> ahem....<coming to the defense of texas here.>
>
> On ocassion I have cause to make trips from Miami Florida to Los Angles
> California. I spend about one third of that trip in Texas.
>
Interstate highway mile markers are numbered in miles from the state
border. To the best om my knowledge, I-10 in texas is the only interstate
with any four-digit mile markers. But it's still not a continent.