View Outside the Hostel

Right On

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November 25th 2006
I have to get sidetracked a little and remember the mountains. I was out of breath, we weren't really walking fast, but it was all uphill, steep, steep, steep. Fawn and Glenn were ahead of me, I lagged behind and Fawn's dog Jessie kept pausing to look back, make sure I was still in sight. I grabbed onto a tree branch as I stepped over a root, and I noticed that my hands felt funny. I could h ... 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