Hello March! Hello Mud! Hello Outside Fun!

It was gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous here today--sunny, seventy, breezy--so this afternoon we took the dogs to the dog park and planted a letterbox I've been hoarding for awhile.  But before I get to the box, I have to share this picture.

This lovely pup is a Golden named Ella.  While Sweet Husband and I--and Ella's horrified owners--looked on, Ella did a perfect circle, sniffed once, and joyfully flopped down right in the middle of the gooshiest mud puddle in the park.  Some days I'm very grateful that my dogs are just a little prissy, or, at least, prissier than Ella!

But on to our letterboxing....

Lovely Lawrence #2: Dog Friendly Town

This box is planted at "Mutt Run" a dog park near Clinton Lake in Lawrence, Kansas.  (Directions.)  Your dog can be off-leash for this entire walk, and you'll probably meet some new doggie pals.  However, I wouldn't recommend looking for this box after a strong rain unless you have proper mud gear!  (See above picture.)

When you get to the park, you'll see a red gate at the end of the parking area.  Go past the gate, across the small bridge, and continue to follow the path--you should be walking east, generally.  Before long the path will turn to the right.  Continue following the path.  Just a bit further the path will turn again, this time to the left.  There the path basically ends in a large field.  Just as you come out of the trees, you'll see this mound to your right.  The box is underneath a large rock next to the tree that's basically in the center of the mound. 

If you go hunting, leave a comment and let me know how you find it!

See also: Lovely Lawrence #1:  Rock Chalk Jayhawk!; Lovely Lawrence #3:  The Kaw.

(Letterboxing: P4 F5 X0 / Geocaching: P0 F2)

Comments

[Knick-knack Snackers]

Thanks for providing our family with an enjoyable letterboxing hunt. I would caution everybody that the mound at the hunt's end is covered in poison ivy. You can avoid much of it by going around to the mound's far side and then climbing to the top. Then, if you are very careful, you can snag the box without getting contaminated (try to think of the challenge as if you are a jewel thief trying not to trip the alarm in a movie).

[Meryl]

Good to know Knick-Knack--there wasn't any there when I planted it, but that was in March, of course. Glad the box is still out there, I've had so many get stolen it was getting a little disheartening!