Fleur de Lis' Letterboxing Journal

My thoughts on my new favorite hobby.

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Oh this is bad. Very bad. I have no pride left. I've done it now.

I emailed Pete asking for a hint to Dancing Men. Whether or not I'll get such a hint, I don't know (although I'm more inclined to think he won't send one my way). I do have to stop obsessing about this box! I really think it's the time limit I have - that I rarely get up to Rhode Island, maybe once a year - and that I don't want to have to wait another year before getting it :)

One thing is for certain. This is my last Mystery letterbox for a long while!

Monday, March 29, 2004

What a disappointing weekend as far as letterboxing goes. Joe and I drove to Washington's Crossing State Park in NJ and parked - planning to ride the canal path and pick up a few boxes along the way. I had clues and maps for Bowman's Hill, Winahawcawchuck, Battle of Trenton - 1776 in PA and Along the Canal in NJ. Online, it looked as if all the boxes were accessible from the bike path - however, we quickly learned that this was not the case! Or maybe it is the case but I was too tired from biking to notice... We could have probably picked up Along the Canal but by the time we got to Lambertville we'd biked over 20 miles and I just wanted to get back to the car!

I'm super excited to go to Rhode Island next week! My parents don't realize that my primary reason for visiting them is to go letterboxing! I still have to figure out which boxes I want to pick up... and of course, continue my work on the elusive Dancing Men.

And finally, I printed out some I-95 boxes for Joe today - he'll be heading south this week and a few boxes along the way will break up the monotony of the drive for him, I hope!