My Shoes Are Wet....

...because I followed in Puddle Splasher's footsteps!

I decided to take a trip up to McKinney today to find a few boxes by Blue Butterfly, Puddle Splasher, and Boots Tex. I left my home around 8:00 or so and was on the trail by about 10:00. I first went to Erwin Park and found the LET'S DO LUNCH SERIES. I met quite a few bikers on the trail, and they were all quite friendly. I also found MAKE A WISH...OR TWO and HORN 1867. The weather was quite nice and I enjoyed the morning at Erwin Park.

After finishing up there, I headed over to a local cemetery to find THE WIZARD OF GAUZE: WHO'S YOUR MUMMY? This was a fun stamp that had originally been carved for the Yellow Brick Road event, and was placed in it's permanent home in McKinney.

After this, I went to Towne Lake Park and stamped into FOLK ART SERIES: QUILTING followed by going to McLarry Cemetery and stamping into FOLK ART SERIES: PRIMITIVE PAINTING.

I headed to El Dorado Street to find the cemetery and find my final box for the day. The next box on my docket was one of Boots Tex's Governor Series boxes. I went in the wrong entrance, but it didn't take me long to make my way to the West side of the cemetery and find the appropriate landmarks. After I found the box and was leaving, I called Blue Butterfly to give her a report, but when I told her I'd found only one in that cemetery, she let me know there was another box in that same cemetery. I turned around and went back inside, and found another Puddle Splasher box. Thanks to Blue Butterfly for your help on that box!

Finally, it was time to return to Navarro County. I came home, kicked off my shoes, and admired my finds :-)

When is Lucy Locket coming home??

View from the trail at Erwin Park

Letterboxing Luncheon at LaMadeliene's

Blue Butterfly and I were signed up for the Luncheon at LaMadeliene's Event, which was originally scheduled for September 13. However, due to inclimate weather in our parts of the state, we were unable to attend. LUCKILY, the organizers decided to have the same event again THIS weekend, and we were able to attend.

BB made it to my house on Friday evening, and we headed out on Saturday morning towards Grapevine. We got there a little early and found the restaurant, and decided to go find a few nearby boxes before lunch started. We headed out to the Botanical Gardens, which were lovely, and found BOTANICAL GARDEN GRAPEVINE SERIES. There are two boxes in this series. By the time we finished up enjoying the gardens and the boxes, it was time for us to go to lunch.

We arrived back at LaMadeliene's and were greeted by Batty Girl. As BG was talking with us, the PrairieDiamonds introduced themselves. Batty Girl showed us to the tables she had saved, where we discovered that Gryzzled Gryphon had already arrived, and the usual letterboxer's frenzy began. Other attendees who arrived included: Oliver and Company, Janet and Cassie of Blooming Flowers, Soggy Cereal, and Mother's Love.

There were three Event Stamps for the occasion. Oliver and Company carved a lovely event stamp called GRAPEVINE LUNCHEON. Batty Girl brought along GRAPES AT LUNCH, which is a very clever stamp that only Batty Girl would think of carving! The last Event Stamp was by Soggy Cereal and is called LB QUICHE WITH IKE ON THE SIDE.

After spending a couple of hours at LaMadeliene's, Mother's Love decided to join Blue Butterfly and I as we found a few more boxes in Grapevine. We spent until almost 7:00 hopping around Grapevine finding stamps by various boxers. We had a good time together. At the end of the day, we ended up back at LaMadeliene's, ate dinner, then headed home.

Stamps I earned this day:
Botanical Garden (Grapevine) Series: Box 1-Butterflies & Bugs/Box 2-Resident on the Rocks
The PrairieDiamonds-Exchange
Grapes at Lunch-Event Stamp
Grapevine Luncheon-Event Stamp
Two Dirty Martinis-Oliver & Co.'s PT
Oliver & Co. -Exchange
Soggy Cereal-new signature stamp
Cassie of Blooming Flowers-Exchange
Flowers-Blooming Flowers PT
Let's Talk around The World-Mother's Love PT
LB Quiche with Ike on the Side-Event Stamp
Artist Series Two-Chagall's Bonjour Paris/Picasso's Petite Fleur/Dali's The Persistance of Time/Munch's The Scream
Flying Low HH
Recover Whale
Beep Beep: Roadrunner
Moose-chief
By Any Other Name
Hop On Over
In the Air
Putt-Putt

Letterboxing in Shreveport

Since I had a three day weekend last week, I decided to go out and visit Roarin' Lion, Stinky Monkey, and Baby Sister. I left on Saturday morning and stopped in Shreveport to find LOUISIANA BOARDWALK by Blue Butterfly. This was a nice little walk and I easily found this one. A few hours later, I made it to my final destination and spent the next day with my niece and nephews. I had a good time spending the weekend with them.

On my way back home, I called Blue Butterfly and asked her about a clue to 2 more boxes in Shreveport. She looked them up and called me back with the directions. I found THE GNOME'S HOME and MOVIE WATCHING BIRDS by JBanana. These were fun boxes and the carvings are outstanding. Thanks to JBanana for planting these boxes!

Baby Sister

Roarin' Lion and Stinky Monkey