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3/18/2014 - Chokoloskee, Fl - Airboat

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March 18th 2014
3/18/2014 - Today we did the airboat ride, what a ride!!! Driver, Derrik; drove the airboat like he had stolen it :-). Was a good ride, he did a couple of donuts in open areas of the swamp. We stopped in one open area and were wondering what we stopped for until we saw a raccoon approach the boat in a tree. Then another, and another, and another, and another, must have be 20 or more come to the bo ... 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