Candy the Size of Your Head!

Chicago to California

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September 4th 2008
August 30, 2008. Estes Park, CO We’ve put 1116 miles under the wheels in two days, and it’s not easy to make a tour of I-80 across the plains - without much of a stop - interesting. But one serendipitous “symmetry” did come to me as we turned onto I-55 from LSD and I realized that this, the first part of our journey, was along the route of the old Illinois and Michigan canal. And that ju ... read more

North America » United States

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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