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14 Hour Trip - But my god it was worth it

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May 16th 2008
Tim: We awoke today at 7am for our 14 hour trip from Chicago to Seattle. We booked with US Airways, now we could have paid lots of money for a 4 hour direct flight but your talking $800 each, we paid $400 for both of us to get here so thats 100 quid each to cover many thousand miles. The first flight was slightly spoiled by a drunken redneck idiot who was sat in the row behind us, he had opini ... 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