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So we were talking and realized that our blog had it’s second birthday! That’s right, we’ve been writing this blog for two years now! It has been an amazing ride and we are so glad you have all come along with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve written 268 posts. About half have been family history, with 128 posts. We’ve done a couple of series in family history, with Georgie and Carl’s trip across the country in 1946 (starting here<\/a> and tagged under grand tour) and Georgie’s memories (starting here<\/a> and tagged memoir)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve had over 7000 views of our blog! It’s amazing to think that we could have so many looks in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve had readers from 30 countries all over the world. Most readers are from the United States. In no particular order, we’ve had readers from: Ireland, China, Italy, Canada, Sweden, Norway, France, Australia, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, American Samoa, South Korea, Croatia, Kenya, Greece, Spain, Russia, Mexico, Singapore, New Zealand, Denmark, Portugal, Columbia, Nepal, Bulgaria, Poland, Vietnam, the Philippines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There have been a lot of popular posts on our blog. The most popular post<\/a> was just a quick one Walt did about midday in West Point, Iowa. It had our biggest number of views in one day (220) and has the most views all time (251). We were surprised at how many people reminisced about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve had a few other posts that turn up again and again in the views of the blog. Many of them are family history posts, especially the ones about West Point, as we cross post on Facebook to the West Point, Iowa Friends and Memories group. There have a been a few of the other posts that have proved surprisingly popular. Walt’s post<\/a> about his shop project to customize an air rifle for a friend is viewed regularly. My post<\/a> about making Bearnaise sauce also gets looked at frequently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve had 172 comments on our posts. We really appreciate the feedback. We’d love to hear more from you, our readers, with what you enjoy and what you’d like to see more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for hanging out with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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