Giveaway Winner!

Heartfelt thanks to all of you who shared, tweeted, and pinned my 1st Blogiversary + Giveaway post over these last few weeks!  And even more thanks for your understanding as I am a few days behind in announcing a winner.

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First, I listed the participants by order of when they commented, followed by any social media shares.

Next, I used Random.org's sequence generator to randomize the numbers 1 through 26.  I placed those random numbers by the original list and reorganized the list of names based on the random numbers.

Finally, I used Random.org to once again generate a list of random numbers with the number 1 being used to indicate the giveaway winner.

A time-stamped screenshot of the random number list can be viewed here.

Congratulations to Emily Smith on winning an Amazon gift card!  And thanks to everyone who shared their travel inspirations with me.  The travel blogging (and reading!) community has been so welcoming and encouraging to me over this past year of writing, and I am proud and excited to be numbered among you.

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What inspires you to travel?