view from hotel room - the original Macy's

Day 1 Seattle

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August 12th 2008
Day 1. After 3 separate flights and over 12 hours of travel time, we finally arrived in Seattle at 4:00 Pacific Time. We were greeted with overcast clouds on our descent but we could see the peak of Mt. Rainer peaking out from above the clouds. It's hard to comprehend how big this mountain is when you're flying above it but people tell us that it's large...quite large. After a quick and V ... read more

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

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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