpg)
The Marin District........red brick splendor
![Bridge to Nowhere!?](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Pot_of_Gold_Web_thumb.jpg)
Bridge to Nowhere!?
![Nothing Burns Like...... Desire........](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Nothing_Burns_Like_Web_thumb.jpg)
Nothing Burns Like...... Desire........
![Leary . GA, USA.....closed.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Closed_Small_Town_USA_2_Web_thumb.jpg)
Leary . GA, USA.....closed.
![Leary....GA............. Truly Scary!](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Closed_Small_Town_USA_3_Web_3_thumb.jpg)
Leary....GA............. Truly Scary!
![79 degrees!](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Empire_State_at_night_79degs_Web_1_thumb.jpg)
79 degrees!
![Great Burgers!](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Great_Burgers_2_web_thumb.jpg)
Great Burgers!
![Shop front of lost hopes.](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Shop_Front_2_thumb.jpg)
Shop front of lost hopes.
![Veniro........ Chelse, NY](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/New_York_July_2012_24-07-12_0023_thumb.jpg)
Veniro........ Chelse, NY
![Brooklyn Water Tank......in Neon](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Water_Tower_Neon_New_York_July_2012_20-07-12_0007_thumb.jpg)
Brooklyn Water Tank......in Neon
![Jeans N Things........](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Jeans_and_Things_thumb.jpg)
Jeans N Things........
![](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Chelsea_Man_on_Fire_Escape-Recovered_A-denoise-denoise_Low_Res_thumb.jpg)
![Wonderful](https://amazon.clikpic.com/nedclark/images/Crysler_Buildiing_Gryphon__Crop_Web__thumb.jpg)