One of the most fun trips I have ever taken in my life was years ago when my wife and three sons went out west to Colorado, and spent a week in a part of the country we had never been in before. We did everything from horseback riding to white water rafting, to just exploring the great outdoors.

But one of the highlights for me, strangely enough, was driving up to a top of one of the Rocky Mountains and standing on what is called by some, "The Continental Divide," and others "The Great Divide." Geologists call it the Backbone of the Continent. Not only is this where the Rocky Mountains reach their highest peak, but it is what separates the rivers and streams that flow eastward into the Atlantic Ocean from those that flow westward to the Pacific Ocean. The portion of the continental divide…