First glimpse

Oahu and Kauai, to summarize...

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February 12th 2010
We would have liked to have been blogging the whole trip...but that's not the point of vacation. But now we have a few minutes with a computer while waiting to check into a hotel... Let's see. We started with a day or two on Oahu. The highlight was snorkeling at Hanauma Bay...with sea turtles and tons of cool coral. Not much else to speak of here...no pictures of this. We spent our first d ... 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