In a left turn towards Santa Monica

Chicago, Footie and Base Checks

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January 30th 2010
Evening all, Greetings from the windy city. We arrived here via Anchorage, a layover in los Angeles and a 4 hour flight through the night to Chicago. In LA I managed to go shopping and ticked off most items on the shopping list that my bride gave me and bought myself a new wallet in the process. Here in Chicago it is early saturday morning and I am just back from walgreens chemist (buying multi ... 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