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Message in a bottle found after 26 years

Two-liter travels 115 river miles

Message in a bottle

On June 25, 1987, two young friends wrote a letter each and placed them in a two liter bottle. They tossed it into a swollen Blackberry Creek near their homes, with the hope to hear from whomever found their messages.

They had no idea it would take 26 years before their wishes were fulfilled.

In 2013, my neighbor and his grandson found the bottle during a trash cleanup on the bank of the Ohio River and were surprised to find the letters still legible.

They posted photos on Facebook and it wasn’t long before the internet worked its magic and a connection was made between sender and finder. 

It’s been speculated the bottle traveled from their stream in McCarr, KY into the Tug River, to the confluence with the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River at Louisa, KY where the Big Sandy delivered it into the Ohio River where it was found on the bank in Franklin Furnace, OH for a total of about 115 river miles. 

This is a quick sketch of the photo my neighbor shared.  41/61

I drove a 310 but it wasn’t to Yuma

It was actually 10:30 a.m. in N. Judson, Indiana

Guest Engineer on the 310

At the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, I fulfilled a lifelong wish to drive a train in their Guest Engineer program.

My absolute favorite part of the experience was pulling the cord to make the whistle blow. 😊

39/61 Micron pen sketch and Koi watercolors.

For train enthusiasts: The No. 310 was built in 1947 and is powered by a McIntosh & Seymour 539 series engine rated at 660 horsepower. It was built for the Erie and became Erie Lackawanna No. 310 in 1960. The engine was donated by Silcott Railway and arrived at the museum in 1997. It underwent an extensive overhaul and is currently operational.

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum is dedicated to preserving the railroad history of North Judson and seeks to keep the town’s railroad heritage alive via display and operation of vintage railroad equipment atop the history rails that bend their way around the museum. You can visit The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum for details.