If you go to Loch Ness, be sure to load the camera

"In Green Bay, Wisconsin, 10 bowling shirts are considered a great wardrobe."

- Greg Koch

The U.S. Postal Service sent out an announcement last week reporting that its delivery is at "an all-time high."

Maybe that explains this big stack of vacation postcards you all have sent in.

Let's see.

David Daitch sends a card from Scotland. He writes: "I have arrived in Loch Ness to meet my friend Nessie. After many years of submersion, she has surfaced for a brief visit. Unfortunately, I forgot to leave a disc in my camera to capture the moment. Nessie and I send our warmest regards and wish you were here."

The Petrak family (Tom, Jayne, Andrew and Carrie) are visiting Croatia. They said the Adriatic Sea is beautiful.

Clifford and Erma were in Alberta, Canada. The Sams family, from Evans, also is enjoying the fall-like weather in Canada.

Ashton and Lisa, of Martinez, and Jean Hamilton, of North Augusta, send greetings from North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Ruth Swain and Lib Wingate, of Augusta, are spending the month in Denmark (the country).

Alice and John send a postcard from Washington, D.C., where they were visiting a new granddaughter and new baby and "had a beautiful time."

Helen and Udelle send a card from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Gene, Jane and Virginia Anne Strong, of Evans, report from Las Vegas: "We are sitting here in the theater of the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace waiting for the Celine Dion show to begin. What a place!"

Ed and Dee Templeton are "having a great time in Arizona." They took a Jeep tour of the red rocks in Sedona.

Jochen and Dorothy Fueher, of Hephzibah, say hello from Aruba.

Marsha A. reports that Annapolis, Md., is a "fantastic place."

TODAY'S JOKE: An old pastor made it a practice to visit the parish school one day a week. During one such visit, he asked a fourth-grade class if they could name all 50 states.

When they could only come up with about 40 names, he jokingly told them that in his day, students knew the names of all the states.

"Yeah," said a little voice in the back, "but back then there were only 13."