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El Paso/White Sands Trip May 2009 Day 1-4

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May 16th 2009
Great vacation before the school year ends! Colby travels a lot on business for the state so he's promised to take me along. Our first trip was to his old home turf El Paso for some conference or other. We'd be staying for a couple of days. Our hotel was downtown at EL Paso's oldest most glamorous hotel. We had a corner room and it was HUGE, very presidential, with a view of the ... read more

North America » United States » Texas » El Paso

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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