As it turns out, Andrew, the other photographer was visiting from New York and was here on a very special mission.  He and his associate, John were members of the Prize Patrol from Publisher’s Clearing House and had come to Gig Harbor to award a prize to a local resident.  How cool is that!?

Now I’ll admit, I’ve always been a tad skeptical about whether these prizes ever actually existed.  I’m pretty sure I’m not alone here….  But as I talked to Andrew and John, I learned a little about the various regional contests.  There are contests based on your first name, initials – all kinds of fun little things.   So they award many more prizes than just the big one in February.  Who knew?

To see a winner in Gig Harbor assured me that there indeed is a Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol.  In fact Andrew and John are headed to Seattle to award another prize today.

What a fun job that must be!