I recently read a blurb about letterboxing in a magazine. I was intrigued, but not exactly sure what it was all about. I did a search on Google, scanned a few sites and was hooked. I shared the information with Scott and we decided to try it as a family.
Our first attempt was very spontaneous. We were very close to our local park and decided to try to find a letterbox Scott remembered reading about online. We did not have the clues with us and it was beginning to get dark. We were not successful, but we did have fun. As we left the park that first attempt we knew the kids were hooked. They were begging to continue looking. Hannah tearfully declared, “I didn’t think it would be fun, but it is!”.
One rule of letterboxing is to be inconspicuous and not reveal what you are doing to other people in the area. Oh my, is was funny to watch the girls "act natural" when other people approached us. "Natural" is not the word I would use to describe their actions. Sydney put her hands behind her back, whistled and avoided eye contact with others in her attempt to casual stroll down the path. Hannah, at one point, was ducking down and almost throwing herself on the ground in an attempt to hide. Too funny. Good memories.
The next day we prepared our log book, stamp (carved by moi) and Scott printed off some clues for letterboxes near some errands we needed to run.
Our first find. I won't tell you where it was exactly. I will tell you it is near I70 and State Road 267 in a busy area.
Find #2. It is interesting to see where people choose to hide them, the stamps they create and others who have found them before.
The girls are looking forward to finding more as well as creating some to hide.
More information about letterboxing can be found at:
http://www.atlasquest.com/ or
http://www.letterboxing.org/.
