A border patrol without crossing the border

Day 22 - The long drive to San Diego

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October 6th 2008
Packed up the car again, grabbed a quick breakfast, gassed up and began the longest drive of our holiday - 750km to San Diego. Tomtom had the time estimated as 7 hrs 50 min - ewwwww! Kids were primed with Nintendo, laptop, books and ipods to help pass the time. We had soon left the beautiful red rocks and were back on the 4 lane highways passing thru the dry, desolate desert country which do ... read more

North America » United States » California » San Diego

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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