A few years ago I put a message in a bottle. A bottle that I had found on the beach. I wrote a simple message; one with my name and address. I corked the bottle and threw it into the water off Newport. Nine months later I had an answer. The bottle had washed up on a beach in the Bahamas; found by a family from Jamestown on vacation there.<\/p>\n
I am still amazed by the whole event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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