What is Letterboxing?

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  I had seen a story on Facebook about Letterboxing and of course got immediately obsessed! Adventuring outside with a *gasp* journal!? And some stamps and ink?? Sounds super fun! I never went geocaching but have heard of it.  Letterboxing is similar in that you use clues to find things. The things being a stamp, logbook, sometimes ink and or pen all in one watertight box. Out in the wildnerness 🌲

    I immediately looked on Amazon for stamp and ink kits. I found some cute outdoorsy ones and a variety of different colored ink pads. In the meantime I did go to local stores to see if I could purchase stamp and ink kits. Not one store, not even Walmart, they had a whole kit but was like little kids ones. I went on letterboxing.org to sign up and start looking where these boxes were. 

    Unfortunately, letterboxing.org is an older website that is outdated. The boxes listed in my area were all found 10 -15 years ago. From there I found AtlasQuest.com which is the newer website that seems like more people use. It is more updated and I found more boxes in my area on there. There are also message boards on there so a lot of people can communicate on there as well. 

    I am excited to start this new hobby. Most people make their own stamps, and are encouraged to do so. Also to place their own letterboxes. I will eventually do that (most likely). For now I will be happy to try to find other peoples and use the store bought stamps 💕

     So if this seems like something you would want to try, do it! And friend me! LakeOntarioAdventures! I might see you on the trails 😄

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