Mono Lake

Mountains & Ocean--More of Our Favorite Things

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October 6th 2008
Monday, September 29: Mountain country. Lake Tahoe. We’ve spent the weekend hiking in the mountains surrounding Jan and Denny’s home outside Tahoe City. Saturday we hiked 11.5 miles, up to 8400’ (climb of 1800’). Jan and Denny’s buddy, Al, has a GPS and could tell us almost anything we wanted to know about the route and where we were on it. But I astounded Al, and myself, by guessing how ... 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