Things To Do In Kalamazoo When You’re Dead
That title doesn’t fit at all, but it sounded catchy to me. :-)
So, our final, final out-of-town boxing trip during our vacation was to Kalamazoo. We started the day with a coffee and stamp exchange with Azobox. We were thrilled to meet him (and to get his stamp, which we had been oohing and aahing in logbooks for awhile!) and sit and talk “shop” for an hour. It was fun and we can’t wait to see him again at the fall gathering.
After starting so well, it is not surprising that our day got a little... let’s say... rocky after that. We decided to do the Whose Shoes mystery boxes. We were pretty sure we had figured out the general starting point for them. And we had. It just took us a bit of driving back and forth (and back and forth, over and over!) to actually spot what we were looking for. Once we found our spot, we merrily set off. The first box was quickly conquered. We set out for the second... and ran into trouble. Apparently, we took a wrong turn and didn’t realize it until it was way too late. As good letterboxers, we should have turned around as soon as we were doubtful. But for some bizarre reason, we did not. In our defense, I can only say that a) we had been letterboxing for 5 days straight and b) the hikes were long and we were tired! Ok, not really good excuses. :-) We realized our mistake and decided to skip that box and move on to the next one. We found it, but by this time it was late afternoon. We were hungry, hot, and tired. Sadly, we decided to throw in the towel. But not to worry, B is already planning a return trip to Kalamazoo in October to finish this series! We won’t give up so easily.... !
Two Non-Vacation Items
One: We took J’s mom out for her first letterboxing trip on Sept. 9th. B carved her a great stamp that she loved and she dubbed herself PostalBag. The three of us found Feeling Antsy in AA and Haicho in Ypsi together, and PostalBag has gone on to find the HH Hostel by herself. Go mom!
Two: During our entire vacation, we kept in touch via cell phones with our pals J&S who were also on a bit of a boxing vacation. We kept calling each other and saying things like “I found my first Easter Egg!” “Really, we found our first hitchhiker!” It was fun, and would’ve sounded completely insane to an outsider. :-)
So, our final, final out-of-town boxing trip during our vacation was to Kalamazoo. We started the day with a coffee and stamp exchange with Azobox. We were thrilled to meet him (and to get his stamp, which we had been oohing and aahing in logbooks for awhile!) and sit and talk “shop” for an hour. It was fun and we can’t wait to see him again at the fall gathering.
After starting so well, it is not surprising that our day got a little... let’s say... rocky after that. We decided to do the Whose Shoes mystery boxes. We were pretty sure we had figured out the general starting point for them. And we had. It just took us a bit of driving back and forth (and back and forth, over and over!) to actually spot what we were looking for. Once we found our spot, we merrily set off. The first box was quickly conquered. We set out for the second... and ran into trouble. Apparently, we took a wrong turn and didn’t realize it until it was way too late. As good letterboxers, we should have turned around as soon as we were doubtful. But for some bizarre reason, we did not. In our defense, I can only say that a) we had been letterboxing for 5 days straight and b) the hikes were long and we were tired! Ok, not really good excuses. :-) We realized our mistake and decided to skip that box and move on to the next one. We found it, but by this time it was late afternoon. We were hungry, hot, and tired. Sadly, we decided to throw in the towel. But not to worry, B is already planning a return trip to Kalamazoo in October to finish this series! We won’t give up so easily.... !
Two Non-Vacation Items
One: We took J’s mom out for her first letterboxing trip on Sept. 9th. B carved her a great stamp that she loved and she dubbed herself PostalBag. The three of us found Feeling Antsy in AA and Haicho in Ypsi together, and PostalBag has gone on to find the HH Hostel by herself. Go mom!
Two: During our entire vacation, we kept in touch via cell phones with our pals J&S who were also on a bit of a boxing vacation. We kept calling each other and saying things like “I found my first Easter Egg!” “Really, we found our first hitchhiker!” It was fun, and would’ve sounded completely insane to an outsider. :-)
posted by J&BBooks | 4:06 PM
1 Comments:
Yeah, and we have yet to plant our hitchhikers yet - our new state kind of stinks for boxes! Thanks for the cute card - it made us both laugh and that was much appreciated!
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