On this date in 1848, James
Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. This led to the
California Gold Rush of 1849 and eventually to the San Francisco Forty-niners being
the San Francisco Forty-niners instead of the Harbor men or Golden Gaters or
some other fanciful moniker. I remember the first trip we made to Florida. I
was five and all the way there I jumped up and down in the backseat of our ’57
Chevy singing California, Here I come. Right back where I started from. It was
1966, what did I know? Well you can go to Florida, visit Walt Disney World and
get a little California in your day. Just hit the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom. Just watch out for the dynamite eatin’
goat.
In 1958, scientists bashed 2
lighter atoms together and created a heavier atom, thus generating the first
man-made nuclear fusion. Shoot, I’ve done that all my life; crashing things
together and seeing what sticks and I’ve never even been near a supercollider.
I don’t think. They don’t have a supercollider hidden under the Walt Disney
World Raceway do they? Nah, that’s the University of Chicago. In honor of man’s
search for energy, visit Ellen’s Energy Adventure in EPCOT, One of my son’s
favorite attractions at WDW and one of my favorite naps. Remember, it’s okay to
relax.
Ernest Borgnine is born on
this day in 1915. To me he will always be McHale from McHale’s Navy. To my kids he
will always be Mermaid Man from Spongebob
Squarepants. But in 1979 he was Harry Booth in Disney’s The Black Hole. Now if anyone can
survive a black hole like that movie, they can survive anything. Ernest
Borgnine was a big man with a big heart and a big voice; he became a classic
voice actor as well as a beloved television and movie actor. I think an
appropriate tribute for Ernest Borgnine would be a visit to the Back Lot Tour
and the naval themed section of the tour.
Remember, your best excuse
is always, waiting for your dreams to come true.
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