Stephanie Camello's Best Views in America

America has so many views from oceans to mountains, rivers and forests, we've got it all. If you like the dry desert or the snowy mountains or just love hiking in colorful forests, there's something for everyone especially at these amazing places!

1) Palos Verdes coastline view in southern California

2) Tumalo Falls in Bend, Oregon

3) Grand Canyon, Arizona

4) Wrangell National Park in Alaska

5) Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Montana

6) The Getty Center Overlook, Los Angeles, California

7) Ozark National Forest, Arkansas

8) Sassafras Mountain Overlook in South Carolina

9) Castle Craig in Connecticut

10) Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida

11) Portland Head Light in Maine

12) Reflection Canyon in Utah

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Stephanie Camello Compiles the Origins of U.S. State Names

Alabama - Native American Choctaw name meaning “vegetation gatherer.” Alaska - Aleut language translates “Alaska” to “the object toward which the action of the sea is directed.” Arizona - Spanish word “Arizonac” which has origins from the Native American O’odham tribe’s word meaning “small spring.” Arkansas - The French pronunciation of the Quapawa Indians word for which the Algonquin tribe referred to as “akansa.” The French pronunciation was “Arcansas.” The reason we don’t say the “S” is because on an 1881 act passed by the state to solve a dispute between two senators who disputed over the pronunciation. We now pronounce it the French way with the silent “S.” California - The name of an island in a Spanish 16th Century novel for which the Spanish explorers named the land they thought was an island. Turns out it was what we think of today as the state of California! Colorado - Named after the C...

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If you want to have a traditional Thanksgiving, check out these great places! 1) Plymouth, Massachusetts - Go to where it all started at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Touch the stone marked 1620 and visit the area that has been a symbol of freedom and new opportunities for the last 400 years!! Visit the Plimoth Patuxet Museum and enjoy a traditional turkey, mashed potato, yam, apple and pumpkin pie dinner on the day that commemorates the pilgrims' landing! 2) Windsor, Connecticut - Some of the best places to enjoy a Thanksgiving holiday are in the original colonies and that includes beautiful Connecticut! You'll get the changing colors of the leaves, the tasty turkey and pumpkin pie and a dash of colonial history to boot! Plus, Windsor was the first ever pilgrim settlement in the colony of Connecticut! 3) Rhode Island - founded by Roger Williams in 1636 this former original colony and now smallest state in the union (by land mass) is filled with historical and opulent feat...

Stephanie Camello's Quail Lake Photo Blog

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