Breckenridge

Breckenridge

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February 20th 2011
It was 16 degrees and windy, so it seemed like a good day to drive to Breckenridge to see the annual snow sculpture exhibition. Good that we have 4-wheel drive. We got to Breckenridge around lunchtime, so we stopped at the Whale's Tail restaurant. Very appropriately named because coincidently there was a pile of snow shaped exactly like a whale with particular emphasis on that whale's tail and ... 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