I'm a winner

A couple weeks ago I was reading through a local realty magazine put out by High South Realty. A couple pages deep I read about a couple contests that they are holding. They are the "Celebrate the Mountains" photography and quotation contests. I noticed that there were no entries for the quotation for the month of June so I thought I would try to figure one out. I sat an pondered how I could sum up the feelings the mountains give me in 3 sentences or less (one of the rules). I waded through several cliches and then stumbled on something that said exactly how I felt about the mountains. Afterwards I typed the quote in verbatum to google and hit search. I wanted to make sure that I was not plagerising anyone because sometimes things get stuck in your head and over time their source is lost. At it turns out, it was an original quote and I submitted it with my information. In the mean time, life continued as normal and I had forgotten I submitted it. I received a phone call earlier today informing me that I had won the monthly contest and they would be sending me a $50 dollar check in the mail (sweetness). So I leave you with my now officially published quote,

"The closest place to heaven is on top of a mountain." ~Travis Birdsell