The Donatello Hotel

Off on Another Spring Break Journey...

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March 27th 2010
Geo: 38.9797, -77.5298As I noted in the introduction, after watching the Ken Burns documentary last year, we got the itch to visit Yosemite National Park. For those who saw the show -- which was unnecessarily long -- they devoted multiple episodes to the fight to preserve and then defend the Yosemite area, and it really inspired us to check it out. As it turned out, this was one of our more ch ... read more

North America » United States » Virginia

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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