Marble Canyon in Death Valley

California Dreamin!

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November 17th 2005
Dear All, This blog is going to be full of those cheesy adjectives like "awesome" so please excuse, but they are very necessary. Early on Thursday morning, Al and I made our way over to the car hire place near LAX and picked up our "medium-sized car". Well, were we in for a surprise. It was hardly mid-sized, or at least on our radar. I even ran into the office to make sure that we collected t ... 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