Athens, TX

On June 26, I met Blue Butterfly in Athens for an afternoon of letterboxing. We met for lunch, then headed out for a stampin' good time! We started out by going to the B&B CAFE LB. I had already stamped into this one, but BB hadn't found it yet. After leaving downtown Athens, we headed toward a cemetery to find PEATINI. We easily found the box there, then headed to Fuller Park.

We found the entry gate to Fuller park, and were relieved to see that the first box in this series was outside the gate. As we were looking for the box, a car stopped and asked us if we were from "around here". We told them no, but they were on a hunt to find those people who were buried in the cemetery inside the park. We chatted for a while, then bid them adieu. We stamped into the box, but decided to not pursue the rest of the series since it was inside the park and everything looked like it was overgrown and possibly snake heavy.

Tomato Fest

The annual Tomato Fest Letterboxing Event was a blast! Even though it was HOT, HOT, HOT, we had a great time traipsing around the festival area, deciphering clues, and collecting our beloved stamps. Blue Butterfly and I got to spend time with PurpleNic during our morning of letterboxing, then we met up with the rest of the crew for lunch!

Stamps I gathered on this day:
Wag Time-Exchange
LB The Cat-PT
Event StampLight House Luvin' Mama-Exchange
Baby Bee-Exchange
Hands On-Exchange
Happy Trails-Exchange
From Seed to Salsa: Peppers
From Seed to Salsa: Tomato
From Seed to Salsa: OnionFrom Seed to Salsa: Garlic
Flamenco Dancer: Traveling Event Stamp
With Love PT
Fairy PT
Dawn's Home Town Movie PT
Ocean View PTB&B Cafe -Athens, TX (I got this one on my way home)

Meeting Letterboxers in San Antonio

I was lucky enough to schedule an exchange with SHH and Padawan as they were taking another cross-country field trip. So, on Monday, I headed south from Navarro County towards San Antonio. I stopped first in Waco so that I could nab one of Lone Star Quilter's newest boxes, MY SPECIAL ANGEL. After leaving here, I went straight down to San Antonio, checked in to the hotel, ate lunch, and took a break.

I got a call from Padawan to meet up at 7:00, so I headed over to their hotel around 6:15. The ladies arrived, and we got to stamping and talking letterboxing. SHH and Padawan mentioned that they had struck out on finding a couple of Texas letterboxes, so I filed that in brain, hoping that I could remedy that situation. At the end of the visit, we took pictures, and said our goodbyes.
Since I still had some daylight left, I decided to try for a couple of Boots Tex boxes that were somewhat near down town. I easily found Maverick and 13 Days of Glory. I was not disappointed! By this time, I was ready to head back to the hotel room and eat some dinner.

When I got back, I emailed Padawan and SHH and let them know that the two boxes I 'd found this evening were easily accessible, if they wanted to grab them before they headed out Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday morning, I took my time getting up, found an IHOP for breakfast, and took a look at my clues. There was one more Boots Tex box in the same area where I'd been the night before, so I decided to head back to the cemetery. Just as I was pulling into one side of the cemetery, the letterboxers from the beautiful PNW were coming out of the other side ! They had just found one box, but had trouble with the other one, so I offered to go with them to find it. I led the way, then left them to stamp in.

I went on to find BEN'S BONES, then headed to find ALL THE PRETTY HORSES by Silver Eagle. Silver Eagle's box is located at Comanche Lookout. I followed the clues to the top of the lookout and stamped into this box. There were beautiful flowers along the trail on the way up. This was my last box for the day, so I headed back to Navarro County.

Stinky Monkey's 8th Birthday

Stinky Monkey (L) and Roarin' Lion (R)

Baby Sister

Stinky Monkey had his 8th birthday at the end of May. We were lucky enough to spend the weekend with him and his two siblings. We had a ton of fun!

Creepy TX Critters

On Saturday, May 22, I decided to visit the Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens. There were a few boxes that I wanted to find, so I headed out for an adventure. I started out by taking the trail for CREEPY TEXAS CRITTERS series. This is a series of four, with one box marked unavailable. I was able to find the RATTLE SNAKE (very creepy!) and the MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT.

After finding those, I went around to try and find a few more boxes, but the gardens were so crowded at the point, I didn't want to "get caught". I was happy to find the critters, then headed on out.