Memories?

This is the end ... of rte 66 ... California

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August 12th 2009
his morning we thought it couldn't get any hotter but oh boy ... through Mojave Desert we hit the 113°F mark .... we prayed our tires would hold and only stopped in San Bernardino to visit the first Mc Donald's opened outside of Des Plaines starting the neverending story of McD... Finally in the early evening we arrived at Santa Monica pier... the end of route 66 but the start for our explorati ... 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