Ice Slide

South Lake

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December 6th 2009
Back home and just remembered I had not finished my Texas blog. During our last week in Texas we all enjoyed an ice sculpture exhibition, the ice slides proving very popular, even I had a slide! It was lovely to see snow one morning, very exciting for us all. Colin cooked us a lovely "Christmas" dinner before we left and we all exchanged our christmas gifts. Back home and Mum and I cert ... 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