Storm in the Mountains

During our letterboxing adventure, a storm was whipping through the mountains at Nana's house! Luckily, the house was spared, and most of the mulberry tree is still standing. I have no idea why this text is underlined.










On a happier note, the above are some of the pretty daylilies from Nana's garden!

Letterboxing!!

My Aunt Patti has gotten involved recently with letterboxing and has had so much fun doing it that I decided to invite myself along on an adventure! Patti, my Nana, Addison and myself set out on a beautiful Saturday morning to hunt a letterbox in Harbins Park called "Life is a Picnic". If you are not familiar with letterboxing- it is sort of an outdoor adventure treasure hunt. You find clues on the internet leading to a letterbox that is hidden somewhere- and you hunt an actual box housing a custom made stamp which you stamp your journal with. The clues are fun, like "Hunt for the 4 trunked tree and take 10 paces to the 1:00 direction" - that sort of thing. We got turned around with this particular box, because we had some confusion about where the halfway point of the walking trail was. Anyway, persistance paid off- we found it!!
Addison trying to get involved with stamping our journals. Bad girl!

The allusive halfway point- where our clues began.
Patti signing the "Life is a Picnic" logbook. Her trail name is "PattiDee". She rocks!

PattiDee and ToothFairy.


Nana didn't make it into any of these pics- but she was there!! Who else has a grandmother who can hike 4.5 miles like it is nothing?! What a lady! We'll definitely be hunting more soon!