At Lunch

Goodbye, Janet

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July 21st 2010
Today is a rest day. We put in laundry so we'd be prepared for the next leg of our adventures - Homer. The sun was out a little, so we decided to take one last try to see Denali in the distance from Anchorage. No luck, but Aunt Jean came along and we got a bit of a tour of Anchorage with her. The Milepost says that the population is 284,000. It gets 70 inches of snow in the winter and averages 14 ... 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