The beautiful Northwest

Keeping in touch

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June 27th 2007
Howdy all, As most of you know we are leaving the beautiful northwest shortly and will be traveling through France, Spain and Portugal for the month of July. We won't be making international phone calls home. Sorry moms and dads. In part this is because we've had enough of international calling trying to use our broken French and Spanish at 1 AM to book our lodging. Also, international phon ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more