Jack and Debi

El Capitan Beach near Santa Barbara

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May 3rd 2012
Thursday, May 03, 2012 We traveled yesterday. We followed highway 1 along the coast. Just below San Simon and stopped along a beach that was covered with seals. On closer inspection they were much larger than the harbor seals. The beach was packed with several thousand elephant seals. It turns out that they come to this beach almost year round. We were able to get very close to them. Many ... 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