New letterboxers

I've had some reports recently from several new letterboxers in the Columbia area about the status of my letterboxes. It seems that most are still intact and in good shape. I am quite pleased that many of them have been in the wild for 5-7 years. Now that the summer heat has died down, it might be a good time to think about a Gathering...I know several local folks are itnerested...the trick is just picking a place, a time a theme and getting the word out (perhaps in November, a Thanksgiving theme? or a Yule party in December?) It would be a great way to maintain Columbia's tradition of letterbox survival due to proper re-hideation (thanks to Lnd-Crzr for coining that word).

Fox-fyr

New use for carving tools

I was carving jack-0-lanterns with those cheap little saws that come with pumpkin carving kits and was thinking,,,geez, I wish had some better carving tools.
and then it hit me...I have an entire arsenal of carving tools for stamps....pumpkins are soft enough that it should work on them just fine.

I manage to carve out quite a nice pumpkin this year using those tools. Will post pics as soon as I've had a chance to download them.

I would love to see pics of other people's pumpkin carves this year!

Fox-fyr

Boxing again!

I took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed out for a while today. Took a new trail buddy along. We started at the Mid-Mo Hicthchiker Hostel to drop a HH from Wisconsin. Picked up a new one. Boy, it's still pretty overgrown out there. More skeeters than I expected this time of year. Next we headed to Capen Park and had some success there. I think Forget Me Not is gone. We did look around at some suspicious piles of rocks at the foot of some trees and found a box without clues! It was a lot of fun to be out today. If you haven't been out for a long time, give it a try! It's as much fun as you remembered!