Letterboxing

Sometimes our kids need a little extra motivation to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. One thing that really interests them is letterbox hunting.

Letterboxing is sort of like geocaching but involves good old fashioned clues (and sometimes compass directions) but no electronic GPS units–because we don’t have one of those.

It’s a hike with a treasure hunt included and the boys love it.

Unfortunately sometimes spoilsports will remove the letterboxes and we can’t find what we’re looking for.  This one was hidden on a hook up in the tree.  It’s a camouflaged peanut butter jar.  It had an eye bolt screwed into the lid to hang from.  We’ve decided that this is a much better idea than hiding the letterbox in a hole in the trunk of a tree.  It just seems like everyone (not just letterboxers) notices holes in the trunks of trees and the letterboxes end up missing.  Luckily we found this one, and enjoyed a great afternoon outside in this unseasonably beautiful weather as well.