Letterboxing

Jason was listening to the radio and they were taking calls about the top 10 dates for under $25. Well one caller told about this scavenger hunt type adventure they do called letterboxing...we'd never heard of it but sounded like fun. The website www.letterboxing.org has all the details but this is what they say about it, "LETTERBOXING is an intriguing pastime combining navigational skills and rubber stamp artistry in a charming "treasure hunt" style outdoor quest. A wide variety of adventures can be found to suit all ages and experience levels." Basically you find the clues online, search by your state or city, find your way to the place where a box is hidden, once you've found the box stamp in their logbook with your stamp, stamp in your logbook with your stamp They have these all over the country, the list of all the places boxes are located is on the website.
We tried it out this weekend, and although we didn't find any boxes (we think that this winter's storms and debris all over the place didn't help) we did discover a really cool park that is close to our new home and has tons of hiking trails and is along the Willamette River. That was really the main goal anyway, to get outside, spend some time together, and get acquinted with our neighborhood.

(In Mary Young State Park searching for letterboxes)

On a sidenote we're dogsitting for my parents this week. Annie is used to getting two walks a day, so needless to say we've been getting our exercise between walking her and running up and down our stairs to take her outside. Note to self, do not get a dog unless you have a yard!

Jason and Annie at the beginning of the letterbox quest!

Every good park needs a fire hydrant in the middle of it right? RANDOM!