Fleur de Lis' Letterboxing Journal

My thoughts on my new favorite hobby.

Saturday, February 12, 2005

I got a fun surprise in the mail today! The Who's Got a Bug Up Their Butt? Hitchhiker Hostel PLB arrived at my doorstep this morning. What a fun fun box! It's the first and only PLB I signed up for and I was not disappointed. It's a really fun box to look at aesthetically speaking, and then there were a ton of goodies inside. And imagine my surprise when I found my Ace of Spades HH in there!! I hadn't heard from that little guy since mailing him to Team PresSinOn last year. I'll let him stay in the box though - I'd like to see it travel around some more.

I'm also really impressed and fascinated by the logbooks people have created and the little pouches they've made to transport the HHs around. The creativity of people in this hobby never ceases to amaze me!

Saturday, February 05, 2005

What a gorgeous day!! I had every intention of getting outside and doing some letterboxing, specifically planting a new WoM box and doing some recon on a mystery box, but I guess it wasn't in the cards. I took the dog for a long walk and by the time we got home (after walking up the 12% grade hill to our home) we were both beat! Not to mention the Excel spreadsheet I'd made for the mystery box didn't open and I didn't feel like hurrying to piece together the clues again before I left. I may try to run out and hide the WoM box tomorrow - I'd love to get it going. I haven't carved it yet, but it's a different kind of box so I don't have to do too much carving.

In any case, this weather was a tease because I want it to be Spring already!!

Also, go Yanks!!!