Big Buck

Here it is! Nathan's sig stamp is finished and I must say it looks good!

New Signature Stamps!

Well, we got our sig stamps! Yea! Blonde Bunny and Swamp Fox have come to life.

Of course, we'll still use our Casa del Sol VB stamp, too, when we all box together.

So now, Nathan has FINALLY agreed he needs a trail name to, which is a welcomed change from, "I'm just Nathan!" We thought Lil Buck would be great, since his great-grandpa is Buck Hodges. But NOOOOO! He won't be Lil Buck! "I'm Big Buck!" So Big Buck it is. I didn't have the confidence to carve our stamps with all that lettering, but I think I am going to try my hand at carving Big Buck's.

I've got 2 carvings under my belt so far for my black bear/zoo boxes that I plan to plant this spring. I have found 2 different deer pics and I will be carving next weekend. Stay tuned! :)

What is Letterboxing?

This site is basically devoted to the Hodges family letterboxing adventures. We plan to list our plants here (which are currently in progress) and possibly our finds, too.

What is Letterboxing, you ask?

Letterboxing is an intriguing mix of hiking, puzzle solving, treasure hunting, and rubber stamp artistry, topped off with the thrill of discovery. The basic idea is simple. Clues, usually posted on a web site, lead to the secret location of a hidden "letterbox." Inside the letterbox are a unique rubber stamp and a logbook. When the letterbox is found, the finder stamps the box's logbook with his or her personal stamp, leaving a record of the discovery. Then the finder stamps his or her own personal logbook with the box's stamp, creating a passport-like collection of hand-carved stamps. The letterbox is then secreted away again for another searcher to uncover. (taken from The Letterboxer's Compainion, by Randy Hall.)

To find out more about this fasinating hobby, check out this article:
Letterboxing: An Interesting and Inexpensive Form of Recreationhttp://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2008/01/02/101988_letterboxing-an-interesting-and-inexpensive-form-of-recreation.html

Or check out these sites to get started:
www.letterboxing.org
www.atlasquest.com
www.stampinthebox.com (great site for info on getting into letterboxing)
www.letterboxing.info (yet another info site on what it is all about)

The Hodges family blog is here!

The Hodges family has a blog. Soon to come: Letterboxing finds and plants.