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.

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

A Potpourri of Thoughts

Firstly, I'd like to say a special THANK YOU to Wyvern of Potsdam, NY. I sent her a stamp for her Drive In/Drive Thru/Drive By event and got a very special present in the mail this week for my participation. Letterboxers are some of the most thoughtful people!

In other news, I've gotten a new idea for a personal traveller. From the beginning of my LBing career, I made a personal decision to have only one PT at a time, so if I am able to make this new traveller work, then RAMONA QUIMBY will be retired. She's had a good run, and I've had a lot of fun with her. I hope some of you enjoyed her, too. Anyhow, the new PT that I have in mind will have something to do with one of my favorite TV shows, THE OFFICE.

Completely off topic from letterboxing, I've been able to sleep at my own convenience for the past few weeks. Tonight, however, I will be forced to set the alarm and get up at a decent hour and report to work. No more late night movies. No more late night AQ surfing. Just me, watching the backs of my eyelids. I guess I have to pay for all these LBing trips somehow!

Happy Trails!

It MUST be obvious....

(Red, White and Blueberry Group Photo-July 2007)

that I enjoy letterboxing. I thought I'd written about this previously, but I checked my facts and realized that I hadn't. So, here's the story: I met a young letterboxer named Mr. Monster Jr. at the first TALKK Event in November 2006. Fast forward to the following July when I went out to the RED WHITE AND BLUEBERRY Event, also hosted by Mama Cache. I was working on solving a clue with Ducky D when Mr. Monster Jr. came up to me and said, "Lucy Locket, is this what you MAINLY do?" I told the young lad that Yes, this IS what I mainly do....for fun. I told him that I also have a job that I go to every day. He seemed satisfied with that answer.

Hwy 21 LBing Run

Blue Butterfly and I made plans to head out to Nacogdoches today. We also decided that we'd be a little more adventurous and hit a few other towns along Hwy 21. The first box we hit this morning was Nac Trail Cat's THE LAMPLITE PLAYHOUSE. This was a fun one to stamp into and easy to find. Then, we headed out about 2 miles off of Hwy 59 and found GARDEN OF GOOD EATIN'. This was Blue Butterfly's 600th letterbox! Congrats to BB on such a milestone!!

(BB at the site of her 600th Letterbox)

We found one or two more boxes in Nac and checked on a couple of my boxes, then went to Auntie Pasta's for lunch. After this, we decided it was time to head west on 21 towards Alto. We easily found a few boxes in Alto, mostly planted by JB Kokopelli. My favorite was THE OLD PEPPER TREE. I've passed that tree several times over the years, but never stopped to take a look. This time, I had the perfect excuse!

We made it to Mission Tejas SP in Weches (also on Hwy 21). Blue Butterfly had found most of the boxes here, but she had her sights set on THE PIPE BANGERS: FRAGGLE ROCK SERIES. She'd missed this one when she'd made a previous trip. So, we found TEJAS BELL and NABEDACHE first, then looked at the map so we could follow the clues to PIPE BANGERS.

We headed out on our trek and followed the map very carefully to the CCC baths. We read the instructions and began looking for the box. No luck. We looked for the proper arrangement of logs, but we just couldn't find the box. Blue Butterfly and I sat down on the bench as disappointment hit us both. We sat there for a few minutes and BB said, "I'm gonna try again". She donned her special box-sniffing gear and headed back over to the area where we thought the box would be hidden. Eureka! She found it! WEEE HEEE! We happily stamped in, then re-arranged the logs back to their original style for future finders. After this, we huffed it back to the van, then headed for BB's house. It was a great day for letterboxing.

(LL at the CCC Baths at Mission Tejas SP)

The stamps I earned today:
The Lamplite Playhouse
Farm House
Garden of Good Eatin'
POWs at La Petit Mont Rouge
The Old Pepper Tree
Why Is Mary Weeping?
Tejas Bell
Nabedache
The Pipe Bangers: Fraggle Rock Series
Astro Star HH

Friendly Birds

(The dipping vat where cattle were brought to be dipped as a safeguard against ticks)

I had to work a few days this week (I know....woe is me, right?), but of course I had Friday off. I was planning on heading out to Blue Butterfly's house so that we could do some letterboxing on Saturday, but I decided to take the long way out. My main objective was to make it to Mineola so that I could snag her BIRDS IN A TREE SERIES. On the way, though, I stopped in Canton and picked up THE DIPPING VAT.



I passed the historical marker for the actual dipping vat itself, and decided I'd take a look at it on my way out after having stamped in. So, when my LB duties were completed, I drove back to the marker and read the information, then walked on down to take a look at this actual piece of history. As I was about to get back into my car, a man on a tractor yelled, "HEY!" So I went over and talked to him and he asked me if I knew what I was looking at over there. I told him that I read the information on the marker, then we had a little discussion about it.



I hopped back in the car and headed toward Mineola. When I got into town, I first found GRANDPA'S POCKET WATCH by Wag Time, then headed over to the Nature Preserve.

