Father's Day Adventuer in Wheaton, MD

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Father's Day Adventuer in Wheaton, MD

From: Jay Chamberlain (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | Date: 2000-06-19 08:29:56 UTC-04:00

Oh how I love Father's Day. What other day of the year could I persuade, convince and otherwise force my family (wife and three teenagers) to go out on a hot and muggy Washington, DC day for a new adventure called Letterboxing. I decided not to wait until we had our own, home made stamp. We just used one of my wife's fancy envelope stamps. We traveled the 1:20 from Fredericksburg, VA to Wheaton, MD with a picnic lunch, stopping at Michael's on the way for a nice, Strathmore, 5.5"x8.5" sketch book to start our Letterbox stamp collecting. We realized on the way we had been collecting National Park stamps in our NPS "Passport" book for over 8 years. Everywhere we travel we look for Nat'l parks to add to our collection. I hope we will start doing the same for LB.

Wheaton Regional Park is a very pleasant place. Having the kids (even teenagers) read and follow Squirrel's excellent directions, we soon located the Railroad box. It was exciting to be the first to add our stamp and names to the log. A walk through the woods, following Squirrels poetic instructions brought us to the next box, Deer Hollow... Both boxes were dry inside despite having to pour off rain water collected in the lid.

Thanks for a wonderful day, I did catch some major flak from my 17 year old son, but deep down I think they all enjoyed it because we have a history of family adventures and they never know where we will head for next (Dad is willing to try about anything)..... Maybe the girls will wear sneakers next time instead of sandals.

They all decided they want to place a couple of boxes on Old Rag mountain, a wonderful 7.2 mile loop hike, with 3258 foot elevation summit, in the Shenandoah National Park.

The Chamberlains..... Jay, Valerie, Sam, Maggi and Molly

Re: [LbNA] Father's Day Adventuer in Wheaton, MD

From: erik/susan davis (davisarc@wcvt.com) | Date: 2000-06-19 21:21:28 UTC-07:00

Jay:
What a nice message to have arrive on Father's Day. Good for all of you,
on htis lovely outing. And welcome aboard!
The Viking in VT.