Eight-year-old Daniel Kyle arrived in Gettysburg Pennsylvania yesterday. He lives with his parents in Edinburgh, Indiana and was invited to Gettsyburg by Gettysburg Hotel General Manager Phil Murray when balloons that Daniel let go of in Edinburgh landed in Gettysburg. Murray paid for gas and gave a free room to the Kyles for their stay in Gettysburg this weekend.

The drive to Gettysburg from Edinburgh is 552 miles and takes a little over 9 hours.

As the story goes, Gettysburg resident Bill Anders was headed to work one day in August when he saw a blue blob at the end of his driveway. The blob turned out to be a collection of balloons. There was a note attached from Daniel and the rest just makes a good human interest story. Daniel is deaf and has been from birth.

Daniel’s parents had orchestrated the balloon experiment as a teaching lesson. They wanted to know where the balloons landed. So the note asked that whoever found the balloons to contact them and let them know where they fell. That’s what prompted Murray’s invitation to the Kyles to visit Gettysburg. Before Daniel goes home, Murray said he’s going to let Daniel release another 20 balloons with a note. Who knows, maybe they’ll land in Brunswick, Maine, which is 553 miles northeast of Gettysburg and Daniel and his parents can take their next trip there.

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