I noticed a little garden near the parking lot and the trail head, and stopped to enjoy what few flowers were blooming. As I walked down the trail, I saw a little open-ended shack and walked over to investigate it. This housed a beehive that you can open and look into. They have a couple of steps that children can stand on to get a close look at the bees. Then, I headed down into the wooded area and found the boxes. There are several wildlife viewing areas and a couple of nice bridges in this preserve. I enjoyed finding these boxes and walking along this trail. After I finished up, I headed to Blue Butterfly's house and we prepared for our next day's adventure!

(I picked up a few hitch hikers along the way, unfortunately, I can't log any of them!)

Within minutes of each other....

I recieved an e-mail from Silver Eagle saying he'd been at the Watermelon Thump box on Sunday at 12:05 and he'd seen that I'd been there earlier in the day. The funny thing is, I'd been there between 11 and 12! If I'd have taken a little longer to get into Luling, we may have run into each other on our respective trips. Isn't letterboxing fun?

Letterboxing Excursion (What other kind is there?)

(LL at the Luling Rest Area)

On Monday, I had some personal business to take care of near Victoria, so I made a decision on Saturday afternoon that I would go down a day early and do some letterboxing in Goliad. I started out by making a stop in Waco on the Baylor Campus. I'd deciphered a clue and thought I could get pretty close to the LB. AND...I thought....College campus...early Sunday morning...I'll probably have the place to myself WRONG! When I got to the intended place, there was a young man there enjoying the beautiful morning and doing some reading. ACK! I walked around for a little bit, but the guy was determined to stay. I had to leave sans letterbox.



I made my way down to Luling so I could get the WATERMELON THUMP LB and the LULLING IN LULING LB. I realized before I got to Luling that the Watermelon Thump festival would probably be going on while I was there. However, I was on a letterboxing mission and may not stick around for long. As I pulled into Luling, my suspicions were confirmed about the festival. I'm guessing they must have some sort of Watermelon Queen because there were some signs saying, "Vote for Suzy" and "Vote for Molly". I'm hoping the contest was fair and not seedy in any way :-) Anyhow, I made it to the box and moved away all the spider webs and stamped into the box. This is a great stamp! After this, it was getting close to lunch time, so I decided to make my way to the LULLING IN LULING LB and to eat lunch at it's location.

I got onto I10 and made my way to the designated rest area. This is a REALLY nice place. I found the box, and stamped in, then went back to the picnic pavilions to eat my lunch. It was nice under the shade and there was a breeze blowing. Thanks to Dewberry for taking me here! After cleaning up my lunch mess, I headed back toward 183 to make my way to Goliad.

Goliad SP is only about a half mile from Hwy 59 and is extremely simple to find. I checked in with the very friendly staff there, then went to visit the mission. The mission is beautiful inside and out. It's rare in America that we are able to see architecture that dates back to the 1800's, so this was a treat. After admiring the mission, I hit the trail and found my designated boxes.

Boxes I found on 6-29:
Little Foot
Mission Espiritu Santo
Six Flags: Mexico (This was a fun one to stamp into because it's been in place for so long....I loved thumbing through the logbook)
I10 Box Stop: Lulling in Luling

(Mission Espiritu Santo)

New Box in Cypress

I wasn't able to find any boxes yesterday, but I managed to plant one. Hitchin' A Ride is planted on a nature trail that is in the middle of a suburban area. I even saw a rabbit hopping down the trail while I was there.

TODAY WAS FUN!

(Blue Butterfly stamping in)

Today, Blue Butterfly and I decided to hit the trail and try to make it to Barefoot Lucy's gathering. We knew we wouldn't be able to stay long (BB had prior commitments), but we wanted to have some LBing fun along with the rest of the gang!

We started out by stopping in New Summerfield and getting LAST FLIGHT and 4 FRIENDS. Both of these boxes have touching stories attached to them. After stamping in here, BB wanted to visit the Secret Garden NSISD box. We went by the school and she stamped into the box there.

Next, it was time for us to hit Jacksonville. We wanted to try to get two boxes near the Tomato Bowl, but ofcourse, with the festival in town, it was just too busy. We decided to eat some lunch, then headed to BEWARE: THE MYSTERY OF THE PICNIC AREA. This would be our first stop along our path of boxes to Barefoot Lucy's Secret Gathering Site. While we were stamping in, I noticed a van had pulled up behind ours. It looked as though someone was looking for the box! It turned out to be Maydelle Queen Bee and Bee Mom. Here we were...two sets of mothers and daughters stamping in to the box!

We chatted for a while and were able to exchange with Bee Mom, then we all hit the road to find the rest of the stamps along the trail to the gathering site. We finally made it to the site and BFL was awaiting us, along with Mother's Love, NacTrailCat, TX Pokey, SJZ....and probably some others that I'm forgetting (sorry!). Anyhow, it was a nice little gathering and we had a good time while we were there.
Stamps I earned today:
Last Flight
4Friends

BEWARE: The Mystery of The Picnic Area

Bee Mom-Exchange

Scout Hut
Pecan Picker
East Side
Some Tomato!
SJZ-Exchange
Event Stamp

(BB and Rosey the Hippo)

(Maydelle Queen Bee, Bee Mom, and Lucy Locket)

Possum??? Really??

