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Letterboxing in July
10:34 AM, Nov. 10, 2008
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Have you heard of Letterboxing?(Click on the word to find out more!) Friends of ours turned us onto this wonderful outdoor treasure hunt adventure which we began this year. It combines rubber stamping and outdoor treasure hunt. We bring our own Letterboxing Log Book, stamp and ink. When we find a box, (or the one in a set that has a log book), we stamp our image and leave our trail name and date visited in the Placers log book. Then we stamp the Placers stamp from their box in our log book, also recording the name of the letterbox and date we visitied, and any other comments we might want to record.Our family trail name is "The Lighthouse Crew" - which is where I got this blog name from too. Our first letterboxing experience was during a camping trip to Shabbona State Park, IL. I had no idea about difficulty levels, being the first time. I picked a doozy!   This was "Creatures Along the Trail" and had 5 boxes to locate. Theboxes were along the Arrowhead Trail, as pictured above. This picture was actually taken AFTER the hike, which I estimate to have been about 5 miles! Look -they can still smile!  (probably because it was finally over! heehee) This was our first stop, and for the first box - Ring Necked Pheasant. It took me 20-30 minutes to find the box in the trees behind this bench. The clues said, "Look for the tree with two more growing from its base..." There were LOTS of trees like that!  But, happily and with much relief, I did manage to find the first box. This awesome hollow oak was part of the clues for Box #4 - Wild Turkeys. I think we all could have fit inside this oak together, if we could have squeezed through the opening - it was that BIG! Here are the stamp images we were rewarded with, upon finding each Letterbox of the "Creatures on the Trail". ENJOY!Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 9 of 19 } { Next Page } |
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