Misplaced landmarks

So some of you have heard this already, but I thought the rest of you would appreciated it.
It´s always interesting to find out what Spaniards know about the United States. When I tell people I´m from Colorado, I usually get a couple of reactions. The first is "Colorado...Aspen!" which is understandable, but the other one I usually get is, "Colorado....Grand Canyon!" which always takes me by surprise. I explain patiently that "El Gran Cañon de Colorado" is, in fact, in Arizona, and the confusion comes from that the river that runs through it is the Colorado River. If they aren´t already, I leave them dumbfounded when I tell them it would take me 12 hours to drive there.