Somewhere between Portland Oregon and San Francisco Matt, Jack and Adam needed to stop and take in the gorgeousness of the country.
Despite the ongoing debate of the roles of giant republics and their place in the emerging global marketplace one has to look out upon the landscape that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on its east coast and the Pacific Ocean on its west coast.
What we call “the continental USA” is one of the most beautiful places on the planet Earth. Every kind of environment (except for super-arctic tundra) exists in the lower forty eight. Yes, even rain forests exist in Oregon and Washington if you consider it based upon rates of rain fall.
So they stopped along some river. It was most likely The Eel River. There Jack smoked a cigarette, Adam tried to stretch his sore driving muscles and Matt went cavorting down the steep river bank like a mighty mountain goat.
Such stops are sometimes necessary.