Letterboxing Weekend: Part II

Since Mike had to be back to school early today for Aids Walk, I volunteered to drive him back and go spend some much needed girl-time with my friend, Erin. Christina enjoyed her letterbox adventure so much the day before that she went with us, too! We planned to look for two letterboxes, "Wild Thing" and "Jacob's Favorite Places: Oakhurst Dog Park," the first being in Grant Park and the second in, well, Oakhurst Dog Park. Erin, Christina and I headed out to Grant Park on a beautiful fall day. We walked all through the park past the pavilions and the pond and finally found the playground. I thoroughly enjoy walking through such big, lush parks like that in the middle of such a busy, bustling city. We found the playground and consulted the clue, but despite our best efforts we were forced to leave empty handed!

We tried our best not to let it get us down, and instead we wound our way through the streets in search of Oakhurst Dog Park. After circling the block several times we finally found the parking lot and walked into the park sans dog. We immediately spotted the Magnolia tree and benches mentioned in the clue, and followed the rest of the instructions from there. Odie was right there as promised, in one of Jacob's Favorite Places. Erin did the honors of securing the letterbox from its hiding space, and she, Christina and I stamped in on some stumps in the woods with the sounds of happy dogs running and playing in the background.

Odie's Hiding Place

Erin with her 1st Letterbox!

Odie

Stina after stamping in for the first time

After our success we decided to end on a high note and celebrate the find with some smoothies from Smoothie King. We enjoyed our drinks and walked around Edgewood, people watching, window shopping and browsing at Target. After Christina and I left Erin's house, we went back to Georgia State to visit Mike one last time before going home, and to try to find the School Daze- GSU letterbox. We didn't have any luck with the box, but we got to give Mike some extra hugs and I was able to get this great shot of the two of them:

Posing by the GSU Panther

Letterboxing Weekend: Part I

Mike and Christina decided to hike to the Indian Seats yesterday for their anniversary. I remembered that there was a letterbox there, and offered to let them use my stuff to find the letterbox. Christina wrote this about their day in my logbook:

"Mike and I hiked to the Indian Seats today to celebrate our anniversary. Since Ashlee knew there was a letterbox up there, she let us use her supplies to try to find it. The trail is about a mile up the mountain, and we hiked up it on a beautiful fall day full of changing leaves and a crisp breeze. When we got to the top we took pictures of the amazing scenery and enjoyed the Indian seats. Once some of the people cleared out we looked for Engaging. We explored the stairs under the lookout porch and found the box! We had a fun time stamping in on the benches, and enjoyed our first find ever! It was a really fun experience and a great thing to share together on our anniversary."

Not only did Mike and Christina find the letterbox, but there was a hitchhiker hiding there as well! They weren't sure of the protocol and therefore didn't bring it with them, but they stamped it in just the same! Here are some pictures of their finds!

"Engaging"

The Hitchhiker

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