Letterboxing
Our family has discovered a fun activity. It is called letterboxing. It started in England some time ago. It is basically a treasure hunt with clues published on the web. It might go something like this... Go to a certain street in a city. Head north to where the road ends at a park, from an informational sign in the parking lot take a compass reading of 80 degrees. Follow that path till you come to a right turn. Stand in the middle of the path and take a 240 degree reading and you will find a large rock that looks like a turtle. Under the turtle's head you will find the box.
The “treasure” is acually a small container (usually tupperware) that contains a book and a ink stamp and pad. You carry with you, a stamp that you chose to represent you or your family. When you find the box, you leave your stamp, name, date, or any other info you wish in the book with all the others who have found it. You also take the stamp from the box and it's ink pad and stamp your own collection book. Then you put everything back and replace the box for the next adventurer. It is great fun to see the different stamps of those who have found the box, the dates and the places they are from. Some have difficult clues or riddles and difficult climbs. Some are easy for children. You can go to www.letterboxing.org to find out more and do a search for places where letterboxes are hidden.
We found three in Fort Collins, CO this week.
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