Letterboxing

The Waveland Library has done their annual summer reading program, but provided it virtually.  We've never been able to participate before, but this allowed us to do it.  They provide a bag of activities on Monday.  There are tons of activities, cool hands-on things to do, snacks, plus an encouragement to read.  Well, Camden sure enjoys getting her bag, but has done little of the activities.  We will have to get busy and get some of them going.  However, we did do one of this week's activities, called Letterboxing.

It is an old "game" but similar to modern geo-caching.  She was given instructions and a confidential clue.  There was also a stamp and ink pad which she needed, along with her journal from a previous week.

She decoded the clue and found a birdhouse at the Waveland Library with a stamp and notepad to put her stamp on.

She put the library stamp into her journal, as well as both stamps on a sheet to turn into the library for a prize (ice cream cone from local store).  We expected a clue to another spot, but none was included.  We quickly googled letterboxing and found a site that gave us some hidden locations nearby.  We headed out to find more.

Several were hidden at covered bridges that we had never visited...although many were missing.  We also located some at country cemeteries.

Kevin had to crawl into a bush and I climbed up a small, but steep, hillside to a stump and had to slide back down on my rump.  I had a good time, but Camden didn't get into it as much as I thought she would.  Perhaps it was because several were missing, perhaps it was the hot weather.

We were the first to find this Monon Bell location/stamp.