Letterboxing Staycation

This week 3 of my 4 kids are out of town.  So the baby and I have been letterboxing like it is 1999.  Well, letterboxing didn't hit my area until 2006 but you know what I mean.  On Monday we went around to several cities around Evansville; we looked for 6 boxes in 6 different cities.  We found 3 and 2 hitchhikers.

Cemetery in Patoka

The first box we looked for was in Princeton.  We had looked for this box before but come to find out we were looking in the wrong cemetery.  But we easily found it this time.

Our second box of the day was in Patoka.  It was supposed to be in a tree on the edge of a cemetery but we couldn't find it.  That was frustrating because someone had just found it in April.  I guess I will have to try again another day.

Covered bridge in Wheeling

The third box was at a covered bridge in Wheeling.  It was up high and hard to get to but I got it.  This box is part of a series of old bridges in our area.  We have looked for 3 of them and found 2 of the boxes.  I plan to try that one we couldn't find again.

For box four, we left Wheeling and got a little lost.  I missed one of our turns and it took us a little longer to get to Petersburgh.  We took the scenic route ;)  The box in Petersburgh was also in a cemetery.  This box was easy to find in a large stump at the back.  But the box was sharing the stump with a geocache and the stamp was missing from the letterbox.  The logbook for the letterbox was clearly marked but the box was not.  By looking at the logbook we could see that it was a beautiful stamp.  We sent a message to the geochachers but I doubt that we will hear back from them :(

Cemetery in Petersburgh

(Now, we were supposed to get another box in Petersburgh but my clues were jumbled and we missed it.  So we went back on Tuesday.  It was also in a cemetery on the way out of town.  It had been there for a few years but only had 2 previous finders.  I was excited to find this one even thought we went out of our way to get it.)   

10 Commandments at St Peters Church in Stendal

The fifth box on Monday was at a church in Stendal.  This box was planted in 2008 and was attempted in 2010.  I didn't plan on finding it but since we were out that way we stopped.  We couldn't find the box but the church was nice to look at.  

Box six was a brand new box planted in Birdseye.  The planter had 3 other boxes here but 2 went missing.  We were lucky and got them last year.  This one had a similar theme as the others.  It was planted inside the local general store and the guy actually knew what we wanted when we asked him for it.  That doesn't usually happen.  The last time we had to ask for a box we were at a restaurant and they looked for 15 minutes before they found it.

When we were done there we stopped at Ferdinand State Forrest.  We planted a 4 part series here for PAL Day.  The first finders sent me a message that one of the trees referenced in the clue had been cut down.  So we went to check it out and ended up moving the box and changing the clue.

Finally we came back to Evansville.  I had planned on plating 2 boxes at our county fair grounds.  We hid the first one with no issues.  This was a stamp that we has gotten thru the GAQLBE2013 (Letterbox Exchange).  Then I wanted to plant the stamp of my niece with the pig at the picnic area near the playground.  But there was guy mowing the grass there.  To pass the time we used the restroom and played for a little bit.  It goes down hill from here!  The guy cutting the grass runs out of gas and another guy brings him more.  And they sit around and talk for what feels like forever.  So we pack up and go home.  

New Harmony, In

Tuesday was a wet day but I was determined to get out and letterbox.  We searched for a box in New Harmony for the 4th time!  I can't find the blooming thing.  I give up, you can't pay me to walk back there again.

Next stop is a rest stop.  I have told you before that someone posted on AQ that they would be traveling around and wanted to plant boxes as they went.  I sent them a stamp and they planted it close to me.  I recently got a message that it was missing.  I went to check and it is really gone. 

Then we went to Petersburgh and got the box that we missed and came back home to plant our fair grounds box in the rain.  Nice thing about planting in the rain is that you don't have to worry about other people being around :)