nPostednon November 21, 2016
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nNorthnCarolina by the numbers:
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n1nof the 13 original colonies
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n1nof 10 states that have 2-word names (can you name the others?n…answers below)
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n1nof 2 states with a name that starts with “North”
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n12thnto join the U.S. (on this date in 1789)
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n10thn(out of 11) to secede from the U.S. during the Civil War
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n9nout of 50 in population
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n28nout of 50 in size (area)
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nChecknout these beautiful sights in North Carolina:
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| Callasaja Falls |
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| Jockey’s Ridge State Park |
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| I remember being mesmerized by the natural beauty of North Carolina… and then finding out that I was in the very spot where the movie “Last of the Mohicans” was filmed — and I’d been mesmerized by the natural beauty of that movie’s setting, too! Linville Falls, above, and Chimney Rock, below, were part of the |
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| Mile High Swinging Bridge – yikes! |
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| The “Road to Nowhere” — not a magical place, but instead a place of broken promises! |
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| The rest of these photos are from the lovely Craggy Bottoms Trail… |
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| …including a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains from the trail! |
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nStatesnwith 2-word names:
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nNewnJersey
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nNewnYork
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nNewnHampshire
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nRhodenIsland
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nNorthnDakota
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nSouthnDakota
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nWestnVirginia
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nActressnMarlo Thomas’s birthday
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nWorldnHello Day
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WorldnTelevision Day
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nArtistnRene Magritte’s birthday
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nAlascattalonDay in Alaska
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nInternationalnGames Day
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