Cannon over the Hudson

Hit the road

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September 6th 2012
It’s been a couple of days since the last blog, so there’s a bit to catch up on. My reasons for falling behind will become apparent. I got up on Monday morning, packed and caught a cab down to the car hire place. I picked up the car no problem and was off. Fortunately it was Labour Day so there wasn’t a lot of traffic about. First problem was that my GPS was still in kilometres but I change ... read more

North America » United States » New York

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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