Waco

There are a few "art cows" at the Art Center of Waco.

I had to work this morning in Waco, but made plans for some possible covert activities afterwards. I finally got off around 1:00, ate lunch, then headed out for some letterboxing. I stopped first for JBK's HOTM: Dr. Pepper box. I came up empty handed on that one. Then I headed over to the Mayborn Museum. There are two HOTM boxes behind the museum in their pioneer village. When I got there, however, I saw that the village is closed down due to construction. So, off I went again. I made my way to the Waco Art Museum. There are sculpture displays outside and oil paintings inside. I visited the inside of the museum first, then headed outside to find the box. After deciphering the clues, I found the box and enjoyed the weather as I stamped in. I looked at my list and saw there was a box near the suspension bridge, so I headed that direction. After I got there, I realized that the group that planted this box probably didn't find a very good hiding place. I found the designated area, but no box, just as I suspected. I hung around the park for a bit and eyed the river and the river trail. I happened to have my bicycle in my car, so I got it out and took a ride on the river. It was a beautiful day and I enjoyed my afternoon!!!!

Eat, Play, LB Weekend-Day 3

I don't have a lot to report about the third day, because it is shrouded in secrecy. Blue Butterfly and I had FINALLY cracked a code of a puzzle letterbox, so we decided to get it on this beautiful Sunday. Let's just say, it was TOTALLY worth it and just thinking about finally stamping in puts a smile on my face!!

Eat, Play, LB Weekend-Day Two

On Saturday morning, I got up early and hopped on the computer looking for bike trails. I found a great bike trail that Blue Butterfly, PS Guru, and I decided we could try on Sunday. For now, we ate breakfast and then took a ride on the seawall. It was a beautiful ride!
We came back to the hotel to get ready for the event. We decided to head to the visitor's bureau to try and find a map of Galveston and some information on the Oak/Chainsaw sculptures that I'd found online. We had a time of that!! We went to three different places before we finally found it! This made us a little late for the event, but that was ok.

When we got there, the group was already busy stamping in. Blue Butterfly and I greeted folks, then ate lunch, then got to stampin'! Boots Tex had hidden a few HIPS boxes inside the candy jars and IRA had somehow managed to sneak in and hide one, too! The event stamp was lovely and very detailed, too. I don't know how Boots does it!


After some exchanges, Boots called a meeting for us to divvy up the assignments. Blue Butterfly and I agreed to check on three boxes, one of which was my own, and hide my new letterbox, TREATS ONLY, PLEASE. We headed off to Galveston SP to hunt down my Watering Can LB. We got to the designated area and searched, but we found nothing. We believe that the tree that it was hidden beside may be gone now, Post-Ike. We did manage to find Dawn's Glory's box that she had hidden this weekend, though.

Our next stop was to find one of LSQ's quilt blocks. We easily followed the directions to this lovely box and stamped in. I decided to hide my box on the same trail.

After leaving Galveston SP, we headed to Lafitte's Cove to look for a couple of older boxes there, as per our assignment. We found HIDING FROM PUTTY TAT and added a few index cards for future finders. We then headed around to find SYLVESTER. We had a hard time finding that one, as some bushes or vines have grown up considerably over the past few years and are now over six feet tall. Blue Butterfly made her way back there, but could not find the box.
It is my understanding that Dawn's Glory was able to find it on Sunday.

We headed back to Kempner Park to report on the boxes that we'd checked on. We also made notes of those who had planted that day with the intent of hopefully finding them on Sunday.

The most special part of the day was when we ate dinner with Boots Tex, Will's World, and Lucky 13. We called PS Guru to join us, but he was about 8 miles from the hotel on his bicycle, so we had to go without him. We had a great time "talking shop" at The Original Mexican Cafe with this trio! We wish Lone Star Quilter could have made it to this event, but we understand that she had other obligations. I think a good time was had by all!!!

Stamps I earned on Saturday:
Don't Be a Barnacle Head
Happy Halloween
Lucky 13-Exchange
Will's World-New Sig Stamp
Karloff
Caw-Mosaic Butterfly PT
Open Space-New Sig Stamp
JMarie-Exchange
Lore-Exchange
XXX
NLW-Exchange
Mardi Gras Galveston
Cool Ghoul
The Storm of the Century
Eat...Play...Letterbox Event Stamp
Quilt Block-Ridley Turtle
Quilt Block-Angel Fish

Eat, Play, LB Weekend-Day One

On Friday, October 29, I took off from work to head down to Galveston for the Eat, Play, Letterbox Event. Of course, I wanted to find a few boxes on the way down, and Boots Tex gave me a suggestion of one of his boxes in New Waverly. Of course, I added that one to my list and headed south on Friday morning.

I made it to New Waverly and easily followed Boots' directions to the cemetery. I found a lovely display of butterflies at one particular grave. I visited Minnie Fisher's grave, then headed to find the box. I was proud to be the first finder of this box!


After rehiding Minnie, I moved south toward Houston. There were a few boxes in a cemetery that I wanted to find. After making my way to Washington street, I realized that I had been here before with Blue Butterfly. I was able to stamp into ANGEL BAND and GTT-TX GOVERNOR SERIES. There was one more that I wanted to find, but it was getting late and I knew that Houston traffic on Friday afternoon would be challenging at best.

I made my way down I45 to Galveston and met Blue Butterfly and PS Guru at our comfy hotel. There would be no more letterboxing for the day....it would have to wait until Saturday!