Since I had today off, I decided to head towards Blue Butterfly's house. Of course, I found some boxes on the way and took my boxing buddy with me! I stopped in Frankston and found JB Kokopelli's POSSUM AND TATERS box.



After this, I stopped in Cuney and checked on OSCAR'S LUNCH. Rosey told me that she wanted to get a drink of water and stamp into the box, so I accomodated her :-)

Next, I moved on down the road to find SECRET GARDEN NSISD. This is a pleasant location for a box and I wouldn't have known about the historical marker there if JB had not led me to it.



This was a pleasant afternoon of letterboxing with my buddy Rosey!

A Boxing Buddy

This week, I received in the mail Rosey the Hippo from a Girl Scout Troup in New York. CathCainGwen set up Rosey's journey and I'm happy to host her for a couple of weeks. Today, I decided to go and check on a couple of boxes nearby and take Rosey along with me so she could stamp in, too. I started off by going to Community Park to Blue Butterfly's PITCH IN! However, the landscapers were around, so I had to move on down the road.



Next, I went downtown and stopped at the pocket park to check on WOLF BRAND. The fountain was working today, and it was just a beautiful setting. Rosey stamped into the box, then we moved on.

I headed for Petroleum Park to find the box there. I was saddened to see, however, that the bush where the box is supposed to be hidden has been cut down and the box is missing.

6-7-8

After several months of anticipation, it was finally time for the TA-DA North of the Lake Event. I was extra-excited about this one because it was sort of a "school's out for summer" party, as far as I was concerned :-) Anyhow, Blue Butterfly flew in on Friday night and stayed with me, and we headed to Denton on Saturday morning.

When we arrived, we saw a sign asking WHICH WAY IS NORTH? and knew we must be in the right place. We added our food to the bounty already set up on the picnic tables, greeted our friends, and headed straight over to the event poster. After signing in here, Gryzzled Gryphon shared his clue for his newly planted letterbox. I looked it over and hoped I would be able to decipher it with little to no problems!

I was able to stamp into the two event stamps, exchange, earn PT's and the like while chatting it up with various letterboxers. Blue Butterfly headed out on the trail with Perky P and EagleMeister, while I stayed around the picnic tables. I chatted a little more with some of the letterboxers and was able to stamp into another event stamp, MY KING? I DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU!, which was cleverly carved. I'd heard Allyall saying that she'd hidden a box that day, so I copied her clue, then hit the trail.

The first box I found was WINCHESTER'S ROUND TABLE. I was surprised to see I was the FF on this box! As I was finishing up with the stamping process, GG came upon the scene. I told him I was almost finished, and he hiked down the trail a little farther so I could finish up and re-hide. Next, I headed over to find QUEEN OF GRAPES. I easily found this box, and just as I was about to begin stamping in, BB called me and asked where I was. She told me that she and Perky P were on their way to stamp into the same box. She asked if I'd seen EagleMeister, and I told her No, that I was the only one on this trail and that I didn't see anyone else. A few minutes later, as I'm pulling my LB gear from my backpack, EagleMeister happens up on me. We visited for a while as I stamped in and he waited for PerkyP and Blue Butterfly.

PerkyP and BB came along on the trail and we all stamped in, then headed off together to find a few more boxes. I really wanted to find CAMEL LOT. The three of them had attempted to find it already, so we found another box first, then EM and I put our heads together to try and figure out where this box could be. After stamping in to CAMELOT: THE ENCHANTER MERLIN, we headed out to find CAMEL LOT. We easily found this box and had a good laugh as we stamped in.

By this time, BB and I were ready to go get a cold bottle of water, so we headed back to the event area. Of course, there was some more "tales from the trails" to share. BB decided she wanted to head over to Corinth Community Park to hide her three new boxes. I really wanted to try again to find Artsy Fartsy #2, but didn't have the clue. Luckily, GG gave me excellent directions to the box and I found it easily when I got there.

After leaving Corinth, we went straight back home. It'd been a long day, and we were tired, but our fingers were inky and we were happy letterboxers!

The stamps I earned that day:

Strawberry6703-New Sig Stamp

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not-Viewfinder's PT

Here Comes the Sun (small)-Viewfinder's PT

Allyall-exchange

Smiley and the Boys-Exchange

Artsy Fartsy #2

TA-DA North of the Lake Event Stamp

Batty Girl-Got her mini stamp

Trillion Grams-Exchange

Soggy Cereal-Exchange

Arthur Recieves Excalibur-Event Stamp

Breath of Life-Exchange

Here Comes the Sun PT(large)-Viewfinder's PT

Trainboy-Exchange

Hiking the "Y"-Allyall's PT

Sir Lancelot and the Not-So-Fierce Dragon

Winchester's Round Table

Queen of Grapes

Lovely Lady

Camelot: The Enchanger Merlin

Camel Lot

My King? I didn't vote for you! -Event Stamp (4)

Fab Four #1 John

A Day in Denton County

Next week, there is a gathering scheduled for Saturday at South Lakes Park in Denton. I decided yesterday that it might be a good idea for me to go ahead and plant my box for the event early, then I will have that part done next week! I found an image and carved it yesterday, then went to Denton this morning to plant it!

