Bridge over the Rio Grande Gorge

August 3rd 2013
Our daughter Rosanna and son in law Evan spent their summer holidays with us. Besides visiting the sights in our local area we took an overnight trip to Santa Fe as Evan had never been to the southwest United States. 4 August 2013 Sunday. We hit the road at 8:30 am, with Linda and I, Rosanna and Evan, and our two year old grandson Liam, whose mother Tamara stayed behind as she had a doctors app ... 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

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Bob Carlsen

Home and Away

I started blogging on Travelblog in 2009, entering trips beginning in 2007. My intention has always been to document my years of travel since my birth...how else was I to save all the slides my Dad took of my childhood! Most bloggers write about their trips away from home. Mine, and eventually Linda's, homes have usually been where people travel to. So the idea eventually percolated to name our blog "Home and Away." The blog is not intended to be an autobiography, although I spent my entire life traveling, with Linda joining me after college, it may appear to be that way. As this... full info

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10th August 2013

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

THAT'S A BRIDGE
Wow...how many engineers were employed to build that???

10th August 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Not sure how many engineers...
but either the scaffolding was tremendous our they used a very large crane.

10th August 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Not sure how many engineers...
but either the scaffolding was tremendous our they used a very large crane.

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