A Few Changes

I've been taking the time to make a few changes on my blog this weekend. I don't know if they have enhanced the site or not, but maybe the changes will be good. We'll see how it goes and how many more changes I decide to make!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today, our family had our traditional Thanksgiving feast at Bluebutterfly's house. After cleaning up our mess and visiting for a while, BB took me to Hogg Park in Rusk to find a few letterboxes. Boots Tex has one of his Governor Series there that I've been wanting to snag and there are several others in that same park.

We got to the park a little before 4:00, and we knew we were on a time crunch because the park closes at 5:00. Blue Butterfly had already found most of these boxes, so she was there to help me out if I had some trouble. The first one we found was NATIVE BORN-TX GOVERNOR SERIES by Boots Tex. I don't know what Boots' secret is, but he does an amazing job of carving these governors and other characters that he puts out into the wild.

After this, we had to decide whether to find JBK's November Series or another letterboxer's WOM series. Once we looked on the posted map to figure out where we were and looked at the time, we decided to head out for the November Holiday series. There are five boxes in this series, and we were only able to find four of them. For some reason, the first box eluded both of us. We had lots of fun finding the remainder of the series. JBK does an excellent job of finding interesting holidays and putting them together with meaningful carvings.

By the time we finished stamping in, there was 11 minutes left before closing time. We ended up taking the long way off the trail and finally arrived at our vehicles a few minutes past five. Luckily, we didn't have any trouble exiting the park and we each got back home safely.

Thanksgiving Eve

I took Roarin' Lion and Stinky Monkey back home yesterday, but we also found some letterboxes on the way! We started out in Athens and found ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL. The boys really enjoyed the art work in this letterbox.

Next, I took them to the CHILDREN'S PARK LB in Tyler. They had a lot of fun running around this park, climbing on waterfalls, crossing bridges, jumping across the creek, and looking at the fish.

After dropping them off at their house, I drove through Troup and found Blue Butterfly's GO TIGERS LB. I've been wanting to get at that one for a long time, and was glad to finally be able to stamp in!

Happy Thanksgiving !!

Pictures From Yesterday

I was having a difficult time uploading yesterday's pictures to my blog, but I was able to be successful this afternoon!

The two pictures above are from the Tyler Rose Garden.

This picture is from the Children's Park.

A Good Day for Letterboxing

I have this week off due to Thanksgiving break, so it was time for me to catch up on things that have gone undone for quite some time. The first priority was to have a couple of repairs made on my car. So, I took my car to the shop, and after everything was fixed up, decided it was time to find some letterboxes.

My first stop was the CHILDREN'S PARK LB, which is placed in a lovely, peaceful park on a very busy street in Tyler. I enjoyed all of the sculptures and reading the dedications on the plaques. The LB was easy to find and I had no trouble stamping in, as I was the only one around to enjoy the scenery.

Next, I decided it was high time I'd found Silver Eagle's TYLER ROSE LB. This one is appropriately placed in the Tyler Rose Garden. When I was in high school and junior college, I was a part of the annual Rose Parade because my band always marched in it. As I walked among the garden today, I enjoyed the sights and the aromas of the lovely flowers. That being said, I easily found the box and had no trouble stamping in discretely.

My next box to find was not too far away. I drove a couple of streets north of the Rose Garden and found a nice little park where JKC had planted EAST TEXAS STATE FAIR. Thanks to JKC for bringing me to this park, which I probably would never had known even existed.

After that, I headed out to pick up Stinky Monkey and Roarin' Lion. They are on Thanksgiving break, too, and will be staying a few days at my house. Who knows...we may even be able to do some letterboxing together!!