I decided to stop first in Corinth to check out Beneficus Rex's Artsy Fartsy Series. This series of six boxes was very well done. I missed one of them because there was an audience near the hiding place, but the rest were a pleasure to find.

After spending most of the morning in Corinth, I made my way over to South Lakes park. After finally finding the entrance, I had lunch and then came back. I planted my new box, A Knight with a Tail. I was also able to find one more box before I headed back home.

The boxes I found today:

Camelot: Heraldry

Artsy Fartsy Series: #1 What a Scream, #3 The Rotunda, #4 Self Portrait 1907, #5 La Giocanda, #6 Self Portrait 1889

Summer Dreamin'

Saturday was the Summer Dreamin' LB Event hosted by JBKokopelli and Barefoot Lucy. Blue Butterfly and I made arrangements to meet at the Palestine RR Park before the event to stamp into the Jamboree on the Trail Series that was placed there recently. Blue Butterfly arrived to the park before I did and discovered they were having military festivities in the park that day. People were dressed up in various period costumes in honor of our military's history. There were booths and exhibits set up near the depot. Blue Butterfly was able to enjoy this while she was waiting on her slow-moving daughter to get there :-)

Once I got there, I easily spotted BB and we hit the trail. We really enjoyed finding this series. As we walked by the pond, a little boy felt the need to tell me, "We almost caught a rabbit!" I asked him what he would do with it if he caught it, but he didn't have an answer for that....hmmm.....

Anyhow, we headed out of the park at about 10:45 and headed over to Davey Dogwood Park for some real letterboxing festivities. We found the group and unloaded our vehicles. We were greeted by BFL and JBK who explained what was going on. BB and I got to work with the stamping in of the event stamp. After the event stamp was taken care of, I visited a little while with some of the letterboxers, then got to work on the Dreamin' Series. After taking a short break to eat lunch in the middle of it, I finally fnished it off.

It was a lot of fun visiting with everyone...some old friends, and some new. After leaving the park, and on the way home, I stopped and got the CSBF Letterbox. I'd noticed that I passed the launch site on the way in to Palestine, and took advantage of the route on my way home.

The stamps I earned today:

CSBF
Lighthouse Keeper-new sig stamp
Lighthouse Keeper's Favorite American Icon PT
The Carousel Collector-new sig stamp
The Carousel Collector's PT
Maydelle Queenbee-exchange
Rclank-Exchange
CA-Exchange
Jimpalestine-Exchange
Rachel-Exchange
Rachel's PT
Dreamin' To Revisit-Disney, Arizona, DC, New York, Yellowstone
Summer Dreamin' Event Stamp
Fishin' 4 LB's Traveling event Stamp
Peggy the Pug Boxing Buddy
Dreamin' Around The World-France, England, Egypt, Australia, Italy
Dreamin Around the USA-Alcatraz, Alaska, Salem, Seattle, Hawaii
Jamboree on the Trail Series-Tiger's Roar, Wolf's Howl, Brave Bears, We'll be Loyal Scouts, The World Crest, Jamboree on the Trail
CA's PT
The Rodger's 7-Exchange
Perky P's PT
Rclank's PT

Green Trees, Blue Skies, Red Barn

I got up on Sunday morning and headed back into Coldspring. I made my way to Lone Star Quilter and Boots Tex's Red Barn and was ushered right inside. I was able to enjoy chatting with them about LBing and trading stories from the trail. I was even invited to enjoy one of their famous cinnamon rolls and stamp into the cinnamon roll stamp.

I finally headed out to the Lone Star Trail to pick up a couple of LB's there, then headed back to Double Lake. I'd carved a stamp the night before, and wanted to make sure I planted it before I left.

I left my car and headed down a particular trail to plant my LB, only to discover that this was a short trail that headed straight back to the parking lot. I turned around and headed back to the trail head, found a few boxes, and planted my own. I spent the better part of the day here and probably left around 3:30 or so to head back home.

By the end of the day, my logbook was getting pretty full. I had to go back on some pages and try to squeeze a few stamps in on some holes that were left. I've usually been pretty good in the past about keeping an extra logbook, but this time I wasn't quite so efficient. I didn't have too many problems, but I definitely need to go shopping soon!

The strangest thing that happened to me on this day was that I encountered a ghost at one of my stops. I can't reveal the secrets of the encounter, but he was a nice ghost and even let me exchange with him. Maybe there really IS letterboxing in the after life....who knows?

Stamps I earned on May 4:

Dog Gone

Little Rabbit Fufu

Paws For A Laugh

Dogpatch, USA

Redbarn Cinnamon Rolls

The Joker

A Year In the Life of Santa-March

Mr. Bobbles

IRA Boxer-exchange

Muppets Take TX Series: Gonzo

A Doggie Delight

Dogwoods

The Hound's Tree

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Buried Treasure at Double Lake

Best in Breeds: Lovely Lhasa, St. Bernard, Brittany, Airedale Terrier

Letterboxing 911

I decided a week or so ago that I might take this weekend to go down to Double Lake and gather up as many of the boxes planted for the DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Gathering in April as I could. I made up my mind on about Thursday that I would follow through. I was hoping the weather would be beautiful, because I knew the boxes were plentiful.

