Letterboxing 101

Have you heard of Letterboxing? It's a treasure hunt-- without really finding a treasure. :) To start you need a stamp, stamp pad, pad of paper, pen and walking shoes...oh and patience! You go on-line to letterboxing.org and look up your area to get the clues. You follow the clues and find a letterbox. Inside is a stamp and a notebook. You stamp your stamp in their notebook and leave the date and maybe where you are from. Then you stamp their stamp in your notebook. You put the letterbox RIGHT back where you found it so the next person searching can find it.Yesterday we drove up to an old mine town called Mentryville. We had success with finding all six letterboxes that were there. (our first time out letterboxing was very unsuccessful and I said I would never do this again--- hence the need for patience!)

The clues were right on and the kids were loving we found them.

Addison and Morgan were really into it. Westley probably would have if he had remembered his notebook.

It was nice to get out and do some walking and spend time with the family!

After Mentryville we stopped in Towsley canyon for two more and then another stop at the Nature Center in Placerita to find one more. After that it was getting late and dinner at In-n-out was a good ending to a great family outing!