Our Cool New Hobby

Thanks to Jan's sister Jodi, we now have a very cool new hobby.  NO, it's not larping!!!  It's something called letterboxing.  What is letterboxing?    According to wikipedia, letterboxing is an outdoor hobby that combines elements of orienteering, art and puzzle solving. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and distribute clues to finding the box in printed catalogs, on one of several web sites (we use Atlas Quest), or by word of mouth. Individual letterboxes usually contain a logbook and a rubber stamp. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox's stamp on their personal logbook, and leave an impression of their personal stamp on the letterbox's logbook — as proof of having found the box. Many letterboxers keep careful track of their "find count".

So today "the Saplings" as we call ourselves, ventured out into the cold, windswept wilds of Concord, North Carolina with the Draper kids and, using our puzzle-solving and orienteering skills, located two hidden letterboxes.  We had a great time and, best of all, it's a free activity that also happens to be fun.  Who can argue with that?   

Comments

[connie]

hey that sounds like fun! Is that Zack in the photo in the brown jacket that looks like maybe 7 feet tall? Ok 7 feet might be an exageration.
Connie