We tried something totally fun and different for father's day this year and I have to share it with you. Our Lettering Boxing Adventure!(Although I wish it had a different name). Letterboxing sounds like some kind of scrapbooking or academic reading strategy.What is letterboxing? Its a combination of a treasure hunt, nature hike and collecting. All over the United States there are little boxes hidden on nature trails. If you go to this site you can find clues to these hidden boxes. I just did a quick search of where we live in West Des Moines and there are four hidden letterboxes nearby on biking and walking trails. Once you find the hidden box, it contains a stamp which you then stamp into your personal log book.
We uncovered a couple of them last Saturday.
Our Letterboxing adventure had something for everyone:
Me: I love being outside and active with my family
Megan and Lucy: The look on their faces when they reached into the hollowed tree stump and pulled out a box was something that can never be replicated.
Max:Is absolutely obsessed with finding "waver" (water), aaaaaaaants (ants), and mud. One certain trail was perfect for his two year old wonderment.
Dave: Anything map/direction related is right up his alley. Although it wasn't necessary, he had to bring along his GPS receiver just in case the printed out directions I had, suddenly got caught up in the wind and the Weis family was lost forever in the forest.
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