Second Find and Family Time

So, I went hunting again today. I was running a whole bunch of errands with the kiddo, and decided that we had enough time to run to the park. I had attempted this box the other day, but there were Scouts all over the place, so I had to come back.

Before we headed out of the house, I double checked my letterboxing kit - currently a huge ziploc bag with multiple smaller ziploc baggies in it. There was actually a fabulous thread on Atlas Quest the last day or two all about what people keep in their letterboxing kits. One of the folks, Mama Cache, compiled all of the answers to the threads into a list on her blog over here. I made sure this time to have the stuff I forgot the other day - namely something to clean the stamps with.

This find was really a lot of fun for me. I had really enjoyed the clue and walk the other day. Today, I really enjoyed getting to share this with my son. So, I gave the kiddo a quick run-down of what letterboxing is. Explained that we had to be sneaky, because we didn't want anyone to see what we were doing. And of course the question came up "Well, what do I tell someone if they ask what we're doing? Do I have to lie?". And the perfect answer to this flashed into my head - "No, sweetie, I don't want you to lie. You tell them your mama said never talk to strangers and you let me answer any questions they have." Yay - reinforcing honesty as a good thing, reinforcing not talking to strangers, and not having to really be worried about it, since the park was empty.

He thought the whole sneaky thing was really cool - sorta like we were spies trading secret messages. He's even asked if he can go boxing again with me, and if we could make him his own stamp. He's decided that he should have the trail name Agent X - I think because it's so spy-sounding.

So, this was a microbox. At least, what I think is considered a microbox. So now, I've learned something new to add to my list of stuff I've learned...

1. Keep small pieces of paper or cardstock in the letterboxing kit on which to stamp the small sig stamp. Not all boxes have logbooks due to size contraints.
2. I really really need to get a logbook - this whole folded index card thing is starting to be irritating, and it's only my second find. Maybe I should make one using normal book-binding. Or maybe I should stop being so difficult and just go find a nice blank book like the one I planned on using but can't find.
3. I'm going to need a heck of a lot more pink stuff if the kiddo and the hubby are both going to start joining me on my adventures. I was hoping to use the remainder of what I have to carve some for plants, but it's starting to look like I'll need it for sig stamps. What a nice problem to have. :-)