And the Long Distance Winner Is...
The letter that has traveled the furthest to date came from Kathleen in Queensland, Australia. Not only did Kathleen send me a lovely letter but also an open letter to share with you and a stash of goodies. Thank you, Kathleen! I will be sending you a letter soon!
I really enjoyed the stickers
of the animals from Australia but the bumper sticker was probably the
funnest enclosure. In case you can't see it through the glare, it says,
"GIRLS can do anything." She also sent along a pencil with the
Australian flag but unfortunately it didn't survive the postal
equipment. Nice thought, though.
When I inquired of Google
regarding the distance from California to Queensland, as a matter of
curiosity I searched directions from Kingsburg to Oakey. They are really
quite funny and involve kayaking across the Pacific. Google has me
drive up to Seattle and Kayak to Hawaii, then to Japan and down to
Australia. I believe they send me thousands of miles out of the way as
the journey will take 54 days and 18 hours and cover 13,910 miles. I
decided that if I'm going to kayak, I will depart from Carmel after a
nice lunch at The Grill and kayak straight to Hawaii where I will rest
at a luxury hotel for a couple days before kayaking to Australia. I
figure that with all the money I will save on airfare I can afford nice
hotel accommodations.
Thanks, Kathleen for such a lovely treat and
the fun it gave me.
