Smelling the flowers

Day 25, Anchorage

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July 4th 2015
Wednesday we drove to Anchorage to meet up with our God daughter, Shawna Pike-Wahlstrom & her adorable 3 children, ages 5,4 & 2. Before we met her, we drove to Earthquake Park & walked 3 miles along a nice wooded trail. Anchorage suffered a very powerful earthquake on Good Friday, 1964. Earthquake Park is set in the woods where an entire neighborhood “slid” into the ocean during the 4 1/2 minu ... 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