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I'm always late ~~but~~ ~~worth~~ ~~the~~ ~~wait~~ to the party. Either that or I'm the last to find out—has to be one of those. I know it's not because I pay so much attention to myself and myself only and what's immediately in front of me *me me* oblivious to all other things in existence. *That can't be it.*</div>

# BUT

<sub>I missed it</sub>

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<sub>**Coulda Been** ***Worse***</sub>

One of the coolest groups of people to come together on Hive and assemble a community based, blockchain enhancement, dedicated to travel are the people over at @pinmapple. It's been almost a month now since they announced <a href=https://peakd.com/hive-163772/@pinmapple/2000-hive-contest-to-celebrate-reaching-1000-digests>this contest</a> in celebration of their 1,000th #traveldigest article which was just posted not too long ago. 1,000 traveldigest's, that's a lot. At one a day, that's almost three years. 2.73972603 years to be exact *or* 2n3/4 years, whichever makes the most sense.

<sub>*I'm from the American indoctrination system, we were punchin calculators before we could walk. Just don't ask us any geography shit or expect us to know more than two oceans—Atlantic / Pacific.*</sub>

But this isn't about us *us us*, it's about *them*: <a href=https://pinmapple.com>Pinmapple</a> and the <a href=https://haveyoubeenhere.com>HaveYouBeenHere</a> team. You guys have been so supportive of so many authors, wait! :time-out: I can do better than that.

<sub>*1,000 traveldigests multiplied by an average of approximately seven to 11 authors per traveldigest (we'll call it 9) = 9,000 authors :time-in:*</sub>

You guys have been so supportive of 9,000 authors or more including myself and, on behalf of all 9,000 of us who pinned the map 55,000 times, *Thank you.* When I heard about this contest, there's no way I could leave you hangin, not after all the support you've shown me. Your community motivates me and about 9,000 others ~~like~~ ~~me~~ who enjoy traveling, *traveliving,* and documenting their adventures. Thanks for giving us a place to do that. 

*The photos we capture are the memories as told by their stories. Without the map, we wouldn't have anywhere to share them.*

<sub>*You can "quote" that.*</sub>

This isn't a *post your travel* contest or the best travel post wins contest. It's *where would you travel and what places would you visit if you had $1,000 to spend* contest. There's

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the contest. The first is a <a href=https://pinmapple.com/1000contest>raffle</a>. There's a thousand Hive up for grabs on that one. Next is "if I had $1,000" writing contest—700 Hive up for grabs on that one. And *this one,* the "User Experience Writing Contest" with 300 Hive up for grabs—the one where you write an article about your experience with the <a href=https://www.haveyoubeenhere.com>HaveYouBeenHere</a> community.

There's a few rules I have to check before clicking the post button.

* In your own words, tell us about your experience with the @pinmapple team - ✔️
* Original content only - ✔️
* Use the tag: #pinmapplethousand - ✔️
* 300 word minimum - *As if!*

Thanks a lot @martibis and ladies. I made the mistake once calling a curator 'he'—won't do that again! @martibis is a developing savant. The map, the community, HaveYouBeenHere <a href=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/haveyoubeenhere/id1495392544>app</a>, all that. Then he announced another one last week called <a href=https://peakd.com/dapp/@martibis/buymeberies-funding-for-your-projects-and-goals>BuyMeBerries</a>. So of course he surrounds himself with top shelf curators: @choogirl @itchyfeetdonica @livinguktaiwan. Thanks!

<sub>*Really.*</sub>

Ok, time to wrap this up. There's only two days left and I'd still like to try to do a "if I had $1,000" one. Not sure if I'll be able to though. It would have to be a hypothetical anyway. My passport says United States of America, there's pretty much a global ban against us traveling anywhere outside the US right now—definitely a hypothetical. Last I checked, we're welcomed by eight countries out of however many *(that system again)* countries are out there. Otherwise it's pretty much an industry standard across the board right now.

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