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| Rose-munching fiends! |
To all my loyal readers, I bet you thought I was on strike for higher wages! Actually we've been visiting with Jasper's grandparents in beautiful Ohio, the state that's hi in the middle and round on both ends! My lovely niece and awesome homeschooler Anna requested that I retrieve a letterbox which her family left hidden at
Kingwood Center in 2005. It seems that she'd been tipped off that the notebook they'd hidden inside had long since been filled. This was our very first time letterboxing. Unlike geocaching, no special gps equipment is needed. You can look up clues
online and follow them to a hidden box, which will contain a rubber stamp and a notebook. The notebook is for visitors to leave their own stamp impression, so that visitors can see who has been there before them. The rubber stamp is for visitors to stamp their own notebook, so that they can have a souvenir of where they've been. Hand carving your own unique rubber stamp is encouraged. It's best to bring a stamp pad or markers of your own to ink the rubber stamps, as you can't depend on one being in the letterbox. We followed the clues their family left there so many years ago, and found the letterbox...missing! We already had a replacement notebook, so we gathered a new rubber stamp, a stamp pad, and a new watertight box, and replaced the whole thing, in a slightly different hiding spot. Until the
directions are updated, you can find the new letterbox inside a hollow log which is at 12:00 from the old log. We loved their clues because instead of leading us directly to the letterbox, we were directed to wander around and explore. Kingwood Center is an estate with ornate gardens, fountains, a duck pond, greenhouses, and, in warmer seasons, wandering peacocks, and there is much to enjoy. This time of year, the fountains are still, and the gardens are sleeping. But puffballs can be found popping out in the woods, and Jasper thought they were mighty entertaining!
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| Puffballs! |
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| Popping puffballs! |
To all my loyal readers, I bet you thought I was on strike for higher wages! Actually we've been visiting with Jasper's grandparents in beautiful Ohio, the state that's hi in the middle and round on both ends! My lovely niece and awesome homeschooler Anna requested that I retrieve a letterbox which her family left hidden at Kingwood Center in 2005. It seems that she'd been tipped off that the notebook they'd hidden inside had long since been filled. This was our very first time letterboxing. Unlike geocaching, no special gps equipment is needed. You can look up clues online and follow them to a hidden box, which will contain a rubber stamp and a notebook. The notebook is for visitors to leave their own stamp impression, so that visitors can see who has been there before them. The rubber stamp is for visitors to stamp their own notebook, so that they can have a souvenir of where they've been. Hand carving your own unique rubber stamp is encouraged. It's best to bring a stamp pad or markers of your own to ink the rubber stamps, as you can't depend on one being in the letterbox. We followed the clues their family left there so many years ago, and found the letterbox...missing! We already had a replacement notebook, so we gathered a new rubber stamp, a stamp pad, and a new watertight box, and replaced the whole thing, in a slightly different hiding spot. Until the directions are updated, you can find the new letterbox inside a hollow log which is at 12:00 from the old log. We loved their clues because instead of leading us directly to the letterbox, we were directed to wander around and explore. Kingwood Center is an estate with ornate gardens, fountains, a duck pond, greenhouses, and, in warmer seasons, wandering peacocks, and there is much to enjoy. This time of year, the fountains are still, and the gardens are sleeping. But puffballs can be found popping out in the woods, and Jasper thought they were mighty entertaining!
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