Our first stop was in Oregon, IL to get this picture of Katie (aka Skeeter in the letterboxing world) at Skeeter's restaurant.
Once in Rockford, we found 2 boxes along the Rock River. We were able to park in one spot and travel across the river via a human/bike bridge that runs underneath the car bridge. The kids loved it! They were pretty engrossed in the water fowl while Matt stamped in.
At another point that morning, we stopped at Greenwood Cemetery to track down "Mr Bones @ Greenwood". We found the spot, but couldn't find the box. While Matt was looking for the box, the kids & I spotted this fox running around the cemetery. It was nice that it kept its distance!
I am assuming that this is still the Rock River. We found "Autumn Flyers" and got to take a short hike on this section of the river. Luckily it was short as a couple of the kids needed to use the bathroom as soon as we stamped in!
Sinnissippi Park was another stop further on in the day. Matt & I were so happy to have nicer weather than when we were there 2 years ago! We were able to find both stamps without problems (Rockin Runners & Batsy). Maddie even surprised us with her persistance at finding the first box (see pic). She slipped down that hill 7 or 8 times before finally getting all the way up (it wasn't a big hill by any means...but maybe for a 4 year old!)
Will - trying to find a spot for the new stamp in his logbook.
A beautiful smile from Katie!
"Ghost in the Graveyard" was located in a cemetery - right next to a golf course! Will went with Matt to look for the box and came back with 4 golf balls! He was so excited to share them!
Another big part of driving to Rockford was to meet up with TrailRider to give her a stamp that she will be using at a gathering she is hosting next month. She has 2 horses and keeps asking when are we bringing the kids up to ride! Due to a biking accident, she isn't able to ride (therefore, our kids couldn't either)...but our kids loved seeing the horses (Ginger & Gospel), petting them and feeding them snacks!
While eating dinner, the national weather service announced a severe thunderstorm warning. We looked outside and saw that the sky was pretty dark to the west of us. All the kids got into their jammies after dinner and we started a movie for the drive home. As we were driving along Rt 2 along the Rock River, we were blessed with this beautiful scene! The sky was still dark, but the sun was peeking through in places - beeming the tops of the trees with a golden hue! It reflected in the river too - I just didn't get any pictures of that! We ended our day with 12 boxes...and still lots more to get in the Rockford area! Maybe next summer!!
Sinnissippi Park was another stop further on in the day. Matt & I were so happy to have nicer weather than when we were there 2 years ago! We were able to find both stamps without problems (Rockin Runners & Batsy). Maddie even surprised us with her persistance at finding the first box (see pic). She slipped down that hill 7 or 8 times before finally getting all the way up (it wasn't a big hill by any means...but maybe for a 4 year old!)Will - trying to find a spot for the new stamp in his logbook.
A beautiful smile from Katie!"Ghost in the Graveyard" was located in a cemetery - right next to a golf course! Will went with Matt to look for the box and came back with 4 golf balls! He was so excited to share them!
Another big part of driving to Rockford was to meet up with TrailRider to give her a stamp that she will be using at a gathering she is hosting next month. She has 2 horses and keeps asking when are we bringing the kids up to ride! Due to a biking accident, she isn't able to ride (therefore, our kids couldn't either)...but our kids loved seeing the horses (Ginger & Gospel), petting them and feeding them snacks! While eating dinner, the national weather service announced a severe thunderstorm warning. We looked outside and saw that the sky was pretty dark to the west of us. All the kids got into their jammies after dinner and we started a movie for the drive home. As we were driving along Rt 2 along the Rock River, we were blessed with this beautiful scene! The sky was still dark, but the sun was peeking through in places - beeming the tops of the trees with a golden hue! It reflected in the river too - I just didn't get any pictures of that! We ended our day with 12 boxes...and still lots more to get in the Rockford area! Maybe next summer!!
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