It's Finally Here!

We arose early on Sat. morning with great expectation for the event. I made pancakes which were enjoyed by Mother's Love, Lucy Locket, and I. We cleaned-up and got the chili in the crock pot to start warming while we got ready to head over to the pavilion to meet everyone. Arriving at the pavilion, we were greeted by others that had already arrived. Other boxers starting arriving and the exchange frenzy began! It was so much fun seeing the boxers that we have met over the last four years, and meeting a lot of new boxers was a treat.

Highlights:
Mother's Love spending the week-end with us.
Planting my box for which I actually carved the stamp. (my second one)
The park is one of the best Texas has and the new trails combined with their history made a great week-end.
Having a copy machine to print our handwritten clues..Thanks BT and LSQ!
Sitting around at the Group Camp late talking (mostly listening) at the end of the day.
Looking out in the woods from the group camp seeing flashlights along the trails.
Out of state boxers: Lionsmane, Astro D, Goofy Girl, Wanda and Pete.
Silver Eagle and Baby Bear getting their Lifetime Achievement Award.
Boxing with Lucy Locket and Mother's Love Sunday morning.

We missed a lot of the long time boxers that weren't able to make it. Your laughter, smiles and stories of letterboxing are a part of the event I always look forward to.
i know the plans for next year are already in the works, and I looking forward to it.
See you next year!

T.A. L.E. 6 Camp

We had said "Hello" to Boots Tex and Lone Star Quilter earlier, so we decide to pay a visit to there camp site and have a chat. It was so nice visiting with this couple and learning some more interesting Texas history. They have the Texas Circus Box, I am wondering what they will do to make it available here at the event? I KNOW they have something up their sleeves. I cooked our dinner, we had peas, fried cornbread, stir-fried veggies…yummy! I used Olive oil, which made it even better. Mother’s Love decided to “camp out” with us, sleeping in her SUV. The night was cool, just right for sleeping. Can’t wait to see everyone Sat.

T.A.l.E. 6 3.07.09

I was able to take Friday off, so I could head down to Mission Tejas SP early and get ready fro the event. Of course, I wanted to Letterbox my way to Weches. I decided Friday morning to go through Nacogdoches and stamp in some boxes there that I didn’t have. It was such a beautiful! One of those days when you think” This is one of those “perfect” spring days. I was so glad to be off and get to enjoy the sights and sounds of Spring. My first stop was downtown Nac at the Visitor’s Center, where I was able to stamp in the first box of a series called “ASL Alphabet series : A” Nice location, with benches and flowers, but high traffic area. I hope this box will last a long time.





There are a lot of historical figures buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery.





Next it was over to Oak Grove Cemetery which has lots of history and I was able to quickly find “Oak Grove Cemetery” and look around at the graves of some of the “famous” people who reside there. It was so quite except for the birds that were singing, a far different scenario than I am usually around.










Leaving the Cemetery, I ventured over to the campus of SFA to snag another stamp in the ASL Series. It’s location is a children's garden which has been updated and has several teaching stations about the environment. Really nice! I easily found this box climbed back in the van to make my way to Mission Tejas.
Lucy Locket was also making her way to Weches, so I let her know where I was and my plans to meet her once she arrived. We made it to our camp site and set-up the tent LL had just purchased. With the camp set-up, we decided to plant our boxes we had brought. We found and stamped each others boxes and headed back to camp.