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Day 56: San Fran to Santa Cruz

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June 23rd 2011
This morning we headed off with our packs towards the train station to catch our train to San Jose. It was a bit of a mission walking uphill with our packs! At least there was heaps of room on the train, so we could spread out and take our packs off. We got to the San Jose Aiport to pick up our car, and were not too happy because we had to pay over $300 extra as a charge for dropping the car off i ... read more

North America » United States » California » Santa Cruz

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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