ending on a good note

We met up with Bone Yard Recorder near Toledo, Ohio on Saturday morning. This was the first time Jones and I have letterboxed with anybody other than each other, so we were excited. And BYR is such a great person, she is so giving and kind, and she was very patient with the kids...we couldn't have asked for a better boxing friend to be with that day. :)

We had decided to try to hunt down the boxes in the surrounding area, and Maumee was the first stop. The mini-van was parked, and we all jumped out, and started walking towards our first box. We had a great time! We ended up at a lovely tea house, Clara J's, and bought some goodies to take back home.

The searching continued over into Holland...where there were K9 boxes to be found. Unfortunately some of them were missing. And we actually stumbled upon a geocache sitting directly on top of a letterbox! The geocache was full of junk trinkets, however I did find one I could use for a cootie some day, and left something in return. We all signed in as well, since we did find it. The sad thing is, the stamp from the letterbox was missing.

We then headed over towards Berkey, and had a nice little hike in Secor Metropark. There was snow all over the trail, and the littlest Jones was in stroller, so Bone Yard Recorder, Cool K and myself went down the snowy part ourselves. The snow turned into water covering the trail near the letterbox, but we walked around it and found our prize!


The younger ones were getting a little tired at this point, and we decided one more stop was all we could do. We headed to the Fallen Timbers Battlefield. It is a very interesting place, and I would love to have spent more time there if it had not been getting late and getting cold. The little ones (and I think the big ones too) had had their fill for the day. There were plenty more boxes in the area, but they would have to wait until another (and warmer) day.

We drove BYR back to her car, and said our goodbyes. We then went to grab a bite to eat before the long drive home. It was an exhausting day, but, oh it was so fun!