Bechers Bay

Pygmy Mammoths and Incessant Winds

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October 1st 2013
My legs would have given out long before the trail did, nearly ten miles into what would eventually prove a total of thirty, hiking across Santa Rosa’s girth of over fifty thousand acres. From Mount Soledad, marked by a copper plate from the US Coastal and Geological Survey, we descended a precarious path slick with marble shaped rocks, a vast and distant vista filled by the deep blue channel se ... 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