Geography 101

Before the nap today, Dad and Nick were talking about geography --

"We live in Virginia, Dad?" asked Nick.

"Yes, and Grandma and Uncle live in Maryland", Dad saw an opportunity to introduce some important geographical concepts.

"And Maryland is far away."

"Yes." Nodded an impressed Dad.

"Where is the American land?"

"Well, we are in America. Both Maryland and Virgina are in America." Dad was a bit concerned about whether Nick could comprehend the concept.

Apparently there was not a problem. Nick finally reached his conclusion, "but we don't live on the earth."

Before Dad could recover from the initial shock, Nick continued, "the earth is round, and it is not round here!"

Sigh.....

BTW, this evening, Dad and Nick studied the maps -- we located some of the places we discussed - our house, Maryland, Virgina, and the "America land". Still, we need to figure out how to solve the earth challenge :)