We went on an adventure to find a letter box (letterboxing.org) today and we found one!!! It was the most family fun we have had in a while.
How the day went:
7:30a - woken up by Paul and Anna talking in the other room. She was crying and he had gotten up to check on her.
8:30a - we all went downstairs and ate oatmeal with some delicious eggs that my husband made for us. We searched online for letterbox clues while eating breakfast
9:30a - I headed over to the gym to get a few miles in while the kids had bonding time with Daddy.
10:30 - we left the house in search of a rubber stamp and stamp book. We choose a beautiful cross and a plan black scetch book
11:30a - we headed over to the Chick- Fil-A to get some grub and play FOREVER in the indoor play thing. Paul had a blast
Then we headed off in search for the letterbox. Paul said we were on a treasure hunt and got REALLY SUPER excited. On the way there I kept thinking "man, I hope we find something. hat if we don't find anything. This is completely nutts. Is this for real? Seriously? Do people really do this?"
To make a long story short....we found the box!!! You should have seen Roger's face. He was so excited. We did the "giddy" dance. Then we ran back to the car and opened up the box. The stamp inside was BEAUTIFUL!!! It was hand carved to look like the castle. Paul yelled out "we found the treasure box." It was such a fun little family adventure. I am so excited about having this book of stamps to record all the places that we have been together as a family. What an awesome thing to have. When Roger and I die the kids will have this book of memories!! Memories of the little adventures that they went on with their parents. And plus, when they come back to visit for the holidays I'll say "hey, you remember when you were little and how we used to letterbox?? Let's go do that again. What do ya think??"
this is all so exciting. Thank you Megan for telling me about this. I am so incredibly excited. I suggested everyone check out letterboxing.org.
here is a link to the pics of us letterboxing
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30831017&l=4cc56&id=151201367
I am soooo happy that you enjoyed yourselves! Check out www.atlasquest.com. It is another letterboxing site that has a lot of the same clues, but the nice thing is it will tell you if boxes are active or abandoned, so you don't waste time looking for boxes that aren't there. Plus, you can create your profile and keep track of your 'finds' online! (Our name on atlas quest is 'C3'. Look us up!
ReplyDeleteokay, you're going to have to clue me in. what is letterboxing? i think i might know, but i'm not sure.
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