Team Aahz Complete

Today was the first time that Team Aahz was complete and letterboxed together!  Yes, X and Y are officially letterboxers along with Z and I.  X chose the trail name Mama Firefly and Y dubbed himself The Liderbox Kid (because whenever he's asked Zairabear and I about letterboxing he's always pronounced it "liderboxing").  Since today was the last day of Spring Break and I had some spare time after job hunting in the morning I decided it would be nice for the whole gang to go letterboxing.  Zairabear and I always had the Coyote Creek series by the famous Funhog on our "last box of the day" list as it was halfway back to Gilroy, but we never actually had time to do it, so we headed out for it today.

After X and Y chose their trailnames each chose a store bought stamp from our collection with The Liderbox Kid choosing an adorable baby mouse and Mama Firefly choosing a dragonfly.  While we headed North to the trailhead Zairabear read over the clues and we all took turns interpreting what we thought different segments meant.  Then I navigated X to the trailhead (only taking one wrong turn ;-).  We started out well, though we doubted ourselves on occasion.  We spotted the velodrome (I'd never seen one in real life before, so that was a treat) and passed the "al fresco dining" area, then came to the part that was clearly indicated by the "Feet on pavement, cross the flow.
To a spot nearby you'll want to go," and X was convinced that the bathrooms at this location were what was referred to by the "you'll want to go" portion of the clue, but I'm not so sure.  Could be.  Anyway, the bridge was washed out!!  It seems that the month of rain we just had rose the river so much that it washed out the pavement crossing the flow.  We could go no further and had to turn away...  but only for now!  We shall return!

Needless to say, Y was pretty disappointed (it's tough for a 6 year old to understand why we didn't find the box), so on the way home we did a quick drive-by box that Z and I had done before: The Ice Cream Scoop by Princess Lea.  This was right where we'd found it a few months ago (and had been found by a few other people since).  So both The Liderbox Kid and Mama Firefly were able to log their first find (in addition to the three exchanges they now have.  Unfortunately, Z and I were unable to increase our F count, though we did make two new letterboxers (and got our X count raised as well).

X can't wait to carve her own stamp, and I assured her that Z had all the tools necessary and would help with her design.  Everyone wants to go letterboxing (or liderboxing) again as soon as possible.  All in all, I must say it was another successful day.

Tags: zairabear, Mama Firefly, Liderbox Kid, letterboxing, funhog, attempt, exchange