Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Letterboxing Adventures in April

Our letter-boxing adventures continue. 7 Letterboxes in 5 days.  Whoo Hoo!

1.  Just before the Red River on the Texas side, was a letterbox behind the Cracker Barrel in Gainesville, TX. 

 2.  Remembering Mama
This letterbox was located in a cemetery on the edge of Wichita, Kansas.  As Glenn and I were driving toward Kansas City, our long time friend, Virginia, and her sister, drove 45 minutes from their home to met with us in Wichita.  So, instead of choosing Starbucks or a local McDonald's, I gave Virginia the address of a small cemetery.  We met there and we showed Virginia and Evie how this letter box thing works.  I never thought I would schedule a meeting with a friend in a cemetery.

This particular Letter box was honoring a mother.  The hand carved stamp had a photo of a gal as if she were sitting on top of a car, dressed in the 50's style clothing.  Nicely done.



3.  Lego Letterbox
Just north of Kansas City, on our way to Des Moines, Iowa, we pulled over at the Rest Stop to find a letterbox.  I call this "in honor of our son, Gary".  Legos.  It was tucked away off a walking path over-looking a ravine.
4. Little Lincoln Log Cabin
This letter box was located in a rest-stop near Springfield, Il (land of Lincoln).  Uniquely hung on a tree branch in an evergreen tree on the right hand side as you drive into the rest area.  Great location.
5 and 6.  These letterboxes were done with Ken and Lori who we worked with as missionaries serving with SAMAIR in Bolivia in the late 1980's and 1990's.  Ken and Lori had flown in from Wyoming and were flying cross country. On Monday noon, they were heading over the Mississippi River planning to visit other former South America Mission-aries in Illinois - yet they had several hours to visit with us.  We drove directly to Creve Coeur Airport.  The 5th letterbox for us on this adventure was hidden near the Handicapped parking sign right by the small terminal.  That was a perfect spot.  Lori found the letterbox.  Sorry.  No photo.


After enjoying a hamburger at Five Guys, I looked on my iphone app to see if there was another letterbox in the general area.  Just 1/4 mile away in the parking lot of a hotel, we found our 6th letterbox.  We had Ken do the dirty work and retrieve the stamp and log book from the base of the parking lot light pole.  Way to go Ken!  I hope I've made a believer out of the McCunes.
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Later we said our goodbyes, and they flew away!

7.  Stephen Colbert
Our final letter boxing adventure for this particular day was just before we crossed back over into Texas, South of Oklahoma, on US 75.  There is a town, called Colbert, and the letterbox is a carved image of the comedian, Stephen Colbert.  It was hidden in the local cemetery.  We followed the directions perfectly.  We learned a little more about this sleepy little town.  Stephen is not from this small town but had visited it.  As we were driving out, a parade of 20 or more cars rolled slowly into the cemetery for a burial.  This was fortunately at a different part of the cemetery.


Thank you, Glenn, for putting up with my propensity to make every journey creative and fun.

For additional information on letterboxing, check out the following links:

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6 Letterboxes in 1 Day

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