Letterboxing in Flip-Flops? Never!

I read recently, that one boxer on Atlas Quest, always boxes in flip-flops. Now, that is one thing I said "Oh no, not me. Are you kidding? What about snakes, creepy crawley things you see on the trail, plus thorns, stickers, PI? Well, never say never! The trails at Erwin Park were so wet and muddy, I had to walk off the trail to make it where I wanted to go. So, by the time I got back to the van, my boots were heavy with mud, so I decided to take them off and wear, yes, you guessed it, my flip-flops. Leaving Mckinney, I was headed to Farmersville to stamp in a box there, so I thought I could make it in the "open-toed shoes" to get a box in a cemetery. There was one more box I wanted to get, before I left, but after I read the clue, it was back down a trail I had just been on, ggrrr!!! and I had already taken the boots off before I read the clue....what a mistake! There was no way I could get back down the trail in Flip-flops, so I decided to wait another time for that one. I had a great time in Mckinney, and hope you all make it there soon to enjoy a beautiful park and nice boxes.

"Unique By Nature"

"Unique by Nature" is a slogan on the water towers in Mckinney. It was my first trip there and I was looking forward to finding a few boxes an planting the ones I had in my backpack. Almost all the way there, it was raining. I was determined to at least plant the boxes I had for this trip even if I did not find any, but, as I got closer to my destination, the rain stopped and it was a cloudy, nice day. My first stop was at the Historic Pecan Grove Cemetery (est. 1870). I easily found World's Worst Driver and Old Leather Coat: James Throckmorton Nice! As I got there late in the day, I decided the rain may not hold off, so I headed over to Erwin Park to find a hiding place for my boxes.




Nice park with well kept trails that I enjoyed hiking. I only wish it had not been so muddy, because I would have liked to make the hike a little longer. I hid a series of three boxes Let's Do Lunch and made my way back to the trail head. I had one more box I wanted to leave here, so I headed down another trail to place Make a Wish....orTwo. This is a shorter walk, and there is a view from here that everyone will enjoy. It was nice once again, going to another location that I may have never traveled to if it had not been for Letterboxing.