Buried Treasure
Looking for a new hobby? Love the outdoors? Did ya know there was buried treasure in the parks and trails near your home… Well, at least a small notebook with a hand-crafted rubber stamp in a plastic container. There’s a whole community out there involved in “letterboxing.” The more technologically advanced folks may know of its counterpart: Geocaching. However, you need a GPS to play that game.
But, if you’re looking for something fun and different to do (and since the weather is warming up), check out www.atlasquest.com and download a few clues. Each letterbox contains an ink pad, stamp and notebook. True letterboxes have their own hand-crafted rubber stamp and trail name before they begin their journey. Leave your mark in the box and stamp the one you find in your own journal. And, you can record your findings online so people know which boxes are active and ready to be discovered. Have fun!
I’m going to try this, thanks Julia!
This is awesome – I want to check this out!! What does your stamp look like and what’s your trail name?! I’m thinking mine will involve a dinosaur…or pirate…
That sounds really cool. Time to start working on a stamp.
What a great idea — thanks for sharing!
My trail name is “Jewel” and I carved a gem (or fancy hexagon)for my stamp