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San francisco, Alcatraz, Pier 39

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January 10th 2013
Up at 7ish. Breakfast downstairs. Aimee was unwell overnight so just the four of us for brekkie. The forecast for today was 11 degrees Celsius, 30% chance of rain and a bit windy. San Fran is a windy city a lot of the time, which is good, because it helps blow a lot of the wood-burn haze out of town(unlike Sacramento and Napa). Looked outside and blue sky for 95% of what we could see. Rugged up ... 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