Today is National Button Day. We have all kinds of button
from things that we have bought over the years. We have button for clothes we
don’t have any more. But maybe even cooler are the Disney buttons we have, our
Disney pins. My son, Matt is a master pin trader. Every trip I tell Matt to
find me something in particular and he never lets me down. Perhaps my favorite
pin is one that our good friend, Conductor Brittany, got for Matt at a cast
member only event, our Oswald the Lucky Rabbit pin. We love Oswald and this was
one of my son’s favorite presents. Go trade pins, have fun, and find a set that
you love and want. Look for Brittany back at the Magic Kingdom in December.
This one is too easy. Today is Have a Party With Your Bear
Day. One word: Duffy. Don’t put yourself in danger by partying with a polar
bear, grizzly bear or brown bear, just party with your very own cuddly Duffy
bear. He doesn’t eat much and he definitely won’t eat you. Look for Duffy all
over the World.
People think about earthquakes happening in California or
Japan or anywhere but in the Mississippi Valley but one of the largest
earthquakes in the history of North America occurred near New Madrid, Missouri
on this date in 1811. You don’t hear more about it because almost no people
lived in the area at the time but the trembler was strong enough to ring church
bells in Boston, Massachusetts. Before the quake took place the Native American
leader Tecumseh prophesied that the Ohio River would flow backwards. After the
quake, the land in Missouri and Western Kentucky lifted to the point that the
Mississippi River flowed backwards due to the changing elevation of the land,
that water backed up into the Ohio and that river flowed backwards as well.
Eventually the water accumulated to the point that it could overcome the lift
but for a period the rivers flowed upstream. Ten new lakes were formed in the
cluster of earthquakes that occurred in this event.
How is this an excuse to visit Walt Disney World? Go to the
Magic Kingdom and ride the steamboat in the Rivers of America and get a feel of
what is was like to travel on the Mississippi River in the Mark Twain era.
On this date in 1963, the touch-tone telephone was
introduced. This references back to our first visit to Walt Disney World in
2001. At that time, I believe that AT&T sponsored Spaceship Earth at EPCOT
and when we exited the ride we went into a room with all kinds of future
communication devices. One thing that the kids still talk about is a giant
telephone that we used to call their Mamaw Annie on, it was very neat and for
years we lamented the closing of this attraction attached to an attraction.
Now, we really enjoy Siemen’s future tech in basically the same era. I
especially enjoy the 3D human construction activity, I love dropping the parts
in place and seeing my person come to life. Go to EPCOT today and celebrate high
tech like the touch-tone phone.
Remember,
the best excuse is always: waiting for your dreams to come true.
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