Greetings, all,

Kudos to RTRW and SKW for their first-rate "Cedar Hill Cemetery" letterboxes,
which I was fortunate enough to snag on Sunday, the last full day of summer.
This series, in my opinion, is a near-perfect confluence of a fascinating
locale (chock full of history); an interesting and informative walk (but not
too strenuous); an array of clever, well-written clues; and five beautifully
carved stamps. Like so many letterboxing adventures, this one gave me the
opportunity to explore yet another place that would otherwise have likely
been ignored in my travels. It's almost embarrassing to admit that, in my
nearly 30 years as a Connecticut resident (mostly spent in the Hartford
area), I had never been to Cedar Hill Cemetery until today. I guess it's true
that most of us take for granted those special places that are virtually in
our backyards.

Afterwards, I proceeded to nearby Charter Oak Landing by the Connecticut
River where I found the "Sharp Dressed Man" letterbox. It is indeed sharp! As
a bonus, I met fellow letterboxer Christi from Wethersfield, who was heading
up the path that leads to the box just as I was heading back from stamping
in. We exchanged stamps and swapped some letterboxing stories, and Christi
introduced me to her husband and baby (hi, guys! screen>). It turns out that Christi was the first letterboxer to stamp into
the Cedar Hill Cemetery series (I knew that stamp of hers looked awfully
familar!). How's that for serendipity?

My final destination of the day was beautiful Elizabeth Park on the
Hartford/West Hartford line. There, I was rewarded with a warm, sunny,
late-Sunday afternoon walk through the park's awesome gardens on my way to my
last letterbox of the day. Elizabeth Park is a wonderful urban park which
harkens back to another, more genteel time when the rhythms of life were
slower. This is a place best enjoyed and appreciated at a leisurely pace.

Days like today remind me why I enjoy letterboxing so much!

Regards,
Alan from Axtown