As you may have noticed, I am catching up on our caching logs. We have been sick around these parts. It didn't put too much of a dent in the caching, but it did in the blogging.
I now have the pleasure to introduce to you a new, or rather a re-newed, sport known as letterboxing. It is similar to geocaching, but much less known and just getting its footing. Oh, but it is fun.
Basically, while geocaching tends toward nature hikes, letterboxing tends toward historical areas. A story is written about the history of a place, and then clues are given to find the hidden cache. The cache contains a logbook and a stamp. We also have a stamp and a logbook. We stamp our logbook with the stamp found in the cache, and we leave our stamp in the logbook in the cache. The coolest part is, most of these stamps are handcarved. It is amazing to see some people's work. And you end up with a passbook of sorts composed of all the stamps from your finds.
So, we had to find our stamp, and with it came inspiration. We hope to carve our own one day, but for now we went to the craft store and found a beautiful tree stamp. Of course, we both love trees and it seemed only appropriate for our family. And then it came to us -- our family name should be, are you ready....
TEXAS TREE HUGGERS!
That seems to fit us much more than Little Wanderers, as cute as it was. So we are know the Texas Tree Huggers (formerly known as Little Wanderers).
Our first two letterboxing caches came from Greenwood Cemetery, the major cemetery in Weatherford. Here is where the governor Lanham was buried. This was the site for one of the letterboxing finds, with a beautiful history and stamp of the former governor.
The other cache was found beside Oliver Loving of the Goodnight-Loving cattle drivers. Loving and Goodnight (whom the Goodnight Loving trail from Texas to New Mexico is named after) served as the inspiration for Gus and Woodrow in Lonesome Dove. Ikard, also buried there, served as inpiration for the character Deets. One of my favorite movies of all time, and the real men are at rest right here in Parker County.
There was also a geocache based on the history of the Goodnight-Loving cattle drivers, which we found as well.
It was a full and very fun day.
I now have the pleasure to introduce to you a new, or rather a re-newed, sport known as letterboxing. It is similar to geocaching, but much less known and just getting its footing. Oh, but it is fun.
Basically, while geocaching tends toward nature hikes, letterboxing tends toward historical areas. A story is written about the history of a place, and then clues are given to find the hidden cache. The cache contains a logbook and a stamp. We also have a stamp and a logbook. We stamp our logbook with the stamp found in the cache, and we leave our stamp in the logbook in the cache. The coolest part is, most of these stamps are handcarved. It is amazing to see some people's work. And you end up with a passbook of sorts composed of all the stamps from your finds.
So, we had to find our stamp, and with it came inspiration. We hope to carve our own one day, but for now we went to the craft store and found a beautiful tree stamp. Of course, we both love trees and it seemed only appropriate for our family. And then it came to us -- our family name should be, are you ready....
TEXAS TREE HUGGERS!
That seems to fit us much more than Little Wanderers, as cute as it was. So we are know the Texas Tree Huggers (formerly known as Little Wanderers).
Our first two letterboxing caches came from Greenwood Cemetery, the major cemetery in Weatherford. Here is where the governor Lanham was buried. This was the site for one of the letterboxing finds, with a beautiful history and stamp of the former governor.
The other cache was found beside Oliver Loving of the Goodnight-Loving cattle drivers. Loving and Goodnight (whom the Goodnight Loving trail from Texas to New Mexico is named after) served as the inspiration for Gus and Woodrow in Lonesome Dove. Ikard, also buried there, served as inpiration for the character Deets. One of my favorite movies of all time, and the real men are at rest right here in Parker County.
There was also a geocache based on the history of the Goodnight-Loving cattle drivers, which we found as well.
It was a full and very fun day.
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