During the month of June, Glenn and I spent some time traveling/visiting, attending a family reunion, and taking a week of vacation in Colorado. If you know me, I love to travel. I love to travel with a purpose. And then when you throw in the art of Letter-boxing (scavenger hunt), you are in for some fun times.
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This summer we ran across 15 different letterboxes ranging from one located in a Half-Price Book store, to cemeteries, road side parks, city parks, parking lots and even off-the-beaten-path ponds.
One was located inside a Half Price Book Store.
Letter-boxing with Jeff and Kathy on their quick 3 hour layover at DFW.
We found a Letterbox with Gary and Madison at the Union Station in Kansas City.
2 Letterboxes on our way to Colorado.
A letterbox inside the Holly Berry House, a stamping and needlepoint store in Old Colorado City. Right up my alley.
3 letterboxes in the parking lot of an industrial building in Colorado Springs. We found all 3, but in one of the containers, the stamp was missing.
We found a letterbox in a quaint Cemetery on our way up to Pikes Peak.
Another one was located along I70 near Idaho Springs, Colorado.
Then I introduced the art of Letter-boxing to Barbara and her grand-daughter, Samantha. I purchased a stamp, a log book, an ink pad for each of them and gave them a small Guatemalan pouch to keep their new treasures in.
This letter box was right in Frisco, Colorado, in the main park. We had been by it a bunch of times, and hadn't even known that a letterbox was hidden there.
Samantha found this one in another cemetery outside of Breckenridge.
And finally, Captain Russell helped us find this letterbox at Vail Pass. Glenn and I were here last year and couldn't find it. We were not reading the clues correctly. Thanks, Captain for your help.
I like this stamp with the title, "Wheels on the Trail", which really depicts what we like to do in Colorado - ride the bike trails.
A Big shout OUT
to Glenn who will climb over bushes, walk through cemeteries, get chiggers while searching for a letterbox near Reba McEntire's mother's farm in Oklahoma, reach behind large rocks in search of these letterboxes while I will often sit in the comfort of the van.
Thank you for enjoying this creative and relaxing sport of Letter-boxing.
U are the First Letter in my Box.
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