Blue Butterfly and I attended our first letterboxing event this weekend....and we were not disappointed! We left my house early on Saturday and headed south to Cypress, TX and hunted for boxes in Telge Park. We were delighted to find boxes and stamps from people whose work we don't normally get to see. We found all the pieces to Mr. Bones, and put him back together quite nicely. Although, I have to admit that I stamped his torso upside-down, so poor Mr. Bones is basically dancing on his head in my log book. We also found Park Angel, Puppy Love (which was no easy find), and I Love Bananas, but I'll Settle for Some Bugs. After this, we took a lunch break and then came back to the park for more.
After lunch, we searched for and successfully found The Great Pumpkin. By the time we got back to the playground area, it was about 10 minutes before 3:00, so we decided to see if there were any other boxers around. We met up with TeamKing and helped her set up her things. She showed us the traveling event stamps, so we got right to work! As we were stamping in, others arrived including Birds of a Feather, Baby Bear, Silver Eagle, Mother of Five, The Frye's, Runs for Chocolate, and Asterisk. We had a great time exchanging and talking about boxes we'd found and other letterboxing adventures. We were, of course, a little star struck when we met Silver Eagle and Baby Bear, but we tried to keep ourselves together.
After everyone had finished with the stamping, Sea Dove passed out some clues to a box that he'd planted that very day. Everyone went their seperate ways to find the various boxes. We happened to be the first to find Sea Dove's CFBL. We stamped in and shared our find with others. We then got back on the trail to find A True Goblin and Wanted: A Few People with a Good Neck on Their Shoulders. We exited the park and said goodbye to the Frye Team, and decided to try one more box in town. Unfortunately, it was getting too dark by the time we got to the other park, so we called it quits and headed back north.
Our first event was truly a great experience. We enjoyed meeting other boxers, exchanging with them, stamping into the various event boxes, and finding the boxes in the park. We can't wait to do it again soon!
