re: What’s the most valuable thing you’ve won?

I won an essay contest for National Geographic when I was in middle school. Myself and 14 other kids with a parent got flown to the Galápagos Islands and got to sail around them for a week visiting a bunch of different ones and interacting with the wildlife. Snorkeling with sea turtles, sea lions, penguins and iguanas all at the same time is an unbelievable experience. This all happened 17 years ago.