Glad I am not the only one with a daughter at the
mention of "letterboxing"!
"But its Mother's Day" was an oft used persuasive phrased used
yesterday"

And sorry about the blank posts yesterday.

Kim
Cavylovers

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Doublesaj@a... wrote:
> Adelcoll wished us Moms "something special and unusual" on our
Lbing this
> Mother's Day. Here's my entry
>
> This being my first anniversary of my first FIND, and wanting to
make it an
> annual thing, I went Lbing with my daughter (17, rolling eyes, "Do
I have
> to?" "YES, it's Mother's Day!")
>
> Had 4 print-outs in hand from Hikrgrlz, the Contra Costa Series.
Drove 60
> miles before I noticed the first one on the list was a 1 mile hike
each way
> and daughter totally nixed that one.
>
> On to #2 where I took a wrong turn and found I was almost to #3 so,
nixed #2.
>
>
> On to #3, beautiful hike in a place 5 miles from where I grew up
and lived 25
> years and never knew existed (but isn't that what Lbing is all
about?) Short
> hike, just about there, "at the edge of the meadow" yeah, I go to
turn the
> page and found I've left the second page of the instructions at
home.
> (Daughter rolls eyes TWICE!!) Okay, Okay, no giving up. Trees, look
behind
> the trees, that one, this one. FOUND IT!! Of course, it didn't hurt
that it
> was TOTALLY exposed!! (Hey people, cover them up when you're done!)
>
> On to #4, daughter sat in the car while I climbed to the top of a
mountain
> with an incredible view. If I had sat there the year I was born,
there would
> have been nothing to see in the way of buildings, schools,
airports, etc, but
> NOW. . . .WOW!!
>
> Happy with 2 new Lbs. Then to the mall (my daughter's 'carrot') and
bound
> some great bargains too! A totally awesome if a little unusual,
Mother's Day!
>
> ~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
> P6 F22 V5 A10 HH1
>
>
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