Bench Lake

Preventing a Rebellion With Chocolate and Oreo Cookies

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August 21st 2018
For breakfast we went to a Russian pastry shop, which we had spotted yesterday. They had a massive variety of savoury and sweet pastries, which did not disappoint. Whilst I was extremely tempted by the sweet pastries, we felt obliged to go for savoury given that it was breakfast. It was our plan to head to Mount Rainier today and despite the weather being even more overcast and smoggy than it h ... 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