The Big Day
October 22nd. Finally! Being perpetually early people, we arrived at Yankee Springs before the park even opened. And then had to wait 15 minutes until the ranger came and unlocked the gates! Once inside the park, we were greeted by some gorgeous fall colors:
After having met and exchanged with nearly everybody in the shelter, we set out for the first "real" boxing of the day. We decided to tackle the Pumpkin' Patch Kids with the Doglvrs. Yes, there were 9 boxes in the series, and we only had about 2 hours before lunch/clue exchange game. Yes, we knew it was a SpringChick series, so there probably would be a lot of walking. Yes, we were insane to try! Sadly, we only managed to get 5 of the 9 before realizing that it was time to head back. They were really cute, though, and it was fun to walk on the LONGEST BOARDWALK IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND while on the trail. Ok, it may not be the longest ever. But it was still really long. Here is B taking a break at one of the boxes along with Mrs. Doglvrs and kids:
After we finally got back to our belated lunch, it was time to figure out who killed Mother Goose! This was such a fun game; thanks to SpringChick for organizing it! The stamps that everybody carved were excellent. Our only regret was that we were stamping so quickly, in order to find the suspect, weapon, and location, that some of our images came out a little smudged or too light. Well, our second regret was that we didn't win, I guess! Here's a quick snapshot from the game, which I think captures the "quick, everybody run around and get as many stamps as you can" feeling of it!
After the excitement of the game (and of getting and passing along our first cootie...) and the intelligent discussions from the forum, it was time to hit the trail again. First, though, we picked up the beautifully carved Jack PumpkinHead box that was near the shelter. Then we headed out for the cranky Things at Yankee Springs series. We really enjoyed all 5 of these boxes, and were excited that we were first finds on all of them. The entire time we were on the trail (about 2.5 hours) we only saw 2 other people. There is something to be said for letterboxing in the fall! Just look at the colors behind J!
Finally, we decided to start the long drive back to AA. It was a wonderful day, where we met a lot of really fun, nice people. We picked up some great stamps. We were definitely glad we came.
One last little story. On the way home, we stopped for dinner. Once again, J asked for a baked potato (remember, she ordered one the night before and couldn't get one, because the restaurant was out). Dinner came out ~ but no potato! The waiter said they were having problems with their potatoes... but after waiting for about 20 minutes, it finally came. The elusive, hard to find, Michigan baked potato was conquered!
After having met and exchanged with nearly everybody in the shelter, we set out for the first "real" boxing of the day. We decided to tackle the Pumpkin' Patch Kids with the Doglvrs. Yes, there were 9 boxes in the series, and we only had about 2 hours before lunch/clue exchange game. Yes, we knew it was a SpringChick series, so there probably would be a lot of walking. Yes, we were insane to try! Sadly, we only managed to get 5 of the 9 before realizing that it was time to head back. They were really cute, though, and it was fun to walk on the LONGEST BOARDWALK IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND while on the trail. Ok, it may not be the longest ever. But it was still really long. Here is B taking a break at one of the boxes along with Mrs. Doglvrs and kids:
After we finally got back to our belated lunch, it was time to figure out who killed Mother Goose! This was such a fun game; thanks to SpringChick for organizing it! The stamps that everybody carved were excellent. Our only regret was that we were stamping so quickly, in order to find the suspect, weapon, and location, that some of our images came out a little smudged or too light. Well, our second regret was that we didn't win, I guess! Here's a quick snapshot from the game, which I think captures the "quick, everybody run around and get as many stamps as you can" feeling of it!
After the excitement of the game (and of getting and passing along our first cootie...) and the intelligent discussions from the forum, it was time to hit the trail again. First, though, we picked up the beautifully carved Jack PumpkinHead box that was near the shelter. Then we headed out for the cranky Things at Yankee Springs series. We really enjoyed all 5 of these boxes, and were excited that we were first finds on all of them. The entire time we were on the trail (about 2.5 hours) we only saw 2 other people. There is something to be said for letterboxing in the fall! Just look at the colors behind J!
Finally, we decided to start the long drive back to AA. It was a wonderful day, where we met a lot of really fun, nice people. We picked up some great stamps. We were definitely glad we came.
One last little story. On the way home, we stopped for dinner. Once again, J asked for a baked potato (remember, she ordered one the night before and couldn't get one, because the restaurant was out). Dinner came out ~ but no potato! The waiter said they were having problems with their potatoes... but after waiting for about 20 minutes, it finally came. The elusive, hard to find, Michigan baked potato was conquered!
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