Beastly Boo Bash!

I woke up a little earlier on Sunday than I had on Saturday and hit the trail! I started out by going to a local cemetery and picking up THE MICK and PASS THE BISCUITS, PAPPY. Both of these letterboxes are based on historic figures, which really makes my day.

After leaving the cemetery, I decided to head back toward Arbor Hills and pick up lunch. I found a place to grab lunch, then headed on over to the preserve. I was REALLY early, but I still had at least one more LB to find before the gathering. I found the tables that SoggyCereal had reserved, plopped my store-bought cupcakes down, and headed out. I was able to find ENDANGERED SPECIES OF TEXAS: HOUSTON TOAD....and what a treat it is. Queen Beeloved's carving is impeccable! I truly don't know how she does it!!

Green Pond

After stamping in there, I headed back up to the pavilion and found SoggyCereal busily setting things up. She had the clues for her limited-time boxes, and shared them with me. I decided after I took a little break to hit the trail and find these boxes. By this time, it was only around 1:00 and the gathering would be starting at 2:00.

There are four boxes in this series. At the first box, I came across a pair of red men's undergarments (could be the answer to Ryan's question...What's the strangest thing you've ever found on the trail). They were hanging on one of the bottom branches....very classy :->

Anyhow, I found and stamped into the first two, and while I was stamping into Box #3 (which was near my SHEEPISH box), GG spotted me and cruised on over to say hello. We chatted for a bit while I stamped in, and then he left me to go find the last box. I easily found the last box, which was planted near the green, spooky pond, then went back up to join the party at the pavilion.

I reported to SoggyCereal that I found all of the boxes and she let me know that by being the first to find them all, I had earned a prize! WOO HOO! I like prizes. I picked up a grab-bag and there was a block of the pink stuff in it....YES! That will definitely come in handy. I said hello to a few people and made some exchanges. Some people even got my RAMONA PT.

Lyon's Roar

SoggyCereal also had a couple of games to play. One of them was to make as many words as you could out of Scarecrow and the other was to guess how many candy corn were in the jar. I put down my guess of candy corn in between exchanging. I decided there might be 562 in there.

After a while, Soggy announced the winner of the Scarecrow contest, then gave a prize out for the person who'd driven the farthest to get there, then announced that there were 573 candy corn in the jar and that I had come the closest!! WOO HOO! A lucky guess! My prize for this was a pumpkin light.

My Prizes

Around 4:00, I called it quits so I could head back home. I'd had a great day letterboxing and doing the letterboxing stuff that we do at gatherings. I enjoyed the creepy-looking punch that Soggy provided for us, but it was time for me to go. I hope to see more folks at the next gathering I attend!

Stamps I earned on Sunday:

Pass the Biscuits, Pappy-LB

Endangered Species of TX-LB

The Mick-LB

Beastly Boo Bash Boxes (4)-LBs

kmbaker-exchange

Lyon's Roar-exchange

Penguin Patrol-exchange

Caleb of Lyon's Roar-exchange

Buggy Boo-exchange

Logan of Lyon's Roar-exchange

Tree in a Park-exchange

Ghostly Girlie-PT

Beastly Boo Bash-Event Stamp

Scary Dude-Cootie

Scary Coffin-Cootie

Scary Bat-Cootie

TX Flag Cootie

E is for.....-PT

The Day Before the Bash

One of the guide signs in the preserve.

I got up at the crack of 11:00 and headed toward Plano by noon. I wanted to find a few boxes in Arbor Hills Nature Preserve before the gathering the next day. I was looking forward to finding several boxes by Puddle Splasher. I started out by finding 400 TONGUES. After looking at the clue for the next box, I realized I'd probably passed it up. So, I back-tracked and found THE HAPPY DANCE.

I found this little guy near a letterbox.

By this time, I really wanted to plant the box that I brought along, so I found a nice place for it. At least, I hope it's a nice, safe place. I left A SHEEPISH GRIN under a rock and found a place in the round sitting area to write the clues out.

After reading over a couple of more clues, I decided to go about finding two more boxes, but followed the clues backwards. I made my way to MAY DAY and WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY GIRLS. The latter box led me to a tower with a beautiful view.

View from the tower.

There was one more box in the park, but it would have to wait until the next day. I left Arbor Hills Nature Preserve with a few great stamps and the gleeful anticipation of what tomorrow would bring.

Boo To You!

Well, I just got back a little while ago from the Beastly Boo Bash hosted by Soggy Cereal. I will have to write more in detail later, but suffice it to say, a good time was had by all. I enjoyed seeing a new park, and visiting with old friends and new.

First Box

This weekend, I stayed in Mansfield with a friend of mine. We got up this morning and headed to Katherine Rose Memorial Park to find WESTITUDE. It has been quite some time since the box was last found, but we wanted to look for it anyway. We arrived and there were quite a few people and dogs walking the trails. We carefully followed the clues to the bench where the box was supposed to be, but we couldn't find it. I was disappointed, but we had some shopping to do, so we moved on with our day.

On our way back to Navarro County, we stopped at Bluebonnet Park, where my letterbox PINKY resides. I hadn't checked on this box, nor had I heard from any finders in quite some time. I was hoping that it was still alive and well. When we arrived, there was a big birthday party going on at the pavilion, so we passed by them and headed straight for the trail. Luckily, I remembered where I planted the box, and it was easy to find. Not only was everything in good shape, but KM was able to stamp into her first letterbox today. Congratulations KM on your first find!!

KM stamping in at the Pinky Letterbox.