Me & Bill at dinner

2 Weeks on Island

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June 22nd 2009
June 21-22 The alarm on my phone buzzed under my pillow, but I was so tired it just became part of my dream. Till I realized there was a reason it was going off. (I haven’t set an alarm since I arrived here.) It was 5:45am and I had to get down to Kapiolani Park about a mile away to register for the 7am 10K - Aloha State Games. Hmmm…did I even want to do it? Not really anymore, but wh ... 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