Letterboxing Holiday Trip--Day One

Blue Butterfly and I decided to make our annual holiday letterboxing weekend the weekend after Christmas this year. We have been wanting to get back to Telge for quite some time. The last time we visited Telge Park was for the Terrors of Telge gathering a few years ago. The Terrors of Telge also happened to be our first gathering to attend, so we hold that park dear to us.

Anyhow, BB and I left her home on Saturday before the sun came up and made it to Cypress a little before 10 a.m. We found a few boxes left by characters such as Mother of Five, whose GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD we really enjoyed finding, Ira Boxer (has anyone actually ever seen this guy?) and we attempted a few more. It sprinkled occasionally, but we were doing ok. The good news about rain is that it keeps the muggles away :-)

We went back to the van, got a snack and a drink, and took a little break. After our break, we decided to go to another part of the park to find some more boxes....this time, I took my umbrella. Luckily, BB already had her rain poncho on. We went around and found a box by Pastry Princess and another box planted by Ira Boxer. We got a good laugh out of Ira's box. It was supposed to be scary, and I suppose it could be scary if your alias is Kid Kodiak.

Next, we had to cross the bridge to find a few more boxes. We accidentally found a box by Runs For Chocolate, but we'd stamped into that one in 2005. We were looking in the wrong place. Eventually, we found HALLOWEEN FRIENDS, and tried to find Baby Bear's I SALUTE YOU. After reading and re-reading and re-re-reading the clues, I handed them over to BB. She looked at them and figured out that we were in the wrong part of the woods. DOH! I couldn't believe it. Finally, we found Baby Bear's box...his 250th plant. Kudos to Baby Bear for planting so many boxes for so many of us to enjoy!

After logging into Baby Bear's box, we headed back to the main part of the park. When we stopped by the van again to grab a bottle of water, I realized I was without my umbrella. Maybe a nice letterboxer will find it...probably near a box...and put it to good use. We attempted four or five more boxes and successfully found three. We found and stamped into eleven boxes today. Thanks to all who planted such fun boxes for us to find!