Have you every get a response from a Drift Bottle?

I used to take self-addressed stamped postcards, put them in plastic bags and tie one apiece to helium balloons we bought at parades and carnivals. Launching from middle Connecticut, I got responses from as far away as Southern Vermont. Not many though, I probably sent up a couple a dozen over the years and got maybe five cards back.

It was a thrill for a kid.

Joe(I loved watching them sail out of sight)Nation