Our private flight from Merced to Las Vegas

Snow in Yosemite National Park

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March 18th 2011
Yosemite National Park was stunning! Jerry, I, Devin and Jane caught a bus from San Francisco to Merced, four hours away. The highway passed through kilometres of low rounded green hills, each covered with rows of wind turbines. After the turbines we travelled for a couple of hours along a busy highway lined with mall towns - there seemed to be dozens of them, all seemed to consist of large low le ... 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