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

31 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by 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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A Familiar Face Appears in the Crowd

18 Saturday Jul 2015

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, Finding and Meeting the Senders, message in a bottle, Travel

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adventure, beachcomb, beachcombing, Clint Buffington, europe, Flaschenpost, message in a bottle, MIB, travel

As I write this, I sit in Heathrow airport in London, having just arrived from Chicago (this will be posted later). I’m on the first leg of a journey to meet the senders of messages in bottles, and hopefully to make new friends. I’m surrounded by strangers, and yet, I can’t shake the feeling that there must be invisible connections between us we are simply not aware of. Maybe someone near me has visited my hometown, or maybe they know one of my friends. Heck, I may actually know someone here!
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John E. Freeland Leaves His Card Part Three: Maggie Valley and the Butterfly Effect

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

Posted by 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 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 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 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!

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