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One Bright Side of 2016? Messages in Bottles, and the Friendships They Created.

31 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle

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adventure, Friendship, Inspiration, message in a bottle, new year

Rebecca Whittaker discovered a note in a bottle while walking along Widemouth Bay on November 16th, 2016. After posting a photo of the message online, she connected with the 12 year old sender, Ciara, from Ireland.

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Ciara’s Message in a Bottle

Ciara then sent Rebecca a card wishing her Continue reading →

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John E. Freeland Leaves His Card Part Three: Maggie Valley and the Butterfly Effect

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel

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adventure, Asheville, beachcombing, Clint Buffington, freeland, how to open a message in a bottle, maggie valley, message in a bottle, north carolina, The Nordic Empress, Tina Fey

After learning everything I learned in the last post, I knew I had to meet Phil in person. So, one day in August 2011, I loaded up the car and headed to Maggie Valley.

The night before I hit the road, I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking about everything I wanted to ask him and tell him, wondering whether we would really get along, and wondering–on the scale of crazy–just how crazy it was that I was about to walk into the home, the actual dwelling place, of a complete stranger… Is that, like, really really crazy? Or just a little crazy?

Crazy Scale

In any case, I went.

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John E. Freeland Leaves His Card Part Two: Phone Calls, Almost-Friends, and Crazy Dances

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, How to make a message in a bottle, message in a bottle, ocean currents, Romance, Science

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adventure, Asheville, beachcombing, business card in a bottle, Clint Buffington, Cocoa Beach, cypress gardens, Grenelefe, illustration, John E Freeland, Long Island, message in a bottle, message in a bottle hunter, ocean currents, Phil Freeland, romance, stick figure, travel, winter haven

No one answered my phone call. I was jittery before I tried the number—I always get a little shaky when I’m on the verge of finding a sender.

Maybe it’s the coffee. I am, admittedly, an addict.

I Love Coffee!

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A Guinness Record?

07 Friday Oct 2011

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel, weird news

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adventure, beachcombing, Caribbean, Clint Buffington, Godzilla, Guinness, history, humor, illustration, Inspiration, message in a bottle, Neptune, Ovaltine, scroll, stick figure, travel

In 1959, something bizarre and completely unprecedented happened in the Atlantic ocean.

I know what you’re thinking: Godzilla sighting…

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Guinness on the Beach

23 Friday Sep 2011

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Travel, weird news

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adventure, advertising, beachcombing, beer, Caribbean, Clint Buffington, Guinness, history, message in a bottle, travel

Friends and neighbors, imagine my surprise when I found a message in a bottle from my favorite beer company, Guinness!

Check it out:

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Patience

07 Wednesday Sep 2011

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, Breaking a bottle, Love, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel

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adventure, beachcombing, Clint Buffington, daydreaming, humor, illustration, message in a bottle, romance, stick figure, travel

Finding a message in a bottle is fun!

It’s also extremely addicting.  And when I’m landlocked and working, and my mind wanders back to the beach, and to bottles shining in sunlight–

I start getting a little batty!  The unopened bottles in my home become the tell-tale hearts of my life, always pulsing in their cardboard box, hijacking my concentration.  I stare at them and want to open them and yes, yes, their time will come!

But I have to be extremely careful.  The papers inside are the only links I have to the senders, soon to be (hopefully!) my friends.  Each one is priceless, each brittle paper.  So I wait until the time is right for each bottle, wait till I have time and a quiet day stretching out before me, when I can gather the tools and supplies I need.  And then, the bottles know: there is no escape!

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