An Amazing Adventure

Since I was on vacation, I decided to spend a couple of days with Lucy Locket, attend a couple of concerts she was a part of and letterbox. I was planning a trip to the Dallas Arboretum to check on my box there, but it was raining Thursday morning when I rolled out of bed, so that trip was canceled. Instead, I decided to wait until Friday morning on my way home so I could stop by Purtis Creek SP and find the boxes that have been there for a couple of years. I was at the event that was held there, but did not get to find the boxes.
Friday was a really nice day weather wise, so with clues in hand, I made my way to the SP. I stopped a the swimming area to map out my route. With a plan in place, I made my way over to the trails. The boxes I looked for, have been hit hard. Two were missing, and one had been badly burned on top. I could not even open the box,so I decided to bring it home with me and get it to it's owner, with hope that the stamp can be saved.



Leaving the park, I headed over to find a box titled "Big Rock Shelter". Monarchtrailer took me to a Pre-historic setting which was amazing. It has been around since about a.d. 600 with Petroglyph and hieroglyphics carved by Caddo Indians.If you read her clue to this box, you will learn the whole story. It is now closed to the public,so you can only see the Rock Shelter from the road. Just as I was scouting out the place where the box is located, and taking pictures,(the box is outside the gate) a car came down to the gate. The driver called me over, with me thinking I have been caught! She asked me if I would like to go on the property and take pictures!!!! WOW! A rare opportunity to get pictures of the historical treasure. She gave me her name and said if anyone asked, tell them she gave me permission. I could not believe I was getting an opportunity to capture this amazing piece of history. To bad PSGuru wasn't with me!I took several pictures and left with a stamp for my logbook,pictures of a lifetime and letteboxing memory I will never forget.

Airing Quilts and Along the Boardwalk

Last May as Lucy Locket was traveling through Huntsville, she notice a festival taking place that neither she nor I had heard of: "The Airing of the Quilts". I love quilts and admire anyone who can take cloth, needle and thread, and make something so beautiful. I put the dates on my calendar, and LL made arrangements to meet me in Huntsville Saturday morning, May 2nd. Of course there are some really nice boxes in the area, so we met at at the State Park. I arrived first and had a really nice, quite time to map out our order of boxes on the trails. We wanted to make sure we got back to downtown before the quilts were put way for another year.





We found several boxes, and decided to check in the hotel, cool off and then go look at the quilts. After relaxing for a bit, We made our way down to the square. I have to say, it's almost like a child in a candy store, which quilt do I look at first? It's an amazing site to look up at the courthouse and see all these quilts hanging there and blowing in the breeze. LL and I both had a list of our favorites, there were too many to pick just one.
After a day of quilts and boxing, we decided we would get some rest and finish our boxing the next day. We woke up Sunday morning to rain and storms. We had breakfast and made our way back to the park hoping it would stop raining long enough to get the rest of the boxes. We were able to get only one, because the trails had flooded and there are alligators in this park. I wasn't willing to take a chance on waking up an alligator. The rest of the boxes will have to wait for another day, which is just fine with me. Really nice Sate Park.
Leaving Huntsville, LL followed me to Crocket to stamp in a couple of boxes located there. We stamped in, and went our separate ways after having a wonderful week-end!