Introducing more friends to 'boxing...
Despite the overcast day and slightly chilly weather, we hit the road at 10 am. We brought our friends Brett and Amanda along for their very first letterboxing experience! (Their temporary and hastily carved stamp is "B & A" but they will probably carve a new, more personal stamp soon.) (That is, if they liked boxing enough to go again.) (Which we certainly hope they did!)
We decided to start with some "sure fire stamps"... i.e., stamps we knew would be beautifully carved and not missing. Hmmm... who would fit that description? Doglvrs, of course! :-) We visited Turkey Day Treat and Boogie Woogie and were not disappointed. The Howell Nature Center, where TDT is located, has an animal rehabilitation center which I am sure kids would love ~ we certainly liked seeing the fox and raptors. We also had three white-tailed deer run by us as we headed towards the box. Our next stop was The Broken Key Letterbox which has a cute little story behind it. Then it was on to Flowerbox (where the frogs were almost as loud as those at TDT!) and Giant Coaster. We had a bit of a problem finding Giant Coaster, as the compass headings were a little off. We ended up rooting around for a bit, but eventually found the box. It is certainly a cool way to commemorate the history of the park. We finished up with Patriarche Park, whose stamp was beautifully carved and had a surprisingly high amount of "first time boxers" in the logbook, and The Red Cedar Box, which is on Michigan State's campus. This was a bit scary for the four of us, as we are all Wolverines! We survived... barely. :-)
We had intended to continue our trek into Holt and Lansing, but Brett and Amanda needed to get home and it was already past 4pm. We will make another trip out to Spartan country some time later this year, I am sure.
We decided to start with some "sure fire stamps"... i.e., stamps we knew would be beautifully carved and not missing. Hmmm... who would fit that description? Doglvrs, of course! :-) We visited Turkey Day Treat and Boogie Woogie and were not disappointed. The Howell Nature Center, where TDT is located, has an animal rehabilitation center which I am sure kids would love ~ we certainly liked seeing the fox and raptors. We also had three white-tailed deer run by us as we headed towards the box. Our next stop was The Broken Key Letterbox which has a cute little story behind it. Then it was on to Flowerbox (where the frogs were almost as loud as those at TDT!) and Giant Coaster. We had a bit of a problem finding Giant Coaster, as the compass headings were a little off. We ended up rooting around for a bit, but eventually found the box. It is certainly a cool way to commemorate the history of the park. We finished up with Patriarche Park, whose stamp was beautifully carved and had a surprisingly high amount of "first time boxers" in the logbook, and The Red Cedar Box, which is on Michigan State's campus. This was a bit scary for the four of us, as we are all Wolverines! We survived... barely. :-)
We had intended to continue our trek into Holt and Lansing, but Brett and Amanda needed to get home and it was already past 4pm. We will make another trip out to Spartan country some time later this year, I am sure.
posted by J&BBooks | 3:01 PM
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Hey there J&B ~ just wanted to say thanks! For posting this about Turkey Day Treat ~ I was worried about getting down there to check on them. Both boxes were there I assume?
Doglvrs
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