A Hunt for Buried Treasure

A friend recently introduced us to the world of letterboxing. If you don't know what it is most definitely jump over to atlasquest.com and see what I'm talking about but, don't blame me if you get addicted. This is something that my family is in love with. Not only does it take us to beautiful scenic places we might have other wise never seen, but you get your own treasure. We tend to pretend to be pirates in search of treasure and the beautiful piece of art we put in our book is the gold. The kids had a dentist appointment this morning and their pediatric dentist is in a neighboring town. We found the direction to two treasures and after their appointment was over went on a small adventure before going back to school. Its great not only for the fun aspect of doing something together that we found we all like but, being a apart of the subculture you never knew about is so intriguing. Some of these places I've been before, several times even but, never would have ever known any thing was out of the ordinary or hidden for us to find. Being in the know and having information about secret hiding spots that other people have no clue about is exciting and fun. So is coloring the stamps and adding the artwork to our family journal, something the kids always jump to call dibs on. Carving our family stamp, the turtle, and coming up with our trail name....Greenlands was fun to do together and inspired alot of things. The kids learn to use a compass, direction, reasoning, history about the sight we're at, problem solving, I could go on and they do it all while they have FUN! This makes them want to learn so much more. When they get bigger we can look for more intricate involved boxes....using longitude, latitude, hiking skills, and riddle solving. Its a hobby that will grow as the kids do and I can't wait!