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Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 10 August 2010 10:43 AM

In today’s Orange County Register, there’s a lovely profile of an 85-year-old woman making her way through her bucket list. Cay Tretheway has already jumped out of a plane and swam with some dolphins. She’s given up on line dancing (too hard with a walker) and meeting Sandra Bullock (the actress recently moved out of the nearby home she shared with Jesse James), but there’s one important item left to accomplish: Travel to England to meet the pen pal she’s been writing letters to for 75 years.
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Below is video of Cay sky-diving, number 11 on her list:
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