Kawamoto's Orchid Nursery

Holiday in Hawaii #2

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December 30th 2009
We thought that we’d try to walk from Palolo Valley to the Koolau Range, which is probably a five hour hike, especially since we're no longer spring chickens. We thought nothing of a five hour hike -- we walk that in the Bay Area all the time. When we approached the entry down to the river, however, we questioned whether we were at the right place. We then asked ourselves whether we were doing t ... 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