Desert Wind Farm

Mile After Mile of Empty Desert, Except Quite a Lot Actually

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August 13th 2010
After three nights in Yosemite we unfortunately needed to drive back to Las Vegas for our flight back home. 450 miles and seven and a half hours later, we eventually crawled back into Vegas. The journey was mostly uneventful desert, apart, that is, from Edwards Air-force Base, which we understood from our trip to the Kennedy Space Centre (see The Best Theme Park in Florida) serves as the Space Shu ... 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