Bird Takes Flight

Our Twitter-based "Bird Takes Flight" box had a wonderful trip to Santa Fe and has now returned Central Texas for a bit. You can follow her travels at: http://twitter.com/birdtakesflight.

The Ups and the Downs

A definite "up" in our letterboxing adventures was the recent get together with friends in Santa Fe. Coming home and doing some checking on some recent boxes we'd planted provided some "downs" though. First stop was to a couple boxes in a cemetery that we'd received a message about some letterboxers unable to find them and a lot of clean up happening in the cemetery. Fortunately after checking them today, both boxes were still safely hidden away and we were able to clarify some clue issues for the finders. After that it went downhill though! A box planted recently by our six year old has had a handful of visits and lots of very kind words from finders, but the last one said the logbook was soaked. When I opened the LockNLock box, it was dry, but inside a baggy, the logbook was drenched like it had fallen in a river! After a closer inspection, the logbook smelled like beer! Not sure if someone thought it would be funny to pour one in there or what, but we'll try to dry out the logbook (to preserve the first few finders) and rehide in another place not so susceptible to beer spills! Our next check was on a box that we hid right before leaving town and one I really liked ("Davy Jones' Locker"). Received a note from a finder saying the container on this one was messed up and they found the contents sort of hidden nearby outside the container. We couldn't find it at all at first and then after some more looking, found PART of the container, the logbook and the stamp in an overflowing nearby trashcan!!! UGGGH! Well at least some of the pieces were salvageable!

Santa Fe Gathering

Santa Fe is one of our favorite towns and letterboxing locations and we were thrilled to return there this summer. While there, Astro D and The Great Wuga Wuga were kind enough to host a mini gathering along with Lionsmane, rubberpeace, and rbrhorno, and Thomas. Our first letterboxing trip to Santa Fe, two years ago, we met our dear friends Astro D and Lionsmane and we were glad to see them again and to meet several new friends. The evening was filled with great food and great company. We brought the "Bird Takes Flight" letterbox with us and it nested in town for a short visit- long enough for our Santa Fe friends to meet it.

Return to Santa Fe

While in the area, we had a chance to visit a few boxes in some wonderful spots with beautiful scenery ("Blue Dot", "The Art of Ebru", "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK", and "You're so vain you probably think..."). For those of you who have a chance to visit Santa Fe, you'll be amazed by the hospitality of the local boxers and blown away by the wonderful letterboxes in this area. Definitely enough to keep you busy for a week of solid boxing!

West Texas Letterboxing

We just returned from a great trip to New Mexico (more on that in the next post) and wanted to say a special thank you to several letterboxers who made the drive through west Texas (going and coming) much more enjoyable thanks to their letterboxes. Thank you to Lionsmane ("Muleshoe" and an attempt on "AT&SF"), flat tire ("Out of gas"), Astro D ("Seminole"), jj kokopelli ("Barry Corbin"), and Maybelle QueenBee ("A Granny's Love" and "I CAN"). Your boxes were a welcome change of scenery!

New letterbox planted today

Actually worked on three letterboxes and hope to plant the other two tomorrow. The one we planted today is a good hike in a magnificent municipal park (Cameron Park, Waco, Texas). It's an amazing hidden gem of over 400 acres of beautiful and varied trails along the Bosque and Brazos Rivers. The box is called "Rock Hopper" and tips its hat to the many mountain bikers that enjoy the park. This letterbox is bikeable if you're a hardcore mountain biker, otherwise hike it. There's a LOT of elevation gain (and loss and gain and loss and gain, etc.) on this trail.

Two other boxes for tomorrow that we're excited about: "Davy Jones' Locker" and "Bird Takes Flight." I'll post more info as soon as we get them planted, but the second one, will be a migrating box whose location will be updated on Twitter. See http://twitter.com/birdtakesflight.