Letterboxing morning

I met Wen this morning at 8 am (we are so die-hard!) and we headed out, along with Mo, Ang, Wil and Earl, to Clark Reservation for some morning boxing. It was chilly but once we got walking, it was perfect. Clark Res has these stony outcroppings that the dogs just love to scramble over. At least, Earl, Wil and Ang do, Mo had to be lifted up over one because he couldn't climb up it. Funny enough, it is the same location he won't/can't go up, every time we go to Clark.

I got a word of mouth clue from catbead a few weeks ago. She said she wants to limit the traffic to this particular box so I was only to share it with a partner. It was the American Haggis. Looking at the logbook we could tell it was sent to and planted in Dartmoor, England (the origins of letterboxing!) for a while and then was an event stamp for a western New York gathering. It is now planted in Central New York and the clue is written in gaelic. That took some time to translate and my translation wasn't the best so we really had to look and search. But it was worth it :-) Neat stamp and a little bit of letterboxing history!

We also got the first Chauvet Cave series, Lovenote and Happy. All by catbead. Clark Reservation is such a neat place to hike, really beautiful. The dogs all had a great time and were pooped. We still have more to get out there too!