Arches National Park

Around Moab, Utah

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July 13th 2008
The drive up from Cortez was uneventful,(except that Fitchett got stopped by the Colorado state trooper for speeding (again!) luckily the trooper was with a trainee and let us off with a warning and some advice about rodeo. On the way we stopped at the Needles overlook at Canyonlands National Park which is pretty spectacular. The whole Canyonlands area is huge and difficult to put across in a coup ... 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