Once again, we woke up to a beautiful Saturday and knew that we couldn't stay home. We quickly decided to head up north to Mt Carroll, IL - there were 5 boxes in the area and they were all quick & kid friendly. Garfan did a great job with her carvings and we even got to visit with her a bit. We then headed to Woodbine & Elizabeth to find 4 other boxes. Once again, they were all pretty quick boxes with great carvings from WyndRyders, Highlanders and River Rat. The kids were holding up pretty good...aside from "is it snack time yet..." so we decided to finish our day in Galena. When we went with friends last weekend, we didn't want to have the whole day be about letterboxing, so we had 2 boxes left to find - one in the Eagle Ridge, Galena Territory and one at Grant's Home. Both boxes were beautiful and quick finds...minus the one in Galena Territory which Matt & Katie went to find. We had a harder time locating the road (even with a map!) than the box. The Carols & Highlander were the placers for the last two. All in all, we ended up with 11 boxes! Notice the "X" that marked the spot for the "Circle of Friends".
An interesting side note from Mt Carroll - "The Grand Bell Tower" was located on a campus in the middle of town. It was the former campus of Shimer College, which is where Matt's brother John went to college in Waukegan, IL. While at this box, we went to retrieve the box and ended up stirring a bee's nest. Needless to say, the kids and I high-tailed it to the van while Matt logged in. It wasn't a fun way to start our boxing, but things got better as we went.
We had a fun time visiting "Apple River Fort" in Elizabeth, IL. We got some pictures of the fort and tried to educate the kids of times long gone. They enjoyed climbing the ladder (except Maddie!) and standing at the lookout post.
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