Sea of Cortez in a bottle

Day 26 - Heading towards home

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February 22nd 2008
We had a great time with Skip and Mary again. They went down to Mexico over President's Day weekend with church groups to build homes for needy families. We had talked with them about our possibly going down to the Sea of Cortez, but decided against it. So Mary brought us back a bottle filled with water, sand and shells from the Sea of Cortez. What a neat idea. This morning Skip picked us s ... read more

North America » United States » Arizona

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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