before dinner drinks

Chicago, Wheaton and some tooth aches!

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June 26th 2009
We (…Can) tend to be slow risers in the morning, but were able to get up, showered, and have some tea boiled for breakfast before leaving the campsite around …10?....On route to Chicago we spotted in a FAMOUS hotdog place, where even Margaret Thatcher (among many other celebrities and political figures) had gone to eat the famous food and shared a lunch of chilli, loaded hotdogs, stuffed cabba ... 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