Above the fruited Plain....

America the Beautiful  - Words by Katharine Lee Bates in 1913

O beautiful for spacious skies, 
For amber waves of grain, 

For purple mountain majesties 
Above the fruited plain! 

America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 

And crown thy good with brotherhood 
From sea to shining sea! 

Continuing my photo essay from our cross-country road trip....

Today....

Above the fruited plain......

Crossing South Dakota in the fall.

The patterned fields captured our eye over and over again.  America is a vast land rich in what is produces. I found it beautiful. And took many photographs!

Washington State

Pike's Place, Seattle

Sonoma, California

Benziger Vineyards, Sonoma, California

Benziger Vineyards, Sonoma, California

Cornerstone Garden, Sonoma, California

Kansas!

Kansas

Missouri

Pennsylvania

Interested in our cross country journey?

Here are some additional posts about this adventure. More are yet to come.

• The Great American Road Trip • 2013
• Packing for Two Months • A Modular Approach
• O, Beautiful for Spacious Skies
• For Amber Waves of Grain
• For Purple Mountains Majesty

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