Letterboxing in Indiana

From the day I was born to about the age of 6 I grew up in Indiana. We moved to Ohio and left my dad’s side of the family back in Indiana but we’ll go visit them about once a year or more. Out of every time we went there never did I think “Maybe we should go letterboxing!” Well this pass weekend Wile in Indiana we went letterboxing! None of my Indiana family go letterboxing. For Christmas one year we got my aunt and all her kids personalized log books and stamp pads, even the first edition of the Letterboxing Companion. After all of that they never went. Very upsetting. This trip we did get my grandparents to go with us.
The closest box to my grandparents house was only two minuets away! So on the way to my Uncle’s house for pancakes, we stopped at the small church to make sure the box was there. we didn’t want my grandparents first time letterboxing to not have a letterbox there.
When we got back my parents, my grandparents, and I, all jumped into the car and headed out to the church. The clues led us to this row of pine trees, where we had to go to the southern most tree. The trees were right next to two sheds so there was a sorta isle way you could walk through. In this walk way there were dead leaves and sticks, as well as a ladder. My grandma and I started making our way through the walk way when my grandpa suggested that we walk around the sheds to the tree.
“We could, but this way is more adventurous.” was my grandma’s response. Well we found the box and stamped in and then headed to a park that was relatively close by. We were searching for two boxes hidden by different people. We found neither. I think is was an off day for us because every one seemed tense and frustrated. While looking for the second box we found that the box was hidden in a Frisbee golf field. The resent storms blew down these huge trees where we thing the box may have been hidden. While standing there frustrated by the fallen trees, the people playing in the near by field almost took my head off with their Frisbee. They thought it was funny and we left.
It was an interesting adventure letterboxing in Indiana…
~Catchow

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