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!