When I got home late Friday night, I started making some preparations for the trip, then went to bed. I woke up on Saturday a little earlier than expected and rushed around to finish printing off the remainder of the clues and pack my over night bag. I left town at about 8:30 and headed toward Double Lake.

I'd decided I wanted to take a brief detour in Madisonville to find SARAH'S FLAG by Lone Star Quilter. I went down the gravel road to the entrance of the cemetery and was stopped by a gate. Luckily, the gate was not locked, so I opened up the gate and drove on up and into the cemetery proper. I later found out that the Grimes County line is along that gate/cattle guard that I'd just driven through. Anyhow, I easily found the grave of Miss Sarah and was once again impressed with the stamp and the history lesson. I left the cemetery, closed the gate, and headed back into Madisonville. I stopped for lunch, then headed South again.

I'd printed out a couple of clues for Huntsville, since I knew I'd be driving through there. I wanted to find a box by Silver Eagle and another by Boots Tex. As I was following SE's directions to the memorial, however, I was stopped because there was a festival in town and many roads were blocked off. I decided that I'd better wait and find these boxes another day. As I changed directions and headed toward Coldspring, I went through downtown Huntsville and saw that they were having THE AIRING OF THE QUILTS. They had beautiful quilts hanging from buildings and set up on hangers all around the court house square. I wondered at the time if Lone Star Quilter knew about this event.

I finally made it to Coldspring and to Double Lake. I started out by finding Silver Eagle's box, DOUBLE DOG DARE. I then hit another trail and was stamping in when I saw a couple of men come down the trail, but they quickly headed a different direction. A few minutes later, I see them again, standing down the trail a little ways and they are talking. The next thing I know, they are headed right toward me! As they get closer, one of them asks, "Which way is North?" and just as he is saying this, I recognize Boots Tex and Will's World. They were in the park and checking on few of their boxes. I chatted with them for a bit and was invited to stop by the Red Barn Retreat. I was definitely going to take them up on the invitation.

I got a few more boxes, then decided it was time for a break. I went back to the car and got a few snacks and some cold water, and headed to a picnic table. I wanted to search through my clues and figure out which ones I could get rid of and make a plan for finding the rest of them. As I was looking through them, I discovered that Baby Bear's MOM, GUESS WHAT I FINALLY CAUGHT was a two-page clue. I only had the first page. I searched through my backpack and could not find page two. This was definitely a letterboxing emergency. I called the Letterboxing 911 hotline and reached Blue Butterfly. She hopped online and found the clue, read it to me (laughing the whole way through) while I wrote it down. I knew I had a cell phone for a reason! Thanks BB for your help!!

After resting and snacking, I headed back onto the trail and found some more boxes. I finally left the park and headed to Cleveland at about 6:00. It had been a great day, but it was time to call it quits.

The letterboxes I found on May 3:

Double Dog Dare

Legend of the Dogwood

Sarah's Flag

Some Days Your the Dog

Elf Quest: New Moon HH

Blue

Know Your Swimming Hole

The LetterBOXER'S Companion

Four Legged Letterboxers Series: Best Buddy, Little Spot, Flutterby's Friend, Where's the Bone, Best in Show

Mom, Guess What I Caught?

Easter Egg Hunt

Cranberry Cruiser-Mother Neff SP

I recieved word from a reliable source in January that Mother Neff SP was still closed due to the flooding from last summer. This most likely meant that my Cranberry Cruiser LB was lost for all of eternity. When I drove up I35 on my way home last week, I noticed the sign on the interstate said MOTHER NEFF PARK-OPEN FOR DAY USE ONLY. I really wanted to go check and see if there was a chance my box may have survived, but I didn't have the clues...and ...after driving and dealing with Bob in Temple, I was ready to get home. So, I just had to pass it by.

However, I got a status report yesterday saying that a letterboxer had stamped into my box! I'm guessing the box is in good shape, and still alive and well. Somehow, it survived the flood and is still parked in Coryell County.

A trip to Tyler

Friday, I went to spend some time with Roarin' Lion, Stinky Monkey, and Baby Sister. However, I decided to find a few letterboxes on the way.

My first stop was Rose Rudman Park. I easily found and stamped into AMERICA'S ROSE CAPITOL by Blue Butterfly. My next stop was Faulkner Park, where there are two letterboxes hidden.

I found the trail at Faulkner and followed it to find 15 MINUTES by TX Dragonfly. I have to admit that I didn't see the stamp for this box coming! It was a nicely done. Next, I wanted to find A SIGN: I LOVE YOU. Unfortunately, I went down the wrong trail. After realizing (finally) that I'd done this, I went back to the intersection. This time, I took the correct trail and everything lined up and I easily found the box.

After this, I headed to my niece and nephews' house. We played catch, made cookies, read books, played basketball, and just acted silly for a while.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Spring Break Trip-Third Day

On the morning of day 3, after sleeping under damp blankets all night long, I got up and started tearing down camp. By about 8:15, I was finished with my campsite and I drove to a trail in the park to hide my LADY BUG letterbox. After finding a nice place for this bug to call home, I left Guadalupe River State Park. I decided to take a bit of a different route home, avoiding the loop and outer roads of Austin. I headed east to New Braunfels, got on 45 and headed north.

