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Message in Bottle Floats from Catalina to Coronado

A 10-year-old girl from Los Angeles was visiting Catalina and decided to write a message, put it in a bottle and throw it out to sea. eCoronado.com member John Klinker found the bottle near the Shores beach and decided to share it with us. John also contacted the author of the letter to let her know that it journeyed about 75 nautical miles and took nearly 4 weeks to get here.

Here is the photo of the bottle and the note:

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Comment by Danell Dwaileebe on August 10, 2012 at 11:28am: aaah - good stuff!!!

Staff Comment by Kellee Hearther on August 10, 2012 at 3:46pm: That is SO cool!

Comment by Pat Cooley on August 10, 2012 at 9:56pm: I have thrown out several plastic coke bottles, along the EAST coast, with a message and a dollar bill along with my email address. One bottle I threw out while taking the ferry to Cape May, New Jersey the other one I threw out on the ferry from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I got replies from both. What fun. I challenge you all to try it. There is a great book called "A Message in a Bottle" with true stories of messages that were sent and traveled many miles and found.

Staff Comment by Anne Covington Morse on August 11, 2012 at 12:21am: This is amazing! What a great story. Thank you for sharing!!

Comment by Carrie Anne Inada Downey on August 13, 2012 at 9:12am: In the age of email when no one seems to take the time to write a letter, what a great tale. Thank you John and ecoronado for sharing.

Comment by Kerry Emery on August 13, 2012 at 10:51am: This is awesome!! We are headed to Catalina this Friday for 2 weeks, I think I might try this. I'm sure that little girl was thrilled to get your reply, thanks for sharing

Comment by Maureen (Rutherford) Nieland on August 13, 2012 at 2:19pm: It mades it way to Coronado, now she and her family need too. I like her choice in wines, although a little young. Hee Hee