Believe it or not...

the six new postcards are on the map....but the blue pins are not showing.  (One of the technical difficulties!)  While we are working on that, you can still click on the general location (the state) and the postcard will pop up.  For Prague, click on the Czech Republic and for Bavaria, click close to the bottom of Germany, and it should pop up.  Sorry for the technical difficulties....hoping to get it fixed soon!

Fun Facts from our new places...

The postcard from Maine shows Lobster Traps in the front.

The South Carolina Postcard has many fun facts on it:

• home of Vanna White, President Andrew Jackson, Althea Gibson, and Joe Frazier
• state dance is the Shag
• largest producer of peaches, not Georgia
• the salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian
• the walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, were made of spongy Palmetto logs...the British cannonballs just bounced right off the logs
• two state mottoes: Prepared in mind and resources / While I breathe, I hope

The Postcard from Germany has a photo of the Neuschwanstein Castle near Fussen, southwest Bavaria.  More than 1.3 million people visit annually.  It has appeared in several movies and was the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle.  (We found more info. on Wikipedia.)

Kentucky, "the bluegrass state", pictures a sunset.

The picture of Gatlinburg, TN was taken in the Fall.

The photo in Prague, Czech Republic, shows the Old Town Square and the Old Town Astronomical Clock.

More Postcards...6 to be exact (2 from out of the country)!!

Okay, so it's been awhile since we've updated.  Technical difficulties with posting the postcards to the map, didn't help!  Hopefully it's working now... 


The 6 new postcards are as follows:
1.  Islesford, Cranberry Isles, Maine - from a friend of a friend, Karyn Colegrove. 
2.  South Carolina - from the Saffell Family
3.  Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany - from Terry Benz
4.  Kentucky - from Jessica Saffell
5.  Gatlinburg, Tennessee - from Jessica Saffell
6.  Prague, Czech Republic - from cousin Ryan


Thanks to all of you for sending them in!  We appreciate them all and all of you!!  We are getting postcards from places we've never been and places we never thought we would go to, but may some day.  Thanks for the multiple postcards and for the ones from out of the country; and thanks to all of you who have asked other friends and family to participate in this project.  We are going to continue to remind and ask for you to keep asking friends and family and keep sending postcards.  We still have NOT gotten any from the Buckeye State! LOL  And if you check the list on the side of the page, there are more states we have not received any from.  (And many, many countries that we would love to get them from!) 


Thanks for the newest submissions!

Things we've learned from the newest postcards:

Some of the postcards have come in with interesting facts, others do not.  So, from either the postcard itself or the sender's notes...we've learned these things:

1.  Hilton Head Island is known for miles of white sandy beaches and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
2.  Carolina Beach is a great vacation spot with lots to do.  They have an amusement park and although it's hot there, the breeze from the ocean cools you off.
3.  Gaston Street, in Savannah, GA, has old stately homes with ornate iron work and is a favorite place for visitors to go.
4.  According the the postcard, "Wyoming - Not for Wimps", it states that Bison refers to North American Buffalo, where in other parts of the world they are just called buffalo.  Bison stand 5 1/2 feet high at the shoulders.  Adult males weigh 1200-2000 pounds and females weigh 700-900 pounds.
5.  Virginia City's Comstock Lode yielded more than $400 million in gold and silver, brought Nevada its statehood, and helped Abraham Lincoln finance the Civil War.
6.  Lake Tahoe straddles the California and Nevada borders.  The postcard came from the California side and is a picture of Emerald Bay which is three miles long and one mile wide and the most photographed spot in Lake Tahoe.
7.  Chicago is located on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan and has frequently changeable weather and a colorful history.

oh, and one more : )
8.  Ron Jon Surf Shop is the "World's Most Famous" Surf Shop.  The original shop is in New Jersey but other locations include Cocoa Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Ft. Meyers, Myrtle Beach, Key West, and Panama City.

Great facts and great postcards!  We've really enjoyed receiving them from all over and each trip to the Post Office brings a surprise.  Thanks for all of your help with this project.  Please continue to have friends and family drop a postcard in the mail!!!

The Map is updated...

We've updated the map with the new postcards.  Based on the postmarks, this is the order they were received:

#8.  Hilton Head Island, SC - from Ryan and Dawn Colegrove
#9.  Carolina Beach, NC - from Joni Henderson
#10.  Gaston St., Savannah, GA - from Dawn and Ryan Colegrove
#11.  Wyoming - from Kristen Sparks
#12.  Virginia City, NV - unsigned
#13.  Lake Tahoe, CA - unsigned
#14. Chicago, IL - unsigned

Thank you ALL for the postcards!  Keep 'em coming... and we don't mind getting postcards from duplicate places too... chances are they won't be duplicate postcards! : ) 

Pardon the delay in posts...

We went on our own vacation causing a delay in posts of our new postcards.  Although we did not pick up any postcards from specific places to post (that would be cheating!!)... we did pick up two pretty cool non-specific Ron Jon Postcards that we'll post here. 

Don't know if you can tell...but it's metallic and we thought it was pretty cool! : )

Here's the second one:

This one is also metallic but it was harder to get a good photo of so I took one without the flash so you could see it better! : )

We did make it to the post office on our return home and 7 more postcards were waiting for us. We're going to work on posting them now...  so keep watching for them! : )

# 7 - Our first Postcard from out of the country....

Yay!  Our first postcard from out of the country came from the Cayman Islands.  Thank you Wooldridge Family!!!  The postcard is a picture of a pirate ship out in the ocean and the back states that tourists can take boats out and get great views of the famous Seven Mile Beach on the Island.  Sounds like fun!! 

Move the google map around to find the Cayman Islands!  And keep those postcards comin'!!! : )