I meant to post this a long time ago but I've been so busy! My event is coming up so all post will be delayed.
We finally got back to letterboxing!
It started with some planting. I carved a series we were going to plant back in December down in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Unfortunately, we couldn't find a good spot to plant the five box series so we planted them in Ohio. Tyrus and I spent almost 2 hours planting Tribute to Hostess. I then spent another 2 hours or so writing the clues. I like writing clues. I really liked writing the clues for this series because everything just seemed to work out perfectly.
In the cemetery we planted the boxes, there is a large mausoleum in the center of the property. We looked inside and found this:
The next day we went letterboxing! We went own to Greenlawn Cemetery for a couple of hours of boxing.
Our first stop was one of my boxes that needed a new logbook. It was the first logbook that I had to replace. I was happy replacing the logbook because that meant a lot of people found my boxes!
One of my favorite series we found there was Do You Wanna...? Series 2. Sadly one of the boxes was gone.
We spent a lot of time on one series. It took a long time to find because it was like driving through a maze. It didn't help either that there was a bunch of workers out cleaning the grounds.
While boxing we saw this plant...
Does anyone know what type of plant this is?
The last box we found was pretty neat. Had a cool story to go along too. It was about a haunted bridge on grounds.
The bridge obviously isn't being used any more and is pretty hidden. I though it was really neat. I would have loved to see it when it was first built.
That's one of the things that I love about boxing. Letterboxers take you to places you didn't know about and introduce you to new thing and I love that.
Well, this series also took is to this rope....
Weird, huh? I really want to know why it is there and what it was used for.... and why it hasn't been taken down.
I really like Greenlawn. A lot of boxes there but also a lot of history and plants and animals.
Like groundhogs!
We found these burrow openings which were pretty neat as long as you didn't trip in them!
We also saw a deer on the way out. That was a first for me while letterboxing.
We found a couple of other boxes but had to leave soon. While stamping in our last box that we found, I was complaining to Tyrus about how no matter where I go, I'm always the one taking the pictures and so I'm never in them. So he took my camera while we were stamping in.
My mom said I was looking very Australian. It was hot out...
Tyrus stamping in.
Well, after our lovely time letterboxing we started heading home. Everything was fine and dandy then the wind began to pick up and the sky darkened.
The weather was turning and we left just in time to not get hit by the storm while letterboxing. However, we started noticing some tornado fingers forming.
Luckily, there were no tornados that afternoon! I'm happy to get back into boxing! The season has begun!
~Catchow
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