My first stop of the day was in Salado. Silver Eagle has a box there that has been around for about four years. I took the exit, then took a country route to......Holland? Hmm....what did I do wrong. I was sitting at an intersection in Holland and looked around. No traffic. I pulled out my map to try and figure out what I'd done wrong. Salado is right on the interstate. I must have turned when I wasn't supposed to. I put away my map, drove through the intersection, and found a place to turn around. I made my way back to Salado and saw the error of my ways. This time, I easily found historic Salado College and stamped into the box there.

Back on I45, my next stop was in Temple at the WHISTLE STOP LB. I found the park and nabbed the box. I went to the smaller playground near the gazebo to do the stamping in. As I was finishing up, I noticed a suspicious looking guy hanging around the area where the box is supposed to be planted. Hmmmm...the only reason he'd be in that particular spot is to find what I have in my hand. I put the box in my backpack and head over. I asked him if he was looking for something, and as I asked, I looked to see what he was carrying with him. It is at this moment that I realize he has nothing that looks like letterboxing paraphernalia....only a drink in a small paper bag. He tries to question me, but I quickly walked away. What was I going to do now???? I went back to my car at the larger playground (well out of sight of the gazebo) and got rid of some of the trash I'd collected. I drove closer to the museum and peeked around the corner. Bob is still there. (Not his name, but I have to call him something.) I sit in my car for a few more minutes, then I pull around so that I can spy him without him seeing me. My only concern at this point is that I don't want to look suspicious to the people coming in and out of the museum! I decided to drive around Temple a bit and see if I could find something to occupy my time. I found a Dairy Queen, and ordered some ice cream. After finishing my ice cream, I drove back to Whistle Stop to check on Bob. He's still there. By this time, it's been about a half hour to forty minutes that I've been waiting on this guy to leave. I drove around Temple some more and found the public library. I went in and, after some explaining, was allowed to use the internet. I checked on my email and posted the boxes I'd planted earlier. I stayed there long enough to kill enough time, that I hope Bob had gone on his way.

I drove back to the park and pulled up to my corner. I don't see Bob! I pulled closer just to make sure. He's gone! I'm finally able to return the box to it's hiding spot only an hour and a half after having retrieved it.

I finally left Temple and headed home. No more boxes for today.

Spring Break Trip-Day Two

I got up around 7:00 or so and hit the showers while everyone else was still sleeping in the dark. I managed to leave the campgrounds before 8:00....the gate wasn't even open yet. I had to wait for it to automatically open for me.





It had rained some through the night, but not too much. I headed north towards Johnson City where I wanted to visit Pedernales State Park. There are several boxes in this park and I'd had my eye on it for a while. After I finally got to the park and checked in, then found the trail head, it started to rain. I decided to sit in the car a while and wait it out. It rained harder for about ten minutes, then finally lightened up, then nothing. I hopped out of the car and changed my shoes, grabbed my backpack, and put on my poncho....just in case.

You guessed it....when I was about halfway down the trail it started raining again. Hmmm...it wasn't too bad, I could still letterbox in this. I marched my way down to the designated sign and found my first box, the Pedernales Possum. I got the box opened up..then I hear...BOOM! CRACK! Oh no, it's now thundering and lightning....and it's coming down HARD. I did my best to finish up and rehide, then headed back to the car. My shoes and legs almost up to my knees were soaked, but the rest of me was ok. I left my poncho on and hopped in the car. I couldn't imagine that this weather was going to fix itself any time soon, so I decided to head back into Johnson City.





At about the time I got halfway back to Johnson City, the sky cleared and the sun began to shine. I looked at the sky, then I looked around the car and I couldn't believe it. The seat was soaked, and the clues I had for that park are now mostly ruined because they got wet. I'd dropped my backpack at one point in the mud, which transferred to my shirt. I didn't think I'd be making it back to Pedernales. When I got to Johnson City, I stopped the car and took off my poncho and put it in the trunk of the car and decided to head for Fredericksburg to an indoor activity--The Circle E Candle Showroom.



I made my way to Fredericksburg and passed the LBJ State Park along the way. Since it wasn't raining at the moment, I looked at the park and said, "I'll come visit you in a little while." I arrived at the Circle E Showroom and entered into candle heaven. I think I looked at every single scent and probably smelled most of them. I bought a couple of candles and asked the cashier if they give factory tours. He said they used to do that, but because of legal reasons, they aren't doing it any more. After leaving candle heaven, I went on into Fredericksburg and ate lunch. It still wasn't raining when I finished, so I headed back toward the LBJ State Park.

As soon as I pulled into the visitor's center parking area, the rain came down again. I went inside to the center/gift shop and showed my parks pass to the cashier and waited. I walked around the gift shop a few times and took a look at the historical artifacts. After the rains FINALLY cleared up, I headed out on the trail to plant MY NEW HAT, which I'd carved the night before. The park has a wildlife exhibit with white-tail deer and longhorns. They also have a farm exhibit. I took pictures and planted my box, all the while donning my poncho. I don't think it rained the whole time I was out on this particular trail.

