Message in a bottle

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by saltfly

Send a reply...I walk the Backside beaches all winter and have found bottles from cruise ships,swordfishing boats and replied to them all.The last "good one" was a bunch of balloons and ziplok bag attached in the wrackline out at Peaked Hills just before a winter n/e str.The note inside was written by a female[you could read it] with a phone #.I called the # and left a message and my #.A few days later a man called.He said that on some Sundays he lets his daughter release balloons from the church steps after mass.They live in western Pa. and it was appx. 10 days difference.The balloons had to have fallen into the water then washed up.I had my video camera with me so I had taken video of me,my dogs and the area including the dune shacks,dunes and the balloons with the note.The family had never been to the Cape so I put the video on a vhs tape and sent it to the daughter[with dads permission].She used it at a "show and tell" in school and won 1st prize.The whole family was very thankfull.

Very Nice!!