El Capitan

Mr Mink meets a rock,-then a very BIG rock,-and water

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June 2nd 2010
Wed. 2 June I will try and keep the blog short, let the pix speak for themselves etc so I can go to sleep and actually get the buffet breakfast tomorrow. This morning I preferred to try and catch up on sleep (blogging all nite again!) and did not get up til 11.15am, showered and went to pay for the room for another night. Although this is almost 40 miles from Yosemite there are reasonably price ... 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