Riding the Street car...

...and the rain came down...

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January 9th 2011
They promised a storm ... and they delivered! Woke up to relatively clear skies but could see it was much, much colder so wrapped up warm and headed out intending to visit the Audobon Zoo. Rode the street cars down St Charles Avenue - from one of the guide books we expected to see some fairly valuable and impressive real estate...certainly did, lots of very big houses come mansions some taking ... 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