Sunday, August 14, 2011

36th Postcard

Iowa!  Thank you, Wood Family.  Crystal Lake is home to a statue of the world's largest bullhead fish.

35th Postcard

Tennessee.  Thanks, Uncle Russ.  We didn't know that Graceland was in Tennessee. 

34th Postcard

Got another Texas!  Thank you, Uncle Russ.  Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.

33rd Postcard

Florida, thanks, Forsyth Family!
Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destination in the United States.

32nd Postcard

North Carolina (again).  Thanks, Uncle Russ.  In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.

31st Postcard

North Carolina.  Thank you, Uncle Russ.  The Outer Banks of NC hosts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.

30th Postcard

Kansas!  Thank you, ???  Kansas won the award for most beautiful license plate for the wheat plate design issued in 1981.

29th Postcard

Montana!  Thank  you, Spratling Family.  The state boasts the largest breeding population of trumpeter swans in the lower United States. (I just read that Trumpet of the Swans book). 

28th Postcard

South Carolina!  Thank you, Herbon Family!  The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian.

27th Postcard

Maryland.  Thank you, Minnick Family.  (Friend of the Morris Family).  King Williams School opened in 1696 it was the first school in the United States.

26th Postcard

New Mexico.  Thank you, Burnside Family!  Each October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta.

25th postcard

Colorado!  Thank you ???  (No name).  The Colorado State flower is the columbine. 

23rd and 24th Postcard

I got 2 postcards from California.  Thank you Marie and Mrs. Reschke! 
Death Valley is recognized as the hottest, driest place in the United States. It isn't uncommon for the summer temperatures to reach more than 115 degrees.

21st and 22nd Postcard

We got 2 from Wyoming on the same day!  Thank you "Aunt Sue" and The Hess Family.  Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote.

20th Postcard

Georgia!  Thanks, Douglas family.  Georgia is the nations number one producer of the three Ps--peanuts, pecans, and peaches.

19th Postcard

Washington DC.  Thanks, Bri!  Not really a state, but a great postcard to add. 

18th Postcard

Kentucky!  Thanks, Douglas Family!  Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave and was first promoted in 1816, making it the second oldest tourist attraction in the United States. Niagara Falls, New York is first.

17th Postcard

Alabama!  Thanks, Uncle Russ.  Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon

16 postcard

We finally got Idaho!  Thanks, Kaden.  Gutzon Borglum, the scultpure of Mt Rushmore, was from Idaho.