After finishing up here, I made my way back to Guadalupe River State Park. I stopped in Blanco because I wanted to see if I could use the library's internet access. Of course, the library there closes at noon on Tuesdays, and it was after 3:00. When I got to Highway 46, just seven miles from GRSP, I'd remembered seeing a library in the shopping center there. I stopped in there and they allowed me to use the internet. I finally made it back to camp, took a shower, and started a fire. This is when the rain started again. It rained and rained and rained. Did I mention the rain??

Spring Break Trip-Day One

On Monday morning, I got up around 4:15 a.m., finished packing the car, and hit the road. I had to stop at Wal-mart to get ice and a few other things, but I was soon on my way. I had camping reservations for Guadalupe River State Park. I'd never been there before, so I was excited to visit a new park. On the way down, I passed right by Blanco State Park. So, I stopped and nabbed Baby Bear's ARGH MATIE, which is located there. It was about 9:45 or so when I was there and the box had already seen visitors that very day! JB Kokopelli and Wag Time had stamped into this box before I'd gotten there that morning. I just wondered how far behind them I'd been.

By about 11 or so, I pulled into Guadalupe River State Park. I checked in and the ranger warned me of the 30 pound raccoons who are perfectly willing to open up your coolers and eat your food. Suddenly, I had a vision of me sitting at my picnic table and being attacked by a six-foot raccoon ala Silver Eagle and his bear story. I quickly forgot about my imaginary friend and found my campsite.

After I got everything set up, I decided to go exploring and find the boxes in the park. I first went down to the river. There were a few families there and they were having a great time swimming. I went about my business to try and find SPECIAL PALS. For some reason, I couldn't make the clues work and decided to try another box.

I made my way around the park to a campsite area that has a trail. I followed the clues for BIRDING LB: NORTHERN CARDINAL. I easily found this one and enjoyed the view of the river, but especially of the green trees across the river on the hill.

After finding this box, I went back to the campsite and carved for a little while. I'd transferred an image onto Mastercarve before I left and wanted to get it in a box before I finished my little trip. I carved for a while, then decided to give the box down by the river another go. I headed down there, but no luck again.

I came back to camp and builta fire, ate some dinner, then finished carving MY NEW HAT. By now, it was bedtime and I had a lot of 'boxing to do the next day.

New Signature Stamp

I'm planning on a little letterboxing adventure this week while I'm on break. I'm hoping to make it to a few parks that I've never visited before. I also got busy today and found a graphic that I like for my new signature stamp. I'm pleased with the carving results, and can't wait to start stamping in with it.

Find, Stamp, Rehide, Repeat

This morning, I decided that since it wasn't going to be too terribly cold and wet, I wanted to get out and do some letterboxing. I left the house at the crack of 10:00 and headed for Athens. I'd already found a few in Athens, but needed to clean up the rest of them. I started out by looking for one in a park, but I couldn't find it anywhere. There was a nice view with a pond, though. I went to downtown and picked up THE SHERRIFF. While I was stamping in here, a man in a truck stopped by and asked me, "Are ya'll done yet?" I just looked at him. "Are you with the crew?" I told him no. "Do you know how long they were here?" I have absolutely no idea what the man is talking about. I told him I hadn't seen anyone, I'd only been sitting there a few minutes. I'm not sure what he thought I was doing there. Anyhow...it was time for me to go find THE CARDETTE. I'd tried to stamp into this box last fall, but there were too many people around at the time. So, I made my way over to the TVCC campus, and there wasn't a soul in sight. Unfortunately, I found the box laying upside down beside the bridge and the lid was missing. The stamp and the logbook were both there, so I stamped in and replaced the box under the bridge. I hope it will be safe there.

Next, I grabbed lunch, then headed off to find SCUBA DUDE. I had no idea there was a scuba diving training area in Athens, but now I know exactly where it is! My next stop of the day was at Oaklawn Cemetery to pick up JUST CALL HIM JESS. I easily found the box and stamped in. However, while I was repacking the backpack, I saw a car driving around. I decided to get my camera out, stash the box in my backpack and wander around a bit. The lady put some flowers on a grave and only stayed about five minutes or so. After she was back in her car and safely out of sight, I went back over and re-hid the camo box.

I went after one more box today, the BAXTER SCHOOL HOUSE LB, but I wasn't able to find this one, either. I made quite a few finds today and had a good time letterboxing not too far from home.

The Morning After....

After spending the day boxing, chatting, stamping, inking, and exchanging on Saturday, we decided we still wanted more. Blue Butterfly and I got up on Sunday morning to another beautiful day in Lake Bastrop. We made a plan of attack to pick up a few more LBs at South Shore, then to find a few more in Bastrop State Park before we headed home. We packed up our things and headed up to the office to check out of the cabin, then we hit the trails. Of course, we weren't the only ones with that bright idea and we ran into several letterboxers on the trail and it was great visiting with them again. After finding several more boxes, we headed over to Bastrop State Park. This park seems to be surrounded on all sides by busy highways and it has a golf course at its entrance. We found Baby Bear's Trail Rider box which led us to a nice water fall. We looked for a couple of others in this park, but we had trouble with the clues and were forced to give up. We'll definitely have to go back there to make a sweep on both parks for the boxes we missed.

