Ridley's Believe It Or Not-This Day In History February 25, 2014 Glacier Bay National Park Established

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Ridley's Believe It Or Not--February 25, 2014:  Again, almost skunked as the shadow of St. Patrick's Day continues to dominate, but managed to find these gems. Hope you enjoy the holidays, factoids and quote for the day and are busy planning a summer trip to Alaska:

           1. World Spay Day--if you are wondering why Fido is nowhere to be seen today or hiding under the bed shaking like a leaf, you now know why.

           2. National Clam Chowder Day--celebrating those tasty mollusks; unfortunately, hard to find on the West Coast any Boston Clam Chowder save at Daily Grill or Enterprise Seafood Company and most New England Clam Chowder served here, not using my mother's recipe, is really cream of potato soup masquerading as Clam Chowder.
          3. National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day--not sure if this is just another holiday to honor George Washington Carver during Black History Month, but a tasty way to get peanuts into your diet. 
          On this day in:
              a. 1919 Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to levy a gasoline tax at the low rate of one cent a gallon.
              b. 1925 in one of the all time additions to anyone's bucket list, Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska was established. If Kerry and Gore are right, you want to book a trip there sooner than later. 
              c. 1964 "floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee" Cassius Clay (now Ali) defeated Sonny Liston in a TKO---love those poets with boxing gloves!
An insight, compliments of John Muir, as to why my pen name is "the Alaskanpoet" and why your bucket list should contain a trip to Alaska: "To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world." ...it seems as if surely we must at length reach the very paradise of the poets, the abode of the blessed." John Muir, noted naturalist from Travels in Alaska. If curious, temperature today at Glacier Bay National Park is a balmy 39 degrees.
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©February 25, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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