Galveston Boxes

Blue Butterfly and I spent a couple of days boxing in Galveston last week. We stayed in a hotel that had a MAGNIFICENT view. We even stayed on the west side to enjoy the sunset. Our first day of 'boxing, we found Tribute to England Series #7, Celtic Cross, and Pirate's Puzzle. We looked for a few more that day, but were unsuccessful.

Day two of the adventure found us at the Corps Woods catching up with Felix. Other boxes we stamped into included Kemp's Ridley, Hiding from Putty Tat, and Sylvester. We were impressed with the stamps and locations of each of these. We attempted a few others, including Running Rain's Lightening Bolt Scar. We found the box and log, but the stamp was missing.

We also visited the state park in Galveston, where we'd camped a few years ago (prior to boxing). I planted a new box there, although I'd definitely advise extra care in retrieving it. There are signs at the start of the trail head warning of poisonous snakes. The box is called Watering Can. I'd love to hear about it if you stamp in!

Happy Trails!

How Do You Spot a Letterboxer?

On Monday, Blue Butterfly and I faced the rain and cold to do some boxing in the greater Houston area. We started off by putting together Mother of 5's Texas Snowman. We'd had so much fun putting together Mr. Bones back in October that we didn't want to miss out on this one. MO5 didn't let us down! While we were in the park, we also stamped into Gleeful Grinch and Wile E. Coyote. Blue Butterfly also got some nice duck pictures while we were there.

Next, we moved onto find a mystery box and a WOM box or two at an undisclosed location....

After eating lunch, we were back on the road to capture a few animals from Birds of a Feather's Runaway Circus Series. Out of the 8 stamps, we were only able to find 6 of them. As far as we know, the leopard and the lion are still out there roaming around somewhere. We hope that someone will be able to capture them soon! While in the park, we also found Runs for Chocolate's first planted box, Seven. This box was planted in honor of Lance Armstrong.

This was a great day of boxing!

Cooties!

The day after the event, Blue Butterfly and I left for the Houston/Galveston area to spend a few days there boxing. On Tuesday evening, Blue Butterfly was digging through her back pack looking for something, when she pulled out an unexpected surprise...A COOTIE! Neither one of us had any idea she'd been bitten by this cootie. Now she just HAS to attend another event soon so that she can pawn it off on someone else!

The Event-Part 2

On Saturday morning, we got up and Blue Butterfly made some chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Soon after, we hit the trail to find the Frye Team's Pecan Festival LB. While stamping in, we met another letterboxer named Strawberry. She joined us while we were stamping in at the edge of the lake. Soon after, Silver Eagle, Baby Bear, and their gang happened by. Baby Bear told us he'd just planted a box on the other side of the lake and told us where to find it. After we'd stamped in at the Lion King, we headed to the pavilion to join event fun.

We stamped the event stamp, beautifully carved by Baby Bear, and logged in with the event log. We then began meeting everyone, exchanging, and performing "secret codes" that would get us those coveted personal travelers. The big moment came for me when I was able to meet and exchange with the mysterious Grizzled Gryphon.....then watch him do a plie!

We had a great time at the Texas Boxcar Letterboxing Event this weekend. Everyone was very friendly and we can't wait to participate in another event soon!

The Event-Part 1

This weekend was the Texas Boxcar LB Event in Rusk State Park. Blue Butterfly, Roarin' Lion, Stinky Monkey and I camped at the park on Friday evening. I arrived early, set up the tents, and found BB's Crash at Crush box. After the rest of my team got to the campground, we found Lone Star Quilter's Underground Rail Road-Jacob's Ladder and also ran into Silver Eagle, Baby Bear, and their gang. After stamping in, we headed back to camp in the rain.

As night time came, we made a campfire, ate dinner, roasted marshmallows, then headed for bed. Roarin' Lion and Stinky Monkey told us a few scary stories, so we returned the favor and scared them a little bit, too. We finally all settled down so we could get rested for all the activity that the next day would bring.

More to come later.............

I'm Too Excited to Sleep!

I work in education and today is the last day of school before spring break begins. (We are lucky enough to get one whole week plus an extra Friday off.) I must be extra-excited about getting today over and done with because I woke up about an hour early this morning. It was almost as if someone walked into my room and shouted, "LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!". I was up and ready to start my day. I even got an idea for a box to plant while I'm on break. Let the countdown to spring break commence!

One for Three

Today, Blue Butterfly drove out to Nacogdoches to try for three boxes. First, we went down to the SFA Azalea Garden where we enjoyed the beautiful flowers and she stamped into Monkey Business.

Next, we headed down the road to find Number Four. The last time we were here, BB and Roarin' Lion were not successful at finding this stamp. Unfortunately, they were using the clue I'd printed out when I found the box a few days before. I failed to check to make sure the clue was updated, so the box was not accessible to us on that day. However, BB made sure she had the right set of clues and we headed right to the cemetery where the box is located. When we got there, however, there was a lady sitting close to our landmark who was bird watching. BB took a few pictures, but it looked like bird lady was going to be there for a while. We decided to head off to Pioneer Park so BB could find my Viva! Mozart box.

As we pulled into Pioneer Park, we saw a man sitting at our picnic table. OH NO! BB and I walked around the park and took some pictures, but picnic table guy did not seem to be going anywhere. BB decided to try again another day. We headed once again to find the Number Four box (third time's a charm, right?). As we pulled in, we saw that bird lady was still there.

It was a little disappointing for us to not be able to locate two of the three boxes. However, the good news is that we spent some nice time together and had a great time in the process.

ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL THE GATHERING!

Rusk State Park

As the TX Boxcar LB Event is approaching, boxers all over Texas are making preparations for the big day! Blue Butterfly planted a train-themed box in Rusk State Park this weekend. Crash at Crush commemorates a very unique day in the Texas Railroad Industry. I'm looking forward to finding this box myself!

On a personal note, I made the event poster this evening. I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like with the event stamp and all the personal stamps on it!

Vivaldi's Autumn

Today, some of the members of the Texas Music Boxers (yep! that's us!) went out to Lake Striker to check on my Autumn box. The last person to stamp in was in November, but Autumn was alive and well, safe and dry. After we checked on the box, we hung around the lake for a little while. Roarin' Lion wanted Blue Butterfly to teach him how to skip a rock across the water. If you've ever tried this, you know it's not an easy task! However, RL kept at it and finally he made one do two skips. We had a great afternoon together at Lake Striker, even though it was too cold to swim!