Digging a hole to China

I have some bad news. For all of you who ever dreamed of digging your way to China as a child, that dream must die. That's right, it is against the law to dig a hole any deeper than 12 feet without the proper permits. As a kid it made me feel secure knowing that if I ever got tired of life in good ol' Yakima I could just start digging and end up in a new home far far away. Now I know that I would have been fined or imprisoned for even trying.
What a sad world we live in.
Happy summer.