TNT's Self-portrait

With only five minutes notice, The Caped Coder came by to pick me up for an outing to my favorite park.  I had been holding onto a carving that TNT had done several years ago, thinking I'd make it into a box.  This seemed like the perfect opportunity to tuck it away in our favorite local hiking place. 

It was a great day to be out and once The Caped Coder finished with his hop, I found a spot for the self-portrait.

When I listed the clues, I made note that this is was carved by a child since I didn't want to disappoint any finders.  When I signed in this morning I was greeted by a really nice note from the first finder, Misirae.  She said, "Any body that would pass this by being a child carve would be missing out. What a wonderful job."  Thanks Misirae for the nice note.  I will be sure to pass along your kind words to TNT.

Sping has Sprung

Recently, Blue Delft and I got to corresponding about a local box-less park and today we decided to meet and check it out.  After some exchanging of images (thanks for the awesome PT and the creepy cootie), we set out on a great hike.  The park has lots of nice features: steep hills, rock walls, springs, critters, ponds, benches, thick brush, open spaces, and meadow muffins.   

 
We came up with loads of ideas, now to find the time to execute them...

Stay tuned! 

Taking Charge

Taking charge, The Caped Coder took TNT and me along with Mip and Zip over to the Little Raccoon.  We found some cool stuff that included an animal bone, we ran into Cubed, and I witnessed a hiker wearing all white with a frilly skirt.  Girls!  smh...

Hitch Hiker Heyday

Before heading out to find the raccoon, the Caped Coder and I got to chatting about hitch hikers and how each of us was carrying several, which is unusual.  I know I'll be heading to the Cape over Easter so I'm holding onto a few to drop off there.  Anyway, we decided to check out what each other had and ended up swapping a few.  I think hitch hikers are super fun - such a great treat when you find one. We are pleased to say that currently the following hitch hikers are being well looked after for now.  Pretty soon they will all be dropped off at destinations unknown.  State Abbreviation: PA, State Abbreviation: NJ, Felix the Cat, Looking for Adventure, Two for the Road, HG2, and Dos, which picked up a super duper fun and creepy STD known as Genital Warts.  Perhaps one of these gems will show up in one of your finds soon!

Missing Tile

I absolutely love Krap Ytnuoc Noxin. It is one of the best little gems that York has to offer, IMHO.  I gathered up a car-full and headed over to enjoy the beautiful day. I wanted to check out a tile that promised to be awesome. We struggled a bit to find the tree with the baby tree growing out of it.  Seems like a weird thing, why would a tree have another tree growing out of it?  But when we saw it we knew. 

I've had compass problems in the past (aka operator error - sometimes I do better without relying on that thing) so I checked a 9 step radius around the tree with the baby tree.  No luck.  We did find this cool tree with a metal "tongue" sticking out like it was mocking me.  Ha!  We headed back empty handed but thoroughly enjoyed the walk. 

I heard later that the box was missing after all.  Bummer.  I hope Blue Delft replaces it.

Today's Cruzsade

With another beautiful 50 degree winter day, my letterboxing minions and I set out on a Cruzsade.  Fortunately we came prepared with boots because the mud was deep.  The Button came too.  We had a great time on the way to Goblin City.  The big pile of rocks was a big hit.

We also stopped by the Hostile Hostel.  I just love these things.  This one in particular has the most fantastic host carving and a large assortment of hitch hikers from which to choose. Definitely worth the trip.  I counted at least 16 of them in the box.  I left one and took a couple, figured it would be good to get them back into circulation. 



And one last stop at Anime Ice Cream on the way home.  There was no ice cream to be had but beautiful views and the smell of Spring in the air.  What was that groundhog thinking?!

Happy Cake Day to Me!

Yesterday marked my 5th year anniversary of finding my first letterbox.  Today marks my 5th year of being an Atlas Quest member. To commemorate the occasion, we were planning on heading out on some adventures yesterday but then the darkening sky opened up and it rained pretty hard, especially for having only a 20% chance of showers. 

The Caped Coder came through for me today and we headed out despite the cold, windy, and raw conditions.  Our first stop was unexpected.  Thanks to the heads up from idlemoom, we were able to score an amazing box.  It was so impressive, a really awesome carving, a specially appointed box, and a clever and thoughtful gift.  After wishing Fijne Verjaardag! to Blue Delft (and a Gelukkig Jaarfeest to me) we moved on to part two of our outing.

We enjoyed the big open space and the views of the horses.  Even they were wearing coats.  It was great to get out and stretch to grab the boxes.  But then it was so chilly that we ran back to the car just so we could stamp in without our fingers and ink pads freezing.

We gave thanks to the farmers and we met a horse named Belle.  We also came across the soul saver #2 and the empire strikes back.  All in all a very productive day. 


Special thanks to all who made my mini celebration possible and fruitful!  ;)