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Happy Independence Day!

7/4/2014

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Today is the Fourth of July, and my girls and I, would like to wish all our friends and neighbours 
to the south a Happy Independence Day as they celebrate their nation's 237th birthday!
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(we didn't have any 'stars and stripes' so the girls painted stars on some of their balloons)

The United States is our favourite foreign country to go visit - in fact it's the ONLY foreign country my girls have been to.  So to commemorate this special day, I thought I'd do another photo tribute of some of our favourite places in the USA that we've been to.

Like Canada, the United States stretches from sea, to sea, to sea. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and down to the Gulf of Mexico.  From rugged Maine on the eastern seaboard....
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Down the Atlantic coast to the sandy beaches of Georgia...
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...all the way south to the Florida Keys.....
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....and to the west coast and the rugged Pacific coast of Oregon....
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..and the even more rugged coast of Olympic National Park in Washington state....
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...then down to the sandy beaches along the Gulf of Mexico....
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As beautiful as the coastlines are, the interior is equally spectacular....
.....from the Badlands of South Dakota....
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...to the snow-capped Sierra Mountains and Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state....
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..across the Beartooth in southern Montana....
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...to the wonders of Yellowstone National Park...
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...and the Grand Tetons in western Wyoming.
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We admire their pioneer spirit...
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....and respect their native heritage....
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...and we love the US Southwest, with it's spectacular eroded red rocks...like at Bryce Canyon...
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..and most wondrous of all, one of the seven great wonders of the natural world.....
.....the Grand Canyon.....at dawn...
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The United States of America; a fabulous place to visit! 

Happy Fourth of July, from your neighbours to the north!

5 Comments
kenaiqueen
7/4/2014 07:33:44 am

Thank you! Now you need to come visit Alaska.

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Martha
7/4/2014 09:17:29 pm

Hopefully some day!

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Jay
7/4/2014 02:23:08 pm

Wow! Thank you, Martha! Such a beautiful tribute to my country in your incredible photos! You really have represented some of the best things about the U.S. I was thrilled to see pictures of my beloved Oregon included! A very huge thank you!

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Martha
7/4/2014 09:43:05 pm

You are very welcome Jay! We loved exploring the coast of Oregon, and have been there twice. The coast is so ruggedly beautiful, and so accessible.
We first went there in 2009 - http://photos.marthaboers.com/California09/3731
and again in 2012 - http://photos.marthaboers.com/Pacific12/11141

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Jane
7/5/2014 01:11:25 am

What wonderful photos for you to remember your neighbour country by!

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