Denis the Menace Park

Chasing the tornado

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April 11th 2012
Woke up to rain this morning but that soon cleared to leave another beautiful sunny day, although a few degrees cooler than we have been used to, so long trousers were on the cards today! (Dawn wrote this). We headed down to Santa Barbara pier looking at the pelicans diving for fish in the sunshine before heading up the Freeway 101, a mere 249 miles to Monterey. On the way Dawn saw clouds in th ... 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