The boxes I found on March 2:

TX Champions Series: Spurs

TX Champions Series: Rockets

TX Champions Series: Cowboys

TX Champions Series: Dynamo

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Pinch! Pinch!

Trail Rider

Texas Treasures Event

On Friday evening, Blue Butterfly and I headed south to Lake Bastrop. BB had made reservations several weeks prior to the event for our cabin, so we were ready to get there and get things in order. After finally making it to the park, we were thrilled to check into our cabin. The cabins at the South Shore park are quite nice, clean, and comfortable. We unpacked the van and settled in for a good night's sleep.

The next morning, we got up and out on the trail so we could plant our boxes. I'd brought along Oedipus Tex and Blue Butterfly brought A Texas Roadside Treasure. On our way to the trail, we said hello to Barefoot Lucy, TX Pokey, TX Ta-tas, and Frogkisses. After finding our trail, BB went one way and I went the other so we could each plant our boxes. I found a decent hiding spot for mine, then I went back to our meeting spot to see if she was finished with hers. When I got there, BB was still on the trail, so I sat down to re-copy the clues to make them legible for the other LBer's who might want to find it. While I was waiting, BFL and Lightning came along, so I offered up my clue to them. Since I was still waiting on BB, I decided to look through my clues and figure out what other boxes were already planted on this trail. As I was finishing up a plan of attack for us, BB came back and told me she'd found a box. Apparently she'd found a great hiding place for a box and tried to hide her LB there, but Baby Bear beat her to the punch! So, she stamped in, then went farther down the trail to hide her box.

She and I decided to find Black Gold-Texas Treasure, since it wasn't too far from where we were, then we split up to find each other's boxes....of course I found Baby Bear's box along the way, too. After stamping in and meeting up again, it was time for us to head to the pavilion for the actual event.

We arrived at the pavilion to see that there were already several people there. We stamped into the event stamp and poster. Baby Bear did another fabulous job on the event stamp. I don't know how he comes up with these ideas for his stamps.....but I'm definitely jealous!

I met several new people and earned some personal travelers. I had a lot of fun visiting with everyone. After lunch, BB and I decided to hit the trail to find some actual letterboxes. We'd just stamped into the Shoot Low, Sheriff box when we heard some people coming down the trail. We weren't sure if they were LBers or civilians....but when Mother of Five started calling our names, we were glad to have their company! We had a great time finding letterboxes on this trail with Mother of Five and her two girls, Dewberry, SandiBox, PuddleSplasher, SoccerChick, and Element. Our little group stamped, hiked, searched, and laughed our way down the trail.

We finally made our way back to the pavilion where Silver Eagle gave us the answers to the match game. The team of Dewberry/Mo5/PuddleSplasher earned first place while the most prolific first finder in Texas took second place. And for those of you who are wondering, I earned the special prize that Gryzzled Gryphon brought along with him.

After leaving the event, BB and I needed to make a run into Bastrop. When we returned, we parked the van at the cabin, then made our way over to Silver Eagle and Baby Bear's campsite. There were several people sitting around the campfire and sharing stories. Fearless Fox was kind enough to share his peach cobbler that he made on the campfire, and boy was it yummy!

Stamps I earned on March 1, 2008:

Black Gold-Texas Treasure

Aqua Teen Hunger Force HH

A Texas Roadside Treasure

What You're Missin' While you were Fishin'

TALE Event Stamp

Heisman High-Personal Traveler

Texas Gal-Exchange

Crazy TX Dragon-Exchange

Texas Lady Bug-Exchange

Bailey's Bunch-Exchange

Mica-Moo-Exchange

Cowboy Couture: Chaps

Cowboy Couture: Hat

Cowboy Couture: Boots

The Mountain Climber-Personal Traveler

The Cruisers-Exchange

Moods-Personal Traveler

Banana's Fool-PT

LionsMane-New Sig Stamp

Jbanana-Exchange

Lucky Cat-Exchange

Mother's Love PT

Zinni-Exchange

Bloomin' Gramma Jo-Exchange

The Gecko-Exchange

Zturtle-Exchange

MimZ-Exchange

Oh, the Places You'll Go Event Stamp

Pug Momma-Exchange

Chrispy-Exchange

CanCan-Exchange

PuddleSplasher-New Sig Stamp

Star Bright-Exchange

Dewberry-New Sig Stamp

Goodbye Ruby T

What Dewberry Likes About TX

Shoot Low, Sheriff

Mother of Five-New Sig Stamp

Along the Bluebonnet Trail

Mailbox

Happy Heron

Just In Case

Bell Motel-Exchange

AstroD-Exchange

Hummer

We Had Fun!

Blue Butterfly and I got back to my place around 6:00 last night, tired but extremely happy. We'd had a great weekend of friends and letterboxing at the Texas Treasures Event in Bastrop. Unfortunately, I had to work an extra-long day today, so I don't think I'll get to write about our adventures at least until tomorrow. Thanks to Silver Eagle and Baby Bear for hosting such a fantastic event!