Letterboxing in Macomb

We had a "nice" day Saturday (no snow, mid 40s) so we decided to head to Macomb to find some more of Wrong Way's boxes. Ken (Matt's Dad) was here visiting so all 7 of us headed to Macomb in hopes of finding a handful of boxes.

We started in Spring Lake Park where Wrong Way planted 6 boxes. What a beautiful park! The trails are used for mountain biking too so there were some neat bridges, teeter toters, boardwalks.

Notice the spillway beyond the lake? We walked all the way from the left to the right (at the tree line)

Here is Ken with Katie & Will walking up to the first trail.

We got a kick out of this trail sign...

Here we are taking a "short cut" from one trail to another...Actually we realized that we had made a mistake...OK, OK, I had made a mistake!...but we remembered seeing the end of the trail so we decided it would be easier to start over! We finished the first 4 boxes and realized that Will was done walking. Katie, Will & Ken headed back to the van while Matt, Alex, Maddie & I headed out to the 5th & 6th Boxes. We found the first box right off (Maddie doesn't say many words, but she does say letterbox! She found the 5th box - her first find!). We started to walk to find the 6th box and started to think we missed a clue...until Matt read that the hike was a mile long! Maddie & Alex were both troopers and didn't complain once. In fact, they would have run ahead if we had let them!

After finding the 6 boxes, we headed to town to get some lunch and hunt for 4 other boxes. We attempted "Go Necks!" but couldn't find it. Next we headed to "Gentle Guardian". Strike two. Box 3 was "Armed Guard" which we found without a problem. Side note - Becki's Great-Grandfather is buried in this cemetary. Box 4 was "Glenwood Trail" which we found right away. We decided to head back across the street to try box 2 again. We drove around and around - all 3 adults walked through the cemetary, looking at every evergreen! No luck. Ken encouraged Matt to look in the last row of headstones (from a clue) and see if any of the names were the same. They soon discovered that the evergreen we were looking for had been chopped down (within 2 months of planting the box)!!! Matt decided to check in the woods to see if the tree was possibly there AND IT WAS!!! With letterbox intact!!! He was on cloud nine to say the least! Later, Matt found the updated clues for that box (he had printed the clues earlier) and it was listed as missing due to that fact.

We had a great day - great weather - great hikes - great boxes - great company! Our 1 1/2 hour drive home was a movie filled drive with some very sleepy kids!