View from our suite.

St. Pete's beach.

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February 2nd 2008
We drove down to St. Pete's Beach from Tallahassee yesterday and found a good place right on the beach with a kitchen. The highway down here has about 50 miles of strip mall like Surrey as you pass by Tampa. Farther north, there are many miles of 50's style towns, almost ghost towns. Kind of strange to see the contrast. St Pete's beach is brilliant white and we are on the Gulf side. Our place ha ... 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