As I cruised southward on Interstate 84 in northeastern Oregon, I was suddenly thrust into a photographic emergency---the need to document my presence at the 45th Parallel. Such an emergency makes it all right to stop on the shoulder of an interstate highway.

I had been traveling at unbelievable but legal speed, The speed was unbelievable because my car had only 70 horsepower. By the time I stopped on the shoulder I was way past the sign, so I carefully backed up to the sign, staying on the shoulder. Backing up like that is permitted for photographic emergencies.

After turning off the car's ignition I grabbed my camera and switched it from Shooting While Driving Mode to Spatial Relationships Mode, then walked back to the vantage point for this photo. Several state police officers stopped to question my car's being parked on the shoulder, but when I explained that I was responding to a photographic emergency, each officer wished me well and drove off.

This was shot during my first road trip to Utah. The location is two miles south of the town of North Powder.