Day One of the W. Michigan Trip (slightly belatedly)
We started our trip on Sunday, Sept. 4th, leaving Ann Arbor at 7:00 a.m.; amazing, considering we were on vacation! Our first stop (not counting Around the World boxes) was the Linus C. Palmer park in Wyoming, for Dragon Fyre and the Dragon’s Lair. The stamps were beautifully carved and a real treat to find. We had an interesting time in the park. It was Sunday morning, and a local church was singing hymns under the picnic pavilion. We had a little soundtrack accompanying our ‘boxing! Also, although we really liked the park, it had a -- shall we say -- interesting smell. There were times on our walk when wafts of what can only be described as a raw sewage-type smell almost overpowered us! I am not sure if there is a treatment facility near by or what (we had a similar occurrence in AA with a sewage plant) but WOW! We won’t forget that smell anytime soon! :-)
Our next stop was The Fate of Easter Series, also in Wyoming. We really enjoyed the story and stamps on this one. The park was small, but we got a work out scrambling back and forth between boxes! We were also thankful that we found the entire series, given that the marker on the first box had been turned towards the dirt (B discovered it) and the last box was sitting out in the open. We fixed both for the next ‘boxers who come through. J adored the Bad Bunny stamp -- he is too cute!
Our day ended with Celtic Series, Part II in Ada. The stamps were beautiful. The walk was... well... let’s just say that we may have missed the “little used path” in the first clue multiple times. We may have trekked up and up and up a giant hill that we had no business going up. We may have been close to the point of giving up (or swearing under our breaths) when B noticed a track that was barely visible and decided to explore it. Thank goodness he did! Finding the boxes after that was a breeze.
And that pretty much wrapped up day one! We spent the night in Grand Rapids. J fell asleep while watching the US Open, which goes to show how tired she was (those hills in Seidman Park were tough!) since she is an avid tennis fan. Given the number of boxes in these series, plus a few others I am not listing, it is not surprising!
(Side note: It is a shame we can’t really talk about Mystery boxes. B and I had quite an experience on one the Around the World boxes that day! Let’s just say that it was a comedy of errors, interspersed with flashes of brilliance on both of our parts that finally got us where we were supposed to be!)
And then it was on to Day Two...
Our next stop was The Fate of Easter Series, also in Wyoming. We really enjoyed the story and stamps on this one. The park was small, but we got a work out scrambling back and forth between boxes! We were also thankful that we found the entire series, given that the marker on the first box had been turned towards the dirt (B discovered it) and the last box was sitting out in the open. We fixed both for the next ‘boxers who come through. J adored the Bad Bunny stamp -- he is too cute!
Our day ended with Celtic Series, Part II in Ada. The stamps were beautiful. The walk was... well... let’s just say that we may have missed the “little used path” in the first clue multiple times. We may have trekked up and up and up a giant hill that we had no business going up. We may have been close to the point of giving up (or swearing under our breaths) when B noticed a track that was barely visible and decided to explore it. Thank goodness he did! Finding the boxes after that was a breeze.
And that pretty much wrapped up day one! We spent the night in Grand Rapids. J fell asleep while watching the US Open, which goes to show how tired she was (those hills in Seidman Park were tough!) since she is an avid tennis fan. Given the number of boxes in these series, plus a few others I am not listing, it is not surprising!
(Side note: It is a shame we can’t really talk about Mystery boxes. B and I had quite an experience on one the Around the World boxes that day! Let’s just say that it was a comedy of errors, interspersed with flashes of brilliance on both of our parts that finally got us where we were supposed to be!)
And then it was on to Day Two...
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