Me at the windy Castle Peak summit

Meetup.com to soothe the isolation

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June 19th 2010
I head back to Reno to pick up some packages at my UPS mailbox. As I planned I check out meetup.com and scope out some meetups. The first hiking meetup group I find in Reno is something like "Sierra Nevada Adventurers Group." Now I'm thinking this is going to be some serious mountaineering, but the next upcoming event is.. bowling. Ah well, it'll be a change of pace at least, so I rsvp. I h ... 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