Grandma Rose at the beach house

First Day

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April 11th 2008
Aloha friends and family! It's 12:00 AM Oregon time (9:00 here in Ewa Beach) but it's been an eventful day and I'm not at all tired so I thought it would be a good time to upload some pictures and update the blog. We departed Albany at 5:00 AM for the drive to Portland and checked in at PDX with plenty of time to spare, so we stopped for a small breakfast at Rose's Restaurant and Bakery. I ... 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