Today we’re off to Costa Rica and the Monteverde Cloud Forest. It’s a tropical rain forest of over a million acres. I know, right? It’s huge!!! There are over 2500 plant species, 100 species of mammals, 400 species of birds, plus lots of reptiles and insects. For more information, visit this site. They have some gorgeous pictures!
Today in history:
1908 – Actress Lita Grey was born. She’s probably less known for her acting career than she is for being the second wife of Charlie Chaplin.
1923 – Insulin became generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1924 – Rand McNally published its first road atlas.
1927 – The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, began.
1947 – Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball’s color line.
1955 – McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
1958 – The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Major League Baseball game played on the West Coast of the United States.
Back in the U.S.A.! Grafton, Vermont to be precise. It’s a lovely village in southern Vermont. The population in 2000 was a mere 649. But don’t let that fool you. There’s a lot to see and do in Grafton.
Visit Grafton Ponds which is an outdoor recreational area with skiing and a tubing hill, plus biking, hiking, canoeing and kayaking.
There’s a beautiful white steepled church which was built in 1858.
You can also visit several art galleries, a blacksmith shop, and a stonework company.
There are three museums (nature, history, and mining).
If I didn’t hate winter so much, I’d want to move there!
Today in history:
1892 – Actress Claire Windsor was born. She was often photographed with Charlie Chaplin at the urging of Paramount Pictures which made her a bigger name than her movies had at that point.
1912 – The RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm. The ship sank the following morning with the loss of 1,517 lives.
1927 – The first Volvo debuted in Sweden.
1956 – Videotape was first demonstrated In Chicago, Illinois. Bet you didn’t realize it had been around that long, huh? Neither did I. LOL!
The only thing on TV tonight is a new episode of Wipeout.
Read through more of the book I’m currently working on.
Today, we travel to Washington State and the Skagit Valley which is known for its annual tulip festival.
Today in history:
1898 – Actress Agnes Ayres was born. She began her career in 1914 and worked through 1937. She’s probably most famous for playing opposite Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik.
