the spider outside the window

Upcoming Autumn Auto Tour from California to Oklahoma

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October 28th 2012
Dusting off the Travelblog spiderwebs, with no reverence for Halloween. Incidentally, a very large spider moved in right outside the big window to remind me of the season, and I even got to see him drink lunch yesterday. I am writing again after years of forgetting about this blog, the one I started during my stay in Austria. For a while I wasn't traveling at all, and then I started doing s ... read more

North America » United States » California » Oakland

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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