More letterboxing!

Today I took my friend Murdel letterboxing in Clovis. We found the above horse stamp at the Clovis Rodeo grounds, and the little star stamp was a hitchhiker. A hitchhiker is a stamp that someone puts in someone else's letterbox. So, we got two for the price of one.

We tried for another, but we couldn't find it. That one was supposed to be hidden under a bridge, but apparently a homeless person is living there because we found all kinds of things like a sleeping bag and canned food. So, maybe they took the box. Anyway, we had a great day, and now I'm tired and dirty from all that digging. What fun!

Cat movie makers.

This is funny!

Father's Day 2011

I went to Bass Lake for Father's Day, and I stopped to take a picture of the Talking Bear in Coarsegold. I must have driven by it at least 50 times in my life, but I've never stopped to see it up close. It's really kind of cool.

I brought my dad three helium balloons and some peanut brittle from See's Candies.

Also, I did manage to drag my dad on a treasure hunt for my first letterbox. He, his wife Gail, and their friend Diane humored me, and I've converted two of the three to hunt for more. You can guess for yourselves which two are now interested!

Letterboxing.

I just found out about "letterboxing," and I'm excited to try it. Put simply, it's a treasure hunt in which you follow clues to find letterboxes that have been hidden. Inside these boxes is a rubber stamp and a notebook. You stamp their notebook with your own stamp, and then you stamp your own notebook with their stamp. Confused? Here's a link to letterboxing.

I'm going to Bass Lake tomorrow to see Dad for Father's Day, and guess what!?! There's two letterboxes hidden there! I wonder if I can drag my dad out on a treasure hunt.

Not crabby!

After giving it some thought, I've decided that I'll just have to work with the tools I've got, even if they are on backwards. That should be enough. It has to be.

WTF?

I couldn't help but laugh when I opened this bottle of fabric softener. LOOK CLOSELY. This is the polar opposite of an easy-pour spout! It also mimics my life at this point in time. I've got the right tools, but I think they're on backwards!

Modoc: The True Story of The Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived.

This book made me cry. I got it from the library, and now I don't want to give it back. I think the Barnes & Noble gift card I got from my brother is going to come in handy right... about... NOW!