When The Box left Coeur d'Alene, it had passed through half the participants with a little over a month left on the clock. On May 16th, it left Vancouver to Phuket, Thailand, via USPS Air Letter...
...and went quiet for 22 days
On June 8th, it finally emerged from limbo, two days after the June 6th deadline for 80 days.
So we weren't able to meet an 80-day deadline. But that's okay - the project isn't really about sending a box on a race around the globe, and the 80-day barrier can still be broken by intrepid painters around the planet at some point in the future. So now it's less of a race, and more of a goodwill tour by The Box.
We will rejoin our story in exotic Phuket, Thailand, and Dave A...