Visiting the Sunshine State...and a certain little mouse

At the beginning of May I took a little trip down to Florida along with my mother and one of my nieces...there's a place near Orlando where you can feel like a kid, and dreams really do come true. Y'all know where I'm talking about... ;) We were fortunate enough to have dinner in a certain princess's castle, and had the best seats in the house for some wonderful fireworks. The whole trip was great, but I had some side plans while we were there on vacation.

There has been discussions on Atlas Quest about the ability of a letterbox to be hidden, and more importantly, stay hidden on the grounds of W-D-W...and though others have hid and lost before, this did not stop me from hiding as well.

Luckily for me, someone else had the same thoughts before I took my trip, and I had a couple boxes there to find. When I travel to this central Florida dream World, I stay on property, which means I do not have access to travel off property. So I'm glad I could do a little boxing while there.

On my last trip, I had scouted out places that might be suitable for hiding a box. This proves to be extremely difficult due to the fact that the grounds are kept immaculately clean. I did find one spot at a Park that I thought might work. I made a micobox for it, and when I arrived on this latest trip, I carved my stamp, and went to plant. The spot was still exactly the same...so I think, as long as finders are not seen--which in itself will prove to be a display in how stealthy one is--this box will not be found by the grounds crew...or anyone else. I hope this is the case anyway.

I also had two other spots, both at different resorts, to place a box. Hiding a letterbox in Florida is quite different than hiding one here in Ohio. We have plenty of holes in trees, and stumps and such...in Florida, the fallen timbers are rotting so fast, there's no way to hide anything in them. Luckily, I found this out reading the message boards on AQ and had a heads up. So the one of my boxes which is hidden among the trees is lying safely next to a live tree. Hopefully it stays there. Hopefully, they all stay where they're planted!

I was also able to meet Sits N Knits while down there and do an exchange...and take a couple HH (hitchhikers--small letterboxes that a finder picks up in one letterbox and then leaves in another.) She is such a nice lady...and I truly appreciated her taking time to come into one of the parks to meet up with me.

So it was a good trip all around.