Standing in Two States!!

I found out today that Stamford is very close to the border of New York State. From Jupiter, Florida, you would have to get in a car and drive about 300 miles (about 5 hours) to get to the next state, which is Georgia. That would be a long trip! But, in Stamford, we are only 5 minutes from the border to New York State. Because New York and Connecticut (as well as Florida) are all part of the United States, you could drive across the border and not even notice. It's not like the border to another country. This picture is really 3 pictures put together. There is a tall stone post that marks the border between Connecticut and New York. One side is marked CONN for Connecticut, and the other side is marked NY for New York. In the middle part of the picture, I am standing on the border, and I have one foot in Connecticut and one foot in New York. On the left and the right are pictures of the sides of the post, so you can see the labels for the two states. If you tried to have one foot in each of two states from Jupiter, you would have to have legs that are 300 miles long!!!