Breakfast in Indy, lunch in Washington DC, supper in Manchester-by-the-Sea
January 15th 2010 Massachusetts
The transformation is nearly complete: normal clothes have been shed, the laptop is no longer needed, and I appear in my glorious bright red waterproof jacket with a blue and black rucksack sprouting from my shoulders. Lo, the backpacker flies via Washington to Boston. I don´t think it really counts as backpacking, though, if you´re kipping at your second-cousin-twice-removed´s pl
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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 
