from sea to shining sea

I've been from the Statue of Liberty....

all the way to the

Golden Gate Bridge.

I've swam in the Atlantic Ocean

and walked by the shores of the Pacific.

I've been to the top of the Empire State Building,

the Hancock Building in

Chicago,

the Washington Monument,

and the Gateway to the West Arch in St. Louis.

I have enjoyed the Rocky Mountains,

the Smokey Mountains,

the Tetons

and Stone Mountain.

I have stayed at

The Camelback Inn

in Scottsdale, Arizona,

and felt the air

 like a velvet wrap around me.

I have driven on the endless bridge to

Key West,

the Chesapeak Tunnel in

Virginia,

up to the top of

Pike's Peak

and then back down again.

I have seen the Grand Canyon,

the Petrified Forest,

I've ridden horses in Estes Park,

and the horses on the carousel at

Disney World.

I went to the World's Fair in

New Orleans,

rode the "pink jeep" through the mountains of

Santa Fe, New Mexico,

saw a show on

Broadway,

paddled a boat on the

Potomac River

and

slept in a tent on top on of

Shenandoah Mountain.

I'll stop here...

you get the point.

Our country is truly beautiful

and wonderful

and amazing.

God

has blessed

beyond our power to comprehend.

So thankful for the freedoms we have in